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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
51,487 approved · 9,648 refused · 3,982 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 May 1974 to 11 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 4 - 10 , Homestead Close, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4HL
Received 10 Feb 2004Woodend Farm , Broadwas, Worcester, WR6 5NS
Received 10 May 19921 The Woodlands 28 Main Road Kempsey Worcester WR5 3NB
Received 2 Sept 2026Old Post Office Shelsley Walsh Worcester WR6 6RP
Received 28 May 2024Bramble Cottage,Church End,Hanley Castle,Worcestershire,WR8 0BL
Received 8 Oct 2010New House Farmhouse , St. Michaels, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8TW
Received 4 Jun 1996Longmore Hill Barn , Astley, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 0RR
Received 14 Jan 19882 Pound Meadow,Rectory Lane,Shrawley,Worcestershire,WR6 6TP
Received 19 Feb 2013The Orchards , Baughton Hill, Earls Croome, Worcester, WR8 9DG
Received 27 Sept 199114 Hornyold Avenue, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1QJ
Received 8 Nov 2009Bank Farm , Collins Green, Knightwick, Worcester, WR6 5PS
Received 20 Jul 1990The Pink House St Dunstans Lane Rochford Tenbury Wells WR15 8SW
Received 17 Apr 2019West Malvern Water Reclamation , Croft Bank, Malvern, Worcestershire,
Received 17 Sept 1981Crown Inn 21 Malvern Road Powick WR2 4SF
Received 24 Jan 2020Bayton C Of E Primary School Bayton Kidderminster DY14 9LG
Received 10 Nov 20054 Park Croft , Rochford, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8SL
Received 5 Jul 1991The Goulds , Rectory Lane, Knightwick, Worcester, WR6 5QF
Received 9 Jan 1987Land At (Os 8550 5099) Bath Road Broomhall
Received 5 Mar 2026115 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 1ER
Received 16 Dec 1983Laugherne Slade , Berrow Green Road, Martley, Worcester, WR6 6PQ
Received 11 Jul 2001The Crown Martley Worcester WR6 6PA
Received 2 Jul 1996Pewtrice Farm Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6LT
Received 10 Apr 200627 Berrington Gardens, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8ET
Received 31 Jan 200061 Court Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3ED
Received 4 Feb 2002Records 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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