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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
52,041 approved · 9,782 refused · 4,024 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lombard Tree Cottage Hanley Swan Worcester WR8 0EJ
Received 28 Jan 1983Land adj Basket Weavers Cottage, Clevelode, Worcestershire, WR13 6PD
Received 20 Mar 20153 Richmond Road, Malvern, WR14 1NE
Received 16 Jun 1980Severn Motor Yacht Club , Bath Road, Broomhall, Worcester, WR5 3HR
Received 29 Apr 1998Applegaard Fruit Farm Suckley Worcester WR6 5DJ
Received 8 Apr 20206 Hallow Lane Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6QL
Received 15 Dec 2020Holly Cottage 16 Hillside Worcester Road Great Witley Worcester WR6 6HX
Received 3 Jun 201929 Albert Park Road Malvern WR14 1HW
Received 30 Aug 2018Defford Mill Dunstall Earls Croome Worcester WR8 9DF
Received 5 Aug 2019219/221 , Worcester Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1NU
Received 16 Oct 2002Astley C Of E Primary School , Astley, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 0RH
Received 9 Jun 1995The Willows , Pershore Road, Smithmoor, Earls Croome, Worcester, WR8 9DH
Received 12 Dec 20062 Dragons Cross , Leigh Sinton, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 5EA
Received 19 Oct 1998Land And Workshop At Woodend Farm Broadwas
Received 21 May 2024Parsonage Farm , Church Road, Eldersfield, Gloucester, GL19 4NP
Received 24 Jul 1984Woodley Farm , Quay Lane, Earls Croome, Worcester, WR8 9DB
Received 11 Jul 1989122 Poolbrook Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3JF
Received 5 Dec 198019 Bellars Lane Malvern WR14 2DH
Received 28 Dec 2023Glencamilo 16 Redgate Avenue Tenbury Wells WR15 8DL
Received 8 May 2017Mailes Skips And Recycling Guinness Park Farm Leigh Sinton Malvern WR13 5EQ
Received 2 Aug 2018Hillcrest , Martley Road, Great Witley, Worcester, WR6 6HY
Received 2 Apr 1986The Maunch , Martley, Worcester, WR6 6QA
Received 16 Dec 1992Court Farm , Aston Bank, Newnham Bridge, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8LW
Received 29 May 1991Flat Holm , Stonehall Common, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3QG
Received 11 Sept 1986Records 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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