The Worcester Times is an independent news and information site for the city of Worcester. We work from public records, we link to them, and we are not connected to the council.
A tight boundary
Worcester City Council’s area is small: the city centre and the cathedral, St John’s across the river, Warndon and Warndon Villages, Ronkswood, Dines Green and the estates on the edges, and about 107,000 people in total. Malvern, Droitwich, Pershore and Evesham are all in neighbouring districts with their own councils, their own bin rounds and their own planning registers. Everything on this site about services applies to the city council’s area unless we say otherwise, and we do say otherwise when a story crosses the line.
What we report
The city council’s planning register and committee papers, licensing notices, police.uk crime data, HM Land Registry sold prices, Food Standards Agency hygiene ratings, Environment Agency flood warnings for the Severn and the Teme, and company filings in The Gazette. The Severn floods here regularly and predictably, and we report the official warnings and river levels rather than the version going round.
What happens in 2028
Worcester City Council was due to be replaced on 1 April 2028 by a new South Worcestershire unitary authority, formed with Malvern Hills and Wychavon and covering roughly 330,000 people. On 7 September 2026 the government paused that decision while it reviews the reorganisation programme, so the date is now uncertain (our report). We will report each stage from the published documents and keep the reference pages pointing at whoever actually answers.
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