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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.
19,318 approved · 3,441 refused · 1,722 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land At Post Office Cottage , Newnham Bridge, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8LP
Received 4 Feb 200917 Lime Tree Avenue, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4XE
Received 23 Mar 2009Redhill Shelsley Beauchamp Worcester WR6 6RN
Received 19 Jun 2019The Gables, 33 Richmond Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1NE
Received 9 Nov 2015Land adj 71 Court Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 3ED
Received 19 Dec 2012Draycott Villa Nurseries At Draycott Villa 23 Main Road Kempsey Worcester WR5 3NY
Received 11 Sept 202426 Lower Road Malvern WR14 4BX
Received 31 Dec 2019Dalvington 146 Lower Howsell Road Malvern WR14 1DL
Received 6 Jan 2023Hopsden, Bell Lane, Broadheath, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8QX
Received 13 Dec 2016Broadview Gardens Oldbury Road Worcester
Received 28 Apr 202398 Poolbrook Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 3JD
Received 21 Apr 201160 Doppler Road Malvern WR14 3SX
Received 20 Jul 2026Land At (Os 8189 5091), Malvern Road, Powick
Received 27 May 2014Court Mews, Newnham Bridge, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire WR15 8JE
Received 22 Jun 2010Land At Moorcroft Broadheath Common Lower Broadheath
Received 15 Jul 2022Land At (Os 7482 5226) Bridges Stone Alfrick
Received 26 Nov 20251 Broomhall Cottages Broomhall Norton Worcester WR5 2NX
Received 14 May 2020Keppel Gate St Michaels Tenbury Wells WR15 8TG
Received 19 Apr 2021Treetops Bungalow, Hillside, Martley, Worcestershire, WR6 6QW
Received 29 Jan 2015The Barn, Brockamin, Leigh, Worcestershire, WR6 5LA
Received 27 Aug 201535 Eardiston Tenbury Wells WR15 8JJ
Received 20 Mar 2025Uphill House 14 Wyche Road Malvern WR14 4EG
Received 17 Nov 2025Land At (Os 8166 5113) Sparrowhall Lane Powick
Received 14 Sept 20206 Tewkesbury Road, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0PX
Received 19 Jul 2010Records 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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