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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
45,646 approved · 8,305 refused · 3,730 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Dec 1974 to 9 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 rear of 5 Florence Close, Kempsey, Worcestershire, WR5 3NE
Received 10 Apr 2014The Oak,Longdon,Worcestershire,GL20 6AR
Received 28 Feb 201199 Albert Park Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1RR
Received 6 Nov 2013Carters Cottage , Kingswood, Stanford Bridge, Worcester, WR6 6SB
Received 7 Apr 1986Wishmoor Rest Home, 21 Avenue Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3AY
Received 24 Jul 2009Hanley Castle High School Church End Hanley Castle Worcestershire WR8 0BL
Received 18 Jan 2023Plot 1 Clarence Road Malvern
Received 12 Mar 2007Malvern College College Road Malvern WR14 3DF
Received 13 Oct 2025Land At (Os 8258 5549) Oldbury Road Worcester
Received 12 May 202554 West Malvern Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4NA
Received 21 Dec 2004Chapel Cottage,Upper Welland Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 4LD
Received 30 Jan 2012Glebe Barn Church Lane Earls Croome Worcester WR8 9DE
Received 12 Feb 20034 Greenhill Gardens, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8DU
Received 30 Apr 1993Hawthorne Cottage, 177 Upper Welland Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4LB
Received 10 Feb 20153 Mark Close, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1LW
Received 11 Jul 1996Apple Tree Cottage , Picken End, Hanley Swan, Worcester, WR8 0DQ
Received 10 Apr 1991Land At (Os 5975 6742) Mill Meadow Tenbury Wells
Received 4 Aug 1998Callow Farm , Hillside, Martley, Worcester, WR6 6QW
Received 20 Feb 1997The Hollybush , Worcester Road, Whitbourne, Worcester, WR6 5RB
Received 20 Jun 1991Brompton Cottage, 34 Bank Street, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2JG
Received 6 Jun 2016Southview Paddock Gilberts End Hanley Castle Worcester WR8 0AS
Received 28 Jul 2022Land Adjoining (south) Little Heath Cottages , Astley, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 0RE
Received 5 Oct 1989Church Farm , The Village, Abberley, Worcester, WR6 6BP
Received 21 Jul 2003Hawthorn House, Stocks Road, Alfrick, Worcestershire, WR6 5HD
Received 24 Aug 2015Records 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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