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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.
19,304 approved · 3,438 refused · 1,721 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
20 Tibberton Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 3AS
Received 10 Aug 2012Land adjacent to Parsleys Patch,Longley Green,Suckley,Worcestershire,WR6 5DU
Received 1 Apr 2010Redgables Cotheridge Worcester WR6 5LZ
Received 18 Feb 202230 Hornyold Road Malvern WR14 1QH
Received 2 Apr 2024Hill View, Bushley Green, Bushley, Worcestershire, GL20 6JB
Received 12 Dec 2016Walnut Cottage Lower Lightwood Lightwood Lane Cotheridge Worcester WR6 5LT
Received 16 Oct 202332 Minge Lane Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0LS
Received 16 Jun 202015 St Wulstans Drive Malvern WR14 4JA
Received 14 Jan 20213 Claywood Mews Menith Wood Worcester WR6 6UB
Received 27 Jun 2022Manor House 32 Old Road North Kempsey Worcester WR5 3JZ
Received 16 Oct 2025Appletree Cottage,2 Foxes Hill,Kempsey,Worcestershire,WR5 3QP
Received 25 Feb 2013Penlake House Structons Heath Great Witley Worcester WR6 6JA
Received 13 Feb 2026The New House Kings Green Wichenford Worcester WR6 6YG
Received 18 Oct 2022Tyre Hill Cottage,Hanley Swan,Worcestershire,WR8 0EQ
Received 16 Aug 2011Lawnhill, New Inn Lane, Shrawley, Worcestershire, WR6 6TE
Received 22 Jun 2015123-127 Barnards Green Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3LT
Received 24 Aug 2016Shelsley Grange Shelsley Beauchamp Worcester WR6 6RJ
Received 9 Sept 201936 The Drive Powick Worcester WR2 4SA
Received 11 Apr 2022Hall Farm,Church Lane,Mamble,Worcestershire,DY14 9JY
Received 15 Mar 2011Redwald,Hollybush,Worcestershire,HR8 1SG
Received 29 Jun 20114 Hopkilns, Eardiston, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8JH
Received 2 Feb 2017Advantage Business Park Spring Lane South Malvern
Received 28 Jul 2026Public Conveniences Grange Road Malvern WR14 3HA
Received 17 Nov 2021202-210 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 1AG
Received 9 Oct 2018Records 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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