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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47,998 approved · 7,192 refused · 2,244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
39 St Marks Close, WR5 3DJ
Received 2 Jun 2010FLAT 1, 34A, SANSOME WALK, WORCESTER
Received 18 Apr 195812 The Foregate, WR1 3QD
Received 7 Jul 20096 Cavendish Street, WR5 3DU
Received 13 Dec 20103, SANSOME PLACE, WORCESTER WR 1 1UG
Received 19 Aug 197732 CAMP HILL ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2HE
Received 29 Oct 201824 KINGSBURY ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4JH
Received 29 Apr 2016MASONIC HALL,RAINBOW HILL
Received 7 Nov 1980PERDISWELL PARK GOLF COURSE, BILFORD ROAD, WORCESTER, WR3 8DX
Received 19 Jun 201869 Spetchley Road Worcester WR5 2LR
Received 15 Dec 202029, BOZWARD STREET, WORCESTER WR 2 5DE
Received 5 Jan 1973177, HENWICK ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5PD
Received 21 Apr 1972SLUG & LETTUCE, 12, CORNMARKET, WORCESTER
Received 11 Nov 198717 PRIMROSE CRESCENT, WORCESTER, WR5 3HQ
Received 10 Jul 201817 Diglis Lane, Worcester WR5 3DQ
Received 7 Feb 2014REAR OF 14 CASTLE STREET, WORCESTER
Received 18 May 1962LAND AT GROSVENOR ARMS, 21 HENWICK ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 21 Aug 20154, SANSOME PLACE, WORCESTER WR 1 1UG
Received 17 May 1990Land at Cathedral View', St Peter The Great, Worcester
Received 13 Nov 199652 Pinkett Street, Worcester, WR3 7EB
Received 17 Apr 201516 ST GEORGES SQUARE, WORCESTER WR1 1HX
Received 24 Nov 201869 St Johns Worcester WR2 5AG
Received 8 Mar 19931 St Georges Square Worcester WR1 1HX
Received 1 Jul 20253 & 3A ST JOHNS (REAR), WORCESTER, WR2 5AE
Received 4 Mar 2016Records 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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