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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
32,651 approved · 5,727 refused · 2,976 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jul 1977 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 13 Mar 200387 Leigh Sinton Road Malvern WR14 1JP
Received 10 Jul 2007Wagon Wheel Grimley Worcester WR2 6LU
Received 30 Jul 202423A Abbey Road Malvern WR14 3ES
Received 8 Aug 2017Sandyfields , Kingswood, Martley, Worcester, WR6 6PG
Received 8 Nov 2005Oast House Cottage Main Road Kempsey Worcester WR5 3PA
Received 7 Mar 2007145 Court Road Malvern WR14 3EF
Received 14 Oct 2008Holly Cottage , Gilberts End, Hanley Castle, Worcester, WR8 0AS
Received 16 Jan 1998Our Place School At The Orchard Bransford Worcester WR6 5JE
Received 31 May 2024Bank Farm Brockamin Leigh Worcester WR6 5LA
Received 17 Jul 2008The Cottage , 1 Hillside, Martley, Worcester, WR6 6QS
Received 1 Oct 2003Mulberry Cottage Stourport Road Great Witley WR6 6JP
Received 4 Jun 2018Kyrewood Mill Kyrewood Tenbury Wells WR15 8SQ
Received 5 Oct 2020Midsummer Farm, Castlemorton, Worcestershire, WR13 6DA
Received 29 Jul 2015Land At Rose Acres, Sandhampton, Astley, Stourport-on-Severn, DY13 0RG
Received 29 Mar 2005The Bridge Hotel Stanford Bridge Worcester WR6 6RU
Received 4 Apr 201118 New Street Upton Upon Severn WR8 0HR
Received 14 Apr 2021Greensleeves , Worcester Road, Earls Croome, Worcester, WR8 9DA
Received 16 Jun 2000Briarlea,Bell Lane,Lower Broadheath,Worcestershire,WR2 6RP
Received 24 May 2010Bank House Hotel Golf & Country Club Bransford Worcester WR6 5JD
Received 13 Oct 1998The Wainhouse , The Village, Abberley, Worcester, WR6 6BS
Received 27 Apr 2001March End, Eastham, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8NN
Received 27 Oct 200817 Avenue Road, Malvern, WR14 3AY
Received 16 May 200320 Queens Estate, Wichenford, Worcester, WR6 6YJ
Received 9 Feb 1999Records 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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