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Planning appeals in Worcester City Council

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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Worcester City Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 181 planning appeals in Worcester City Council since 2016, of which 30% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 29 decisions, 21% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 20 weeks. Figures as at 30 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

182

appeals on record since 2016

30%

of decided appeals allowed

20 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 21% allowed

By appeal type

Householder45 decided

27% allowed

Minor92 decided

33% allowed

Major7 decided

57% allowed

Commercial10 decided

30% allowed

Enforcement9 decided

11% allowed

Other16 decided

31% allowed

Not classified3 decided

0% allowed

By procedure

Written representations180 decided

30% allowed

Hearings2 decided

50% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 23 · 22% allowed 2025 · 28 · 46% allowed 2024 · 23 · 13% allowed 2023 · 15 · 29% allowed 2022 · 22 · 36% allowed 2021 · 10 · 40% allowed 2020 · 11 · 27% allowed 2019 · 16 · 19% allowed 2018 · 10 · 30% allowed 2017 · 14 · 21% allowed 2016 · 10 · 60% allowed

Latest decisions in Worcester City Council

Dismissed20 October 2026· minor6011770
5 Bull Ring, Worcester, WR2 5AA
detached one-bedroom dwelling
Dismissed22 September 2026· minor6006644
64, Prestwich Avenue, Worcester, WR5 1QF
proposed 3 bedroom detached bungalow to rear garden amenity area
Dismissed8 September 2026· minor6011840
56 Woodstock Road, Worcester, WR2 5NE
Using vacant rooms within an existing 6-bedroom HMO to form an 8-bedroom HMO and a new dropped kerb access
Notice upheld28 August 20263377929
11 Shap Drive, Worcester, WR4 9NX
Dismissed21 August 2026· minor6010271
43 Westminster Road, Worcester, WR5 1PB
new dwelling to the side of 43 Westminster Road, Worcester
Notice upheld12 August 20263376648
217 Newtown Road, Worcester, WR5 1JB
Dismissed2 June 20266005724
30 Northfield Street, Worcester, WR1 1NS
for a kitchen extension and loft space bedroom with en -suite and front facing dormer
Notice upheld21 May 2026· enforcement3377674
75 St. Marks Close, Worcester, WR5 3DB
Without the benefit of planning permission, operational development has occurred on the Land, comprising of: The erection of a timber fence that has enclosed a previously wooded area (shown edged blue on the attached plan), thereby removing public access and integrating it exclusively into the residential curtilage and garden use of the dwellinghouse; and the erection of outbuildings on this enclosed land; and other ancillary works to facilitate the residential garden use of the land. This has resulted in a material change of use of the former woodland situated within the Riverside Conservation Area to residential garden, which constitutes development requiring planning permission
Allowed29 April 2026· minor6003844
61 St Dunstans Close, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 2AJ
change of use from class C3 residential dwelling to class C2 social work housing residential care home for 4 children aged 8 – 17
Allowed23 April 2026· minor3376719
Pavement Opposite 102 High Street, Worcester, WR1 2QE
the installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit
Allowed23 April 2026· advert3376686
Pavement Opposite 102 High Street, Worcester, WR1 2QE
the installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit
Dismissed7 April 2026· householder6003573
23 Avon Road, Worcester, WR49AF
for an annexe in the rear amenity garden
Dismissed16 March 2026· minor6003017
2 Dart Road, Worcester, WR5 1LF
erection of 5no. flats (2 x 2-bed, 2 x 1-bed and 1 x studio) with associated soft/hard landscaping and parking area
Allowed13 March 2026· minor6002202
The Fairway, Worcester, WR4 9UH
up to 4 dwellings
Dismissed11 March 2026· householder6003186
28 Mayfield Road, Worcester, WR3 8NT
2 storey rear extension

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.