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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48,316 approved · 7,250 refused · 2,252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 BECKETT DRIVE, WORCESTER WR3 7BZ
Received 4 Oct 201732 The Cross WORCESTER WR1 3PZ
Received 23 Apr 1985Charles House 4 Charles Street Worcester WR1 2AQ
Received 14 Dec 19891 Colin Road WORCESTER WR3 7DB
Received 1 Mar 202253-54 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LR
Received 26 Mar 2025MAPLE LEAF, 49, CANADA WAY, WORCESTER WR 2 4DJ
Received 2 Feb 196835-36, HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2QL
Received 17 May 199079 Wylds Lane Worcester WR5 1DF
Received 19 Dec 1994310 Bath Road WORCESTER WR5 3ET
Received 21 Jul 202017, ALBANY TERRACE, WORCESTER WR 1 3DU
Received 14 Oct 1986Nash House, 6-8 New Street
Received 4 Nov 199610 College Yard Worcester WR1 2LA
Received 12 Jul 19954-6, THE MOORS, WORCESTER WR 1 3EE
Received 1 Sept 1972THE JAGUAR CENTRE, CITY WALLS ROAD, WORCESTER WR1 2DT
Received 7 Nov 1975RONKSWOOD HOSPITAL,NEWTOWN ROAD
Received 1 May 1970Worcestershire Royal Hospital Charles Hastings Way Worcester WR5 1DD
Received 4 Nov 202155, HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 7 Mar 1980Lone House 208A Wylds Lane Worcester WR5 1DX
Received 10 Feb 2025Various properties in Isaac Walk, Boughton Avenue and, Bromyard Road, Worcester
Received 11 Jul 201431, ST DUNSTANS CLOSE, WORCESTER WR5 2AJ
Received 18 Apr 1980110 Bromwich Road Worcester WR2 4AP
Received 29 Sept 2026Church Farm, Cornmeadow Lane, Worcester WR3 7RL
Received 26 Apr 2010FORECOURT OF FORGATE STREET STATION, WORCESTER
Received 15 Jul 19664 Rose Terrace Worcester WR5 1BU
Received 17 Aug 2026Records 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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