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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
43,115 approved · 7,817 refused · 3,583 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Ridgend Farm Wichenford Worcester WR6 6YS
Received 24 Aug 2020Playing Fields , Plovers Rise, Kempsey, Worcester,
Received 30 Mar 2009Carmichael Trucks Ltd , Bath Road, Broomhall, Worcester, WR5 3HR
Received 12 Aug 1992May Place, 187 Wells Road, Malvern,
Received 10 Feb 2017Broadwater,Broadwas,Worcestershire,WR6 5NE
Received 7 Jan 2011Pear Tree Cottage , Kinnersley, Severn Stoke, Worcester, WR8 9JR
Received 8 Mar 1995The Mere House, Welland Court Lane, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire WR8 0ST
Received 7 Jun 20101 College Grove Malvern
Received 25 Oct 20175 Freemantle Drive Kempsey, Worcester WR5 3SE
Received 20 Oct 2017The Grove , Leigh, Worcester, WR6 5LE
Received 6 Jun 199015 Jacomb Close, Lower Broadheath, Worcester, WR2 6SQ
Received 4 Mar 200354 Somers Road Malvern WR14 1JB
Received 25 Feb 2026Church View , Moorend Road, Eldersfield, Gloucester, GL19 4NS
Received 28 Mar 20064 Brook Side Kempsey Worcester WR5 3LB
Received 19 Jun 2013Steeptop Hanley Childe Tenbury Wells WR15 8QY
Received 19 May 2017Hillworth Farm , Yardbridge, Longdon, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire,
Received 1 Dec 1995Holt Heath Garage, Holt Heath, Worcester, WR6 6NA
Received 29 Mar 198987 Fruitlands Malvern WR14 4XB
Received 6 Jan 1991Land Adjacent St. Gabriel's , Hanley Swan, Worcester,
Received 17 Dec 1996Rose Acres , Astley, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 0RG
Received 1 Oct 2007Countrywide Stores 441 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 1BE
Received 26 Feb 2019St Marys Church Rectory Lane Guarlford WR13 6NT
Received 11 Mar 2026Gardeners Cottage Croome Court Croome D'abitot Severn Stoke Worcester WR8 9DW
Received 12 May 2000Stonehall Cottage Stonehall Common Kempsey Worcester WR5 3QG
Received 6 Aug 2021Records 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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