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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Worcester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Worcester website
47,819 approved · 7,168 refused · 2,244 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 1957 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ELBURY PARK SERVICE STATION, 290, TOLLADINE ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 2 Oct 1959Woodside Perrywood Walk Worcester
Received 15 Feb 20107 Beech Avenue, Worcester WR3 8PZ
Received 21 Dec 2012Graingers Porcelain Works St Martins Gate Worcester
Received 4 Jun 20145 Ashley Road, WR5 3AY
Received 18 Oct 200430 Kipling Close Worcester WR3 8DR
Received 11 Mar 2022The Quest, 45 Bromwich Road, WR2 4AD
Received 26 Aug 200811,PARK AVENUE
Received 2 Feb 19735, ST JOHNS, WORCESTER WR2 5AE
Received 20 Sept 197422, BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 1HT
Received 8 May 196416, GREAT HOUSE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 4HU
Received 7 Nov 1980Alliance and Leicester 7 Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1DB
Received 14 Oct 1986BARNESHALL LEISURE CENTRE,ORCHARD STREET
Received 31 Oct 1991Chicago Rock Cafe, 4, 5 & 5A New Street
Received 9 May 200517, BRIDGE STREET, WORCESTER
Received 1 May 1981Land adjacent to Heron Lodge, London Road, Worcester WR5 2EQ
Received 19 Jul 201325, BAVENEY ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 6DS
Received 21 Jan 1972SPORT GROUND CLUB, WINDERMERE DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 4
Received 2 Mar 1962Diglis Basin Redevelopment
Received 24 Mar 200629 Somers Road Worcester WR1 3JJ
Received 9 Apr 201970 Carlisle Road Worcester WR5 1HZ
Received 9 Jul 2019Land at 9 and rear of 9 New Street, Worcester
Received 11 Jul 200235 Calgary Drive Worcester WR2 4DW
Received 22 Aug 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Worcester City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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