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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
47,998 approved · 7,192 refused · 2,244 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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28, THE SHAMBLES, WORCESTER WR 1 2RA
Received 20 Dec 195734, MONARCH DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 2 6EP
Received 6 Apr 1990THE JAGUAR CENTRE, CITY WALLS ROAD, WORCESTER WR1 2DT
Received 21 Feb 1975Lark Hill Service Station, London Road, WR5 2EL
Received 30 Apr 2001THE JAGUAR CENTRE, CITY WALLS ROAD, WORCESTER WR1 2DT
Received 12 Aug 1960322 Tolladine Road, WR4 9NG
Received 13 Aug 2010106 BATH ROAD, WORCESTER WR5 3EW
Received 3 Apr 1984FOWNES HOTEL, CITY WALLS ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 12 Aug 198620, KINGFISHER CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 5 3RY
Received 4 Aug 1988Eagle Vaults 2 Friar Street Worcester WR1 2LZ
Received 4 Aug 2022Singapore Restaurant 29 Friar Street Worcester WR1 2NA
Received 10 Apr 20191, SANSOME MEWS, WORCESTER WR 1 1PL
Received 19 Dec 196962 Kingston Avenue Worcester WR3 8PW
Received 7 May 2021UNIT A1 A2, BLACKPOLE EAST, BLACKPOLE ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 8SG
Received 22 Jan 1982Halfords Ltd, Elgar Retail Park, Blackpole Road
Received 10 Oct 2000Actons Opticians, 10 Corn Market, WR1 2DR
Received 30 Nov 19989 Wolsey Close Worcester WR4 9ES
Received 7 Jun 2001WORCESTER CO-OP SOC.LTD FUNERAL FURNISHING DEPT,19,LOWESMOOR
Received 20 Sept 19639, BRAMLEY AVENUE, WORCESTER WR 2 6DG
Received 5 Nov 197616 Bevere Drive Worcester WR3 7QE
Received 13 Oct 202213a Southfield Street, Worcester WR1 1NH
Received 12 Feb 201457 DIGLIS LANE, WORCESTER, WR5 3DQ
Received 18 May 2018INDUSTRIAL PREMISES AT WOODSIDE, PERRY WOOD WALK, WORCESTER
Received 2 Apr 1965Various properties in Northwick Avenue, Northwick Road, Northwick Walk, Park Avenue, Redcliffe Street, Sabrina Avenue, Sabrina Walk and Victoria Street, Worcester
Received 11 Jul 2014Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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