Worcester planning approval rate
Approval rate withheld for Worcester. PlanningLens is temporarily withholding the headline approval rate for this council. The published record does not contain enough usable decision-date information to establish sufficiently complete and current coverage. This does not mean the previously shown percentage has been proved wrong. No official statistic is substituted in its place. Approval, refusal and rate figures are shown as – throughout this page. Decision volumes are unaffected and are still published. Why we withhold a rate
Last updated: October 2026 · Based on every decision on record, June 2026 to October 2026
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overall approval rate
113
Decisions analysed
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Approved
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Refused
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Wards covered
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Approval rate by application type
Different application types have different approval rates in Worcester. Householder and full planning applications typically have the highest volume.
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Approval rate by project type
These rates are based on what homeowners are actually building in Worcester, mined from 113 proposal descriptions.
Approval rate by ward
Planning outcomes vary significantly by ward within Worcester. Click any ward for detailed statistics.
Cathedral Ward
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Wards in Worcester
Recent comparable decisions
Recent decisions on record in Worcester. Each reference links to the record on the council’s planning portal.
Proposed Single Storey Rear Extension · Nunnery Ward · 2026-10-19
Demolition of existing garage, side and rear single storey extensions and constr · Lower Wick and Pitmaston · 2026-10-15
Prior approval application for a single storey rear extension. · St. Peter's Parish Ward · 2026-10-15
Showing 3 recent decisions. See more in the full report →
What gets approved near your property?
The PlanningLens property report runs to 17 pages on your address:
✓ Ward-level approval rates for your exact area
✓ Common refusal reasons in Worcester
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
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✓ Common refusal reasons in Worcester
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
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Frequently asked questions about planning in Worcester
What is the planning approval rate in Worcester?
PlanningLens is currently withholding the approval rate for Worcester on data-quality grounds.
How many planning applications are refused in Worcester?
Worcester refuses – of planning applications. That is close to the UK average of 12.57%. Out of 113 decided applications on record, June 2026 to October 2026, – were refused. PlanningLens lets you check any postcode to see which applications were refused near a specific property.
Which areas of Worcester have the highest planning approval rates?
Approval rates in Worcester vary by ward, see the ward breakdown above for detailed figures for each area.
What types of planning application are most common in Worcester?
The most common planning application types in Worcester are: Trees (37 decisions, –% approved), Full (29, –%), and Discharge of Conditions (17, –%).
How long does a planning application take in Worcester?
Planning applications in Worcester typically take 5.6 weeks from validation to decision: the median across 112 applications decided since January 2020 with both dates on record. That is inside the 8-week statutory target for householder applications (the statutory targets are 8 weeks for householder applications and 13 weeks for major developments). PlanningLens measures the actual time each application takes, not just the target.
How do I check planning applications in Worcester?
You can search planning applications in Worcester directly on the council's official planning portal. PlanningLens also lets you check any postcode against 113 historical decisions in Worcester to see what's been approved and refused near a specific property.
How is PlanningLens approval rate data for Worcester calculated?
PlanningLens scrapes Worcester's official planning portal and analyses every published decision since January 2020. The approval rate is calculated as approved decisions divided by total decided applications, excluding withdrawn and pending applications. The full methodology, data sourcing, and Creative Commons BY 4.0 licensing terms are published at planninglens.co.uk/methodology.