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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
48,419 approved · 7,263 refused · 2,252 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9, DON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 4 9ET
Received 22 May 19869 Cromwell Crescent Worcester WR5 2JW
Received 19 Jun 2020Lorneside, Martley Road
Received 24 Oct 2007Bromwich Road Service Station, Bromwich Road, Worcester
Received 2 Oct 1981Snax 24 Service Station (Shell), Bath Road, Worcester
Received 16 Oct 20016 KING STEPHENS MOUNT, WORCESTER, WR2 5PL
Received 30 Oct 2018105 High Street
Received 31 Jul 201437-39 St Johns Worcester WR2 5AG
Received 21 Jun 200056 & 60 PORTLAND STREET, WORCESTER WR1 2NW
Received 17 May 1983106 BATH ROAD, WORCESTER WR5 3EW
Received 27 Nov 198435, SANSOME PLACE, WORCESTER
Received 21 Jul 19671, ALDERSEY CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 5 3EH
Received 25 Feb 196013 Midland Road Worcester WR5 1DS
Received 3 Jul 19985 Redwood Close Worcester WR4 9UF
Received 21 Apr 1978Cardinal's Hat, 31 Friar Street, Worcester WR1 2NA
Received 9 May 2014SITE 17, CARDEN STREET, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 4 Sept 196441 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7BP
Received 15 Dec 197828, VICTORIA STREET, WORCESTER WR 3 7BD
Received 2 Apr 1971134 -138 London Road Worcester WR5 2EB
Received 24 Aug 202124, SEVERN TERRACE, WORCESTER WR 1 3EH
Received 19 Apr 1990The Ketch P.H., Bath Road
Received 11 Aug 199595 High Street, Worcester
Received 13 May 20119, BATH ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 3AA
Received 16 Nov 1962Records 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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