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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
51,910 approved · 9,760 refused · 4,017 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 May 1974 to 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 9 Jul 2014Lower House Farm Shelsley Beauchamp Worcester WR6 6RE
Received 12 Feb 2009Greens Barn , Kerswell Green, Worcester, WR5 3PF
Received 11 Jul 1996Sapey Court Cottage , Clifton-on-Teme, Worcester, WR6 6HH
Received 21 Nov 199481 Quest Hills Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1RN
Received 23 Aug 1988Sunnyside , Bransford Road, Rushwick, Worcester, WR2 5SJ
Received 11 Jul 1995The Old Forge, Main Road, Hallow, Worcester WR2 6PW
Received 24 Mar 2010Sparrows Roost Dunley Stourport On Severn DY13 0UE
Received 20 May 2026Land off Tavern Lane, Newnham Bridge, Worcestershire, WR15 8LR
Received 7 Aug 201539 Alexandra Road Malvern WR14 1HE
Received 28 Oct 2026Land Adjacent, Sunnybank, Off Orchard Ridge , Longdon, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 6AY
Received 23 May 19911 Court Lea, Upton-Upon-Severn, Worcester, WR8 0PE
Received 13 Mar 200725 Redland Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1LY
Received 18 Apr 1983Lawnside , Albert Road South, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3AH
Received 30 Apr 1996Site Adjacent 5 , Greenhill Terrace, Hallow, Worcester,
Received 1 Jun 1993The Wain House Dingle Road Leigh Worcester WR6 5JX
Received 16 Jan 2023The Acorns , Sutton, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8RN
Received 2 May 1989Yew Tree Cottage , Mamble, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY14 9JN
Received 10 Jun 1994Abbey College 253 Wells Road Malvern WR14 4JF
Received 2 Mar 1979Parish Hall , Sherridge Road, Leigh Sinton, Malvern, Worcestershire,
Received 21 Nov 1979Day Education Centre Geraldine Road Malvern
Received 6 Feb 1985110-112 Barnards Green Road Malvern WR14 3ND
Received 21 Jun 2019Ambleside , Roberts End, Hanley Swan, Worcester, WR8 0DL
Received 16 Jun 1997Land Adjacent 2 Lower Montpelier Road , West Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4DV
Received 1 Sept 2005Records 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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