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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
53,996 approved · 10,241 refused · 4,149 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 May 1974 to 12 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Co-op 67 Upper Howsell Road Malvern WR14 1TP
Received 30 Jan 2014Land At (Os 8482 4850) Pixham Ferry Lane Kempsey
Received 26 Mar 2020Wynds Croft , 66 Lower Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4BX
Received 8 Jan 1987Holy Trinity Church Worcester Road Malvern WR14 1NU
Received 23 Jan 2019The Old Pack House , Sherridge Road, Leigh Sinton, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 5DB
Received 24 Jan 2008Church Farm , The Village, Abberley, Worcester, WR6 6BP
Received 23 Jun 19933 Coxwell Drive, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2NE
Received 19 May 1980Tower House, Baughton Hill, Earls Croome, Worcestershire, WR8 9DG
Received 9 Apr 2015Church Meadow Court Graham Road Malvern WR14 2JT
Received 13 Nov 2017Birtsmorton Telephone Exchange , Birtsmorton, Malvern, Worcestershire,
Received 4 Oct 2001Wheypools Barn , Longdon, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 6AR
Received 18 Dec 198652B St Andrews Road Malvern WR14 3PP
Received 30 Oct 1986Cromwells Tavern (Formerly The Vernon Arms) 6 Village Powick Worcester WR2 4QP
Received 28 Feb 1980Rose Cottage , Picken End, Hanley Swan, Worcester, WR8 0DQ
Received 9 May 20053 Otherton Lane Cotheridge Worcester WR6 5LS
Received 21 Jul 202391 Graham Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2JW
Received 11 Jan 1994The Cottage Ankerdine Hill Knightwick, Worcester WR6 5PN
Received 28 Aug 2018Dunley Filling Station , Dunley, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 0UE
Received 28 May 1997Marlowe Cottage , Stanks Lane, Upton-Upon-Severn, Worcester, WR8 0QU
Received 22 Feb 1980Land At (OS 8488 4908), Squires Walk, Kempsey, Worcester
Received 12 Jan 1994The White House , Suckley, Worcester, WR6 5DF
Received 13 Jul 1988M5 Service Area(Northbound) , Strensham Motorway Services Area, Hill Croome, Upton-Upon-Severn, Worcester, WR8 0BZ
Received 19 May 2003Pickersleigh Court North End Lane Malvern WR14 2ET
Received 28 Nov 20184 Vinery Mews, Teme Street, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8HZ
Received 21 Sept 1998Records 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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