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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
52,140 approved · 9,804 refused · 4,028 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At (OS 7950 5438) Upper Howsden Farm , Howsen, Cotheridge, Worcester, WR6 5LR
Received 5 Jul 1995Owls Roost , Chapel Lane, Bransford, Worcester, WR6 5JQ
Received 2 Sept 1982The Flying Horse , Bromyard Road, Knightwick, Worcester, WR6 5PH
Received 10 Apr 1990Builders Yard , Astley Cross, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 0RE
Received 1 Mar 1985Sledgemoor House Sledgemoor Broadwas Worcester WR6 5NR
Received 2 Dec 2025Oak House Upper Welland Road Malvern WR14 4JU
Received 16 Jan 2024Land At (Os 8067 5729) Frenchlands Lane Lower Broadheath
Received 12 Apr 2018Bowling Green Garage , 10 Malvern Road, Powick, Worcester, WR2 4SF
Received 31 Oct 19884 Montgomerie Close, Powick, Worcester, WR2 4QW
Received 29 Jan 2008Pucks Hill , Lulsley, Knightwick, Worcester, WR6 5QW
Received 6 Aug 1990Market Tavern,Market Square,Tenbury Wells,Worcestershire,WR15 8BL
Received 14 Mar 201280 Lower Wyche Road Malvern WR14 4ET
Received 9 Nov 2020Stourport Lodge Worcester Road Great Witley Worcester WR6 6JT
Received 6 Apr 2021Whitehall Cottage, Bransford Road, Rushwick, Worcestershire, WR2 5TA
Received 21 Oct 2015Marshlands Eldersfield Marsh Eldersfield Gloucester GL19 4PH
Received 29 Apr 202687 Brookfarm Drive, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3SH
Received 18 Jun 2001Shuna Broadheath Common Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6RP
Received 20 Aug 2024Land off A38, north of Stratford Bridge, Ripple, WR8 0PY
Received 21 Oct 2010114 Tanhouse Lane, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1LG
Received 2 May 200125 Pump Street, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4LU
Received 11 Feb 1988Waddings , Knighton-on-Teme, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8LY
Received 30 Oct 2003Land At (25 Knoll Lane) , Tudor Close, Malvern, Worcestershire,
Received 12 Jan 1998Bluebell Cottage , Pershore Road, Earls Croome, Worcester, WR8 9DJ
Received 25 Mar 199418 Meadow Close, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3NL
Received 19 Mar 2004Records 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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