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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
37,885 approved · 6,576 refused · 3,224 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jul 1977 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 8568 4948) Brookend Lane Kempsey
Received 24 Aug 202649 Christine Avenue, Rushwick, Worcestershire, WR2 5SW
Received 28 Apr 2016Alpha Lodge , St. James Drive, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2UD
Received 25 Mar 2002Convent of The Holy Name Ranelagh Road Malvern WR14 1BQ
Received 9 Jun 1997Arnwood , Hook Bank, Hanley Castle, Worcester, WR8 0BA
Received 10 Jun 2005Land At (Os 7709 2432) Holywell Road Malvern
Received 8 Jan 2025Lower Sandlin Farm,Sandlin,Leigh Sinton,Worcestershire,WR13 5DN
Received 25 Jun 2010The Firs Old Road North Kempsey Worcester WR5 3JZ
Received 27 Aug 202637 Oakfield Drive, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3PW
Received 13 Feb 2008The Dower House The Green Hallow Worcester WR2 6PE
Received 15 Mar 201916 Fruitlands, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4AH
Received 5 Aug 1999Salvation House Ranelagh Road Malvern WR14 1BQ
Received 11 May 2018Blackmore House, Blackmore Park, Hanley Swan, Worcester, WR8 0EF
Received 15 Jun 1992Strensham Motorway Service Area M5 Northbound Strensham Worcester WR8 0BZ
Received 11 Dec 2023Land adj 20 Blackmore Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1QT
Received 30 Nov 2015Rose Cottage , Grimley, Worcester, WR2 6LT
Received 16 Jul 2009Brookfield, Shoulton Lane, Hallow, Worcestershire, WR2 6PU
Received 9 Oct 2014Westways Claphill Lane Rushwick Worcester WR2 5TP
Received 15 Aug 20192 Fern Cottage Holywell Road Malvern WR14 4LF
Received 23 Jun 2021Land At (Os 8604 4120) Ryall Court Lane Holly Green Upton Upon Severn
Received 22 Mar 2023Garden House Worcester Road Great Witley Worcester WR6 6JT
Received 24 Jan 2022Bank Farm , Collins Green, Knightwick, Worcester, WR6 5PS
Received 23 Jun 200011A Upton Road, Callow End, Worcester, WR2 4TE
Received 10 Dec 199211 Watery Lane Malvern WR14 4JX
Received 5 Aug 2025Records 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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