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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48,316 approved · 7,250 refused · 2,252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
8, ALMA STREET, WORCESTER WR 3 8BW
Received 22 Jun 196216 Comer Gardens Worcester WR2 6JH
Received 24 May 2006Lynthorpe Battenhall Avenue Worcester WR5 2HN
Received 15 May 202331, FOXWELL STREET, WORCESTER WR 5 2ET
Received 17 Mar 1961Worcester Swimming Pool and Fitness Centre, Sansome Walk, Worcester
Received 15 Sept 1997E.J. MUNN & SONS LTD,LARK HILL ROAD
Received 21 Nov 197534, HILL STREET, WORCESTER WR 5 1BQ
Received 20 Nov 19644-5, BROAD STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 3LH
Received 1 May 1970The Apple Tree, 54 Lowesmoor
Received 23 Apr 19972, NASHS & WYATTS ALMSHOUSES, NEW STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2AG
Received 21 Nov 1958EVERFIELD,4,ROSE TERRACE
Received 28 Apr 198832, THE CROSS, WORCESTER WR 1 3PZ
Received 2 Dec 19605 Rose Terrace Worcester WR5 1BU
Received 26 Oct 1989Chapel Walk
Received 12 Mar 200847 MONARCH DRIVE, WORCESTER WR2 6ES
Received 6 May 201625 Victoria Street, WR3 7BE
Received 4 Mar 2010BARN AT REAR OF FARM,OLD NORTHWICK LANE
Received 22 Jul 198650 Marsh Avenue, WR4 0HJ
Received 15 Dec 200922, BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 1HT
Received 6 Oct 196730, BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 1HT
Received 29 Jan 1985Angel Inn, 24 St John's
Received 14 Dec 199451, BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER WR 1 3HP
Received 6 Nov 1984Willis Westcott Ltd, The Millside, Gregory's Mill Street, WR3 8BA
Received 28 Sept 200514, HIGHLAND ROAD, WORCESTER WR 4 9RR
Received 16 Dec 1960Records 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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