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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48,316 approved · 7,250 refused · 2,252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
120, SPETCHLEY ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 2LX
Received 17 May 196865, ST JOHNS, WORCESTER WR2 5AG
Received 21 Oct 198818 Truro Gardens, WR5 1RY
Received 10 Oct 2008CHAMBER COURT, CASTLE STREET, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 5 Jun 197040 Peterborough Close
Received 9 Mar 200083 Tunnel Hill, WR4 9SD
Received 20 Mar 1998Marl Bank Sheet Metal Co., Newtown Trading Estate, Newtown Road, Worcester WR5 1HF
Received 9 Jun 198813, MIDLAND ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 1DS
Received 2 Sept 196017, MORTLAKE AVENUE, WORCESTER WR 5 1QD
Received 20 Dec 19682, VICTORIA AVENUE, WORCESTER WR 5 1ED
Received 5 Apr 197462, BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 1JA
Received 15 May 198112, COLLEGE GREEN, WORCESTER WR 1 2LH
Received 20 Nov 1987110, CORNMEADOW LANE, WORCESTER WR 3 7PW
Received 2 Nov 197979 Debdale Avenue, WR4 0RP
Received 25 Sept 20087-9 Angel Street, WR1 3QT
Received 23 Mar 200984, BRANSFORD ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 4EP
Received 21 Nov 197514B, BRICKFIELDS ROAD, WORCESTER WR 4 9TH
Received 4 Sept 1981MODERN NEWSAGENTS, 32 UPPER TYTHING, WORCESTER, WR1 1JZ
Received 28 Feb 201724 Bromwich Lane, WR2 4BH
Received 31 Aug 2004PF2 Health Club Basin Road Worcester WR5 3GB
Received 18 Jun 2019Worcester College of Higher Education, Henwick Grove, Worcester
Received 7 Mar 1994Worcester Trade Park Sherriff Street Worcester WR4 9AB
Received 10 Jun 202027 Tower Road
Received 24 Apr 20023 St Georges Square WORCESTER WR1 1HX
Received 18 Aug 2019Records 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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