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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48,316 approved · 7,250 refused · 2,252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 The Tything Worcester WR1 1JL
Received 12 Sept 201938 Addison Road Worcester WR3 8EA
Received 22 Apr 19938 Columbia Drive, Worcester WR2 4DE
Received 16 Aug 201193 Langdale Drive, WR4 9DR
Received 26 Jul 20125 Hazewood Close, WR5 1RH
Received 19 May 20037 Link Elm Close, WR2 4NG
Received 10 Jan 20061 Helford Close
Received 2 Aug 19964 St Johns, WR2 5AH
Received 6 Apr 1998Albany House, 4 Albany Terrace
Received 7 Nov 199419, THE FOREGATE, WORCESTER WR 1 3QF
Received 19 May 19882 The Cross Worcester WR1 3PZ
Received 23 Jul 20214 St Stephens Terrace, WR3 7HU
Received 8 Nov 2012OLD ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 1A, SHAW STREET, WORCESTER
Received 5 Jun 19703 Chestnut Walk WORCESTER WR1 1PP
Received 8 Aug 202485, HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2ET
Received 12 Mar 1992The Old Palace, Deansway, WR1 2JE
Received 24 Oct 2002The Railway Yard Midland Road Worcester WR5 1DS
Received 6 Mar 2025SITE 19, POPE IRON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 3HB
Received 16 May 1969SEVERN VIEW P.H.,NORTH QUAY
Received 5 Oct 19733 Lansdowne Crescent Worcester WR3 8JE
Received 2 Jun 2025Christian Meeting Room, Adj. 65 Diglis Lane, Worcester
Received 5 Dec 19801 NORTHWICK ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 7DR
Received 11 Jun 2017CO-OP,LICHFIELD AVENUE
Received 15 Nov 196317, ST GEORGES SQUARE, WORCESTER WR1 1HX
Received 21 Jun 1983Records 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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