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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 Malvern Hills District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Malvern Hills website
24,774 approved · 4,392 refused · 2,286 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1980 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holdfast Hall , Holdfast, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0RA
Received 3 Sept 201461 Abbey Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3HH
Received 2 Mar 2009Express Buildings , Howsell Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1TF
Received 11 Apr 2003Upper Howsen Farm Howsen Cotheridge Worcester WR6 5LR
Received 27 Feb 2023The Chase , Main Road, Hallow, Worcester, WR2 6LD
Received 1 Dec 2008Lower Hill Top, Horsham, Martley, Worcestershire, WR6 6PN
Received 4 Dec 2013Brookend Pendock Gloucester GL19 3PL
Received 19 Jun 2015Suckley Court, Suckley, Worcester, WR6 5EL,
Received 14 Jan 2008Site Of Shaw Lane Cottage Worcester Road Hanley Castle
Received 28 Dec 2023St Mary's Church, Knightsford Bridge, Knightwick, Worcester, WR6 5PJ,
Received 26 Mar 2008Finches Nest, Green Street , Lulsley, Knightwick, Worcestershire, WR6 5QR
Received 14 May 2014Wells House Holywell Road Malvern
Received 31 Mar 2011Badgers Church End Hanley Castle Worcester WR8 0BL
Received 13 May 2025Holdfast Post ,Holdfast,Upton Upon Severn,Worcestershire,WR8 0RA
Received 21 Feb 2012Grafton Farm , Bockleton, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8PT
Received 13 Apr 2004The Palace Clifton Upon Teme Worcester WR6 6DY
Received 28 Oct 20246 The Lees Malvern WR14 3HT
Received 1 Sept 202014 Perrins Close Malvern WR14 1SL
Received 4 Oct 2017Heath Farm , Structons Heath, Great Witley, Worcester, WR6 6JA
Received 18 Jan 2008Land At (Os 8134 5649) Bell Lane Lower Broadheath
Received 26 Jun 2025Treetops Old Road North Kempsey Worcester WR5 3JZ
Received 27 Jun 20182 Post Office Lane, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3NS
Received 18 Apr 20052 Upper Quinton Cottage , Bockleton, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8PT
Received 9 Nov 2004Builders Yard, Lansdowne Crescent, Malvern, Worcestershire, ,
Received 10 Feb 2005Records 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 Malvern Hills District 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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