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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
41,821 approved · 7,526 refused · 3,486 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jul 1977 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hill Top Farm , Bromyard Road, Sutton, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8RH
Received 4 Jun 1998Annabelle , Bransford, Worcester, WR6 5JD
Received 6 Dec 199354 St Andrews Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3PP
Received 6 Aug 199832 Hill View Gardens, Upton-Upon-Severn, Worcester, WR8 0QJ
Received 22 Sept 1995Land Adjacent To A4104, Pershore Road, Earls Croome, Worcester, ,
Received 4 Sept 2003Walshes Cottage, The Common, Abberley, Worcester, WR6 6AY
Received 25 Aug 2004St. James & The Abbey School , Croft Bank, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4DF
Received 12 Dec 1994Woodside Farm , Bayton, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY14 9NE
Received 26 Jan 1990Tree Works Along Avenue Road Malvern
Received 18 Jan 202481 Albert Road South Malvern
Received 15 Jul 2020Rickstones, Bell Lane, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, WR2 6RR
Received 25 Aug 2015Land At (Os 7995 6554), Rectory Lane, Shrawley, Worcestershire,
Received 27 Nov 201549 Oakleigh Avenue Hallow Worcester WR2 6NG
Received 15 Nov 1991Bank House Hotel Bransford Worcester WR6 5JD
Received 21 Jan 20149 High Street Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0HJ
Received 17 Mar 1989Merebrook Industrial Units, Hanley Road, Welland, Malvern, WR13 6NP
Received 8 Jul 1996Land adjoinging 14 & 16 Meadow Road Malvern
Received 12 Jul 1999Rose Cottage 21 Upper Ferry Lane Callow End Worcester WR2 4TL
Received 28 Feb 2020The Smithy , Martley, Worcester, WR6 6QA
Received 16 Mar 1995Cromwells Malvern Road Powick Worcester WR2 4QP
Received 12 May 2006Land At (OS 7822 4778) Howsell Road Malvern
Received 13 Feb 199646 Hornyold Road Malvern WR14 1QH
Received 30 Mar 2017Penlake House Structons Heath Great Witley, Worcester WR6 6JA
Received 12 Jun 20175 Bluebell Close, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3QR
Received 9 Sept 2003Records 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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