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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
48,316 approved · 7,250 refused · 2,252 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FORMER ANGEL HOTEL, 12, ANGEL PLACE, WORCESTER WR1 3QN
Received 21 Jan 1972Meco Conveyors Ltd., Bromyard Road
Received 18 Oct 199163, COMER GARDENS, WORCESTER WR 2 6JG
Received 18 Aug 19614 Barbourne Crescent, WR1 3JF
Received 25 Apr 20062 Lime Avenue Worcester WR4 9TF
Received 6 Sept 202411 The Grove, WR3 7NZ
Received 19 Apr 20008 North Croft, Worcester WR2 4HH
Received 4 Mar 2002214 Henwick Road Worcester WR2 5PF
Received 17 Aug 202340, WOLSEY CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 4 9ES
Received 20 Jun 1975Victoria Cottage Marlborough Street Worcester
Received 5 Jul 2001Land at ST MICHAELS COURT, GRESHAM ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5QR
Received 21 Dec 1982148,NORTHWICK ROAD
Received 8 May 196444 Droitwich Road
Received 14 Feb 1996SITE 19, POPE IRON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 3HB
Received 18 Dec 1964Land to the rear of 9-15 Troutbeck Drive, WR4 9DB
Received 4 Dec 2009Victoria Place London Road Worcester
Received 2 Sept 19869, THE MEAD, WORCESTER WR 2 6JB
Received 17 Aug 1973Area LV1 North Warndon Worcester
Received 11 Apr 199135 Northwick Close, Worcester WR3 7EF
Received 30 Jan 20147 Park Street Worcester WR5 1AA
Received 11 Jan 1996Flat 1, 10 Albany Terrace, WR1 3DU
Received 26 Mar 200117 The Tything Worcester WR1 1HD
Received 26 Sept 200635 DIGLIS LANE, WORCESTER WR5 3DQ
Received 29 Nov 2016Records 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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