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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
47,932 approved · 7,182 refused · 2,244 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rear of 32 & 34 Tunnel Hill
Received 12 Nov 2003THE BARBOURNE INN, NEW BANK STREET, WORCESTER
Received 5 Jul 1974UNIT L, COSGROVE CLOSE, WORCESTER WR3 8UA
Received 14 Oct 1986Perdiswell Leisure Centre Bilford Road WORCESTER WR3 8DX
Received 16 Nov 198254 New Street, WR1 2DL
Received 11 Jan 201125 Lansdowne Street, Worcester WR1 1QD
Received 8 Jun 201017 Field Road Worcester WR3 8QR
Received 5 Feb 2004COMMANDERY SERVICE STATION, 20, BATH ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 3E
Received 27 Nov 198420 Lowesmoor, Worcester WR1 2SG
Received 14 Dec 1995JESSAMINE HOUSE, 9, BROMYARD ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5BS
Received 19 May 1988Iris House, 68 Bath Road, WR5 3EW
Received 21 Feb 200397a High Street and 1 Fish Street, Worcester
Received 6 Jun 1996Mount Battenhall Battenhall Avenue Worcester WR5 2HP
Received 11 Jul 1991Land between 148 and 176 Wylds Lane
Received 1 Mar 200030 The Ridgeway, WR5 2DA
Received 7 Apr 2009REDHILL SOCIAL CLUB, 50, FOXWELL STREET, WORCESTER WR 5
Received 19 Mar 1971Land off Newtown Road
Received 14 Jul 201645, CANNON STREET, WORCESTER WR 5 2JP
Received 21 Jul 196171 Park Avenue Worcester WR3 7AQ
Received 11 Jun 2026Rear of 88 and 96 Hollymount, Worcester
Received 20 Oct 197280,NORTHWICK ROAD
Received 13 Apr 19731 Worboys Road Worcester WR2 4JJ
Received 16 May 199753 Barbourne Road, Worcester, WR1 1SA
Received 16 Dec 2005SANSOME SERVICE STATION SANSOME WALK WORCESTER WR 1 1LT
Received 19 Jun 1964Records 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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