Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
19,338 approved · 3,446 refused · 1,724 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land off Frenchlands Lane, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, WR2 6QU
Received 8 Dec 2014Bathams Cottage,Castlemorton,Worcestershire,WR13 6LT
Received 12 Jun 2012Worfield House 50 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 4AB
Received 11 Jul 201250 Skyrrold Road Malvern WR14 2PS
Received 24 Oct 2018Vollenden Old Road South Kempsey Worcester WR5 3NJ
Received 27 Jun 2025Clifton Upon Teme Primary School Pound Lane Clifton Upon Teme Worcester WR6 6DE
Received 3 Jul 2023Ashbed Cottage Darbys Green Knightwick Worcester WR6 5PU
Received 15 Dec 2020Land At (Os 8553 4953) Old Road North Kempsey
Received 18 Jul 2017Cobwebs Morton Green Welland, Malvern WR13 6LR
Received 4 Jan 2018land at Hayslan Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 2RE
Received 22 Dec 2011Heath Farm Gloucester Road Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0QR
Received 2 Nov 200927 Manby Road Malvern WR14 3BD
Received 31 Jul 2025St Matthias Church Of England Primary School Cromwell Road Malvern WR14 1NA
Received 19 Nov 2013Hazelhurst House Little Witley Worcester WR6 6LF
Received 20 Dec 202215 Churchdown Road Malvern WR14 3JX
Received 11 Jul 201711 Lodge Drive Malvern WR14 4LS
Received 19 Jun 20183 Bank Street Malvern WR14 2JG
Received 15 May 2023Rose Hill Farm Stokes Lane Bushley Tewkesbury GL20 6HS
Received 8 Dec 2014The Sheiling 73 Structons Heath Great Witley Worcester WR6 6JA
Received 15 Nov 201923 Quest Hills Road Malvern WR14 1RJ
Received 13 Mar 2018Astley Towne Astley Stourport On Severn DY13 0RH
Received 21 Feb 2025The Black And White Cottage 13 Somers Road Malvern WR14 1HJ
Received 3 Apr 2024Hill End Farm Longdon Hill End Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0RN
Received 14 May 2024Top Barn Farm, Worcester Road, Holt Heath, Worcestershire, WR6 6NH
Received 24 Feb 2014Records 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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