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
48,811 approved · 7,329 refused · 2,258 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Dec 1956 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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STRATHMERE, BRANSFORD ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5SJ
Received 5 Oct 197932, MAYFIELD AVENUE, WORCESTER WR 3 8LA
Received 13 Aug 198572A, GILLAM STREET, WORCESTER WR 3 8JU
Received 7 May 197131c Barbourne Road, WR1 1SA
Received 11 Feb 20101, BROAD STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 3LH
Received 1 Sept 197234, BUCK STREET, WORCESTER WR 2 5LW
Received 28 Apr 198849 Battenhall Road Worcester
Received 4 Sept 202024, MARTLEY ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 6HH
Received 18 Nov 1966DIGLIS (LAND ADJOINING DUCK BROOK), WORCESTER
Received 18 Aug 19611 Rydal Close
Received 25 Nov 1992DYSON PERRINS MUSEUM, SEVERN STREET, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 19 May 197826, BROADFIELD GARDENS, WORCESTER WR4 0DP
Received 14 May 1990409/411 Ombersley Road, WR3 7DQ
Received 10 Jul 2008Diglis Estate, Worcester
Received 31 May 196829, ST WULSTANS CRESCENT, WORCESTER WR5 1DQ
Received 21 Feb 195844 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DN
Received 9 Nov 19941, CITY ARCADE, WORCESTER
Received 16 Jun 1988Former Renault showroom at St Martin's Gate/City Walls Road
Received 7 Dec 199875 Barbourne Road Worcester
Received 21 Sept 200110 12 14 16 JAMES STREET, WORCESTER
Received 5 Oct 196522, HILLERY ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 1RF
Received 3 Nov 1978Springfield House, Britannia Square, Worcester WR1 3DL
Received 14 Apr 2009Majestic and Infirmary Buildings, 18-20 Silver Street, WR1 2DA
Received 24 Aug 201126, THE TYTHING, WORCESTER
Received 18 Dec 1981Records 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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