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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Malvern Hills District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
19,287 approved · 3,436 refused · 1,719 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1980 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Southlodge, 45 Abbey Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3HH
Received 5 Dec 201642A Priory Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3DN,
Received 11 Feb 2009Plot 1 Clarence Road Malvern
Received 17 Aug 2011Stock Cottage, The Village, Clifton-on-Teme, Worcester, WR6 6DH
Received 7 Sept 2009Rose Tree Cottage, Lime Street, Eldersfield, Worcestershire, GL19 4NX
Received 13 Jan 201634 Kinnersley, Severn Stoke, Worcester, WR8 9JR
Received 11 Aug 2008The Cottage Astley Burf Stourport On Severn DY13 0RX
Received 12 Nov 2025Upper Ridney Farm Stockton Worcester WR6 6XB
Received 19 Aug 2019Grove Cottage 6 Westminster Road Malvern WR14 4ES
Received 22 May 2013High Oaks, Bell Lane, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, WR2 6RR
Received 3 Mar 2015Land At (Os 7562 6728) The Hill Abberley
Received 13 Apr 2022Flat 2 16 Lower Howsell Road Malvern WR14 1EF
Received 30 Jun 2022Masefield House, Wells Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4PA
Received 5 Jun 20141 Stourport Road,Great Witley,Worcestershire,WR6 6JP
Received 30 Jan 2012Properties Cedar Lodge And Coventry Barn Severn Stoke
Received 1 Oct 2020Willow Fields Willow Road Martley Worcester WR6 6PS
Received 5 Oct 2021Land At (Os 8202 5595 West Of Worcester) Martley Road Lower Broadheath
Received 24 Apr 202410A College Road Malvern WR14 3DD
Received 28 Jan 20203, Pins Green, Worcester Road, Newland, Worcestershire, WR13 5BA
Received 1 Aug 2016Barnards Green House 10 Poolbrook Road Malvern WR14 3NQ
Received 5 Oct 201144 Spring Lane, Malvern, WR14 1AJ
Received 29 Sept 2010Royal Oak Hotel Market Street Tenbury Wells WR15 8BQ
Received 23 Dec 202220 Hornyold Road Malvern WR14 1QQ
Received 17 Apr 202068 Main Road, Kempsey, Worcestershire, WR5 3JY
Received 1 Oct 2015Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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