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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
28,348 approved · 5,031 refused · 2,634 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 1978 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At (OS 8479 4886), Squires Walk, Kempsey, Worcester
Received 21 Feb 2003Land at (OS 6948 6833), Eardiston
Received 9 Aug 202447 Alexandra Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1HE
Received 17 Oct 2008Flat 2 South Grove 69 Abbey Road Malvern WR14 3HL
Received 21 Jul 2022Brookend Farm , Brookend Lane, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3LF
Received 27 Feb 2006Davenham Nursing Home , 148 Graham Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2HY
Received 28 Sept 2005Hill View,Mill Lane,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 3QS
Received 13 May 2010The Woodlands Cotheridge Worcester WR6 5LZ
Received 15 Apr 2011Five Ways, Stockton Road, Abberley, Worcestershire, WR6 6AS
Received 18 Oct 2016Brewers Arms Lower Dingle Malvern WR14 4BQ
Received 15 May 2024Land At (Os 7964 4028) Rear Of Cornfield Close Welland
Received 19 Jul 2021Abbey Hotel , Abbey Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3ET
Received 3 May 2006South End , 17 Hayslan Avenue, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2RQ
Received 11 Sept 2008First Floor Flat Bernard Lodge 262 Wells Road Malvern WR14 4HD
Received 22 Nov 2022Land To Rear 124 - 142 Madresfield Road Malvern
Received 26 Aug 2003Holly House Beauchamp Lane Callow End Worcester WR2 4UG
Received 25 Aug 2011Enigma House , Crown East Lane, Lower Broadheath, Worcester, WR2 6RH
Received 6 May 20081 Barley Mow Cottages The Green Hallow Worcester WR2 6PE
Received 11 Jan 2016Holiday Let Annexe At The Vines Baughton Earls Croome
Received 22 Jan 2026Horsell Gilberts End Lane Hanley Castle Worcester WR8 0BX
Received 19 May 2017Willow Hill , Holt Heath, Worcester, WR6 6TA
Received 3 Mar 2004Hedgerow At (OS 7870 4637) Off, Pickersleigh Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, ,
Received 8 Jun 2005Brookend Boarding Kennels And Cattery Stocks Lane Leigh Sinton WR13 5DY
Received 29 Sept 2021Cherry Cottage, Knighton-on-Teme, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8LZ,
Received 17 Nov 2008Records 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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