Understanding planning · 13 min read
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48,419 approved · 7,263 refused · 2,252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Foregate Street, WR1 1EE
Received 11 Aug 200434, BEECH AVENUE, WORCESTER WR 3 8PY
Received 6 Dec 1963Arch 54 Farrier Street Worcester
Received 12 Jan 200544 Georgina Avenue Worcester WR2 4NA
Received 28 Apr 20058 Fountain Place Worcester WR1 3HW
Received 7 Aug 20015, ARBORETUM ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 1NB
Received 1 Apr 19662 Chacewater Avenue, WR3 7AW
Received 8 Sept 201413, 15 & 17 Lowesmoor, Worcester
Received 17 Dec 2003Plumb Center, Blackpole Road, Worcester
Received 13 Jan 1987Listers Volkswagen, 157 Bromyard Road, WR2 5EA
Received 6 May 201417 The Butts and adjacent land
Received 25 Jul 1994LANSDOWNE INN, 19-20, LANSDOWNE STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 1QD
Received 18 Jun 197179, LANSDOWNE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 1SP
Received 16 Nov 197328, GOODWOOD AVENUE, WORCESTER WR5 2HR
Received 20 Feb 198159, KINGSTON AVENUE, WORCESTER WR 3 8PN
Received 19 Jan 196844 Batsford Road Worcester WR5 3RW
Received 26 Apr 200147 High Street Worcester WR1 2QB
Received 22 Jul 199931, SWINTON LANE, WORCESTER WR 2 4JP
Received 11 Jun 198742, CLAVERHAM CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 2 4NB
Received 16 Jun 1972The Farmers Boy Public House, Tolladine Road
Received 25 Feb 2008Adjoining Christchurch, Albany Terrace, Worcester
Received 19 Jul 196830 Goodwood Avenue
Received 16 Oct 20005 - 9, ST NICHOLAS STREET, WORCESTER
Received 5 Sept 1980Records 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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