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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.
20,368 approved · 3,665 refused · 1,848 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1980 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 24 Feb 2025The Anchor (PH) , 6 Yates Hay Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1LH
Received 7 Jul 200671A Albert Road South, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3AH,
Received 5 Aug 200923 Green Lane Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6SH
Received 26 Oct 201728 Ebrington Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4NL
Received 5 Apr 201674 Guarlford Road Malvern WR14 3QT
Received 31 Mar 2026Wells House Chapel, Holywell Road, Malvern
Received 22 Jan 20139 Leadon Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 2XF
Received 1 Mar 2011Meander Forth Cottage Tan House Lane Rushwick Worcester WR2 5SZ
Received 14 Sept 2011The Old Court,Horsham,Martley,Worcestershire,
Received 5 Oct 2012Northfield Farm , Worcester Road, Hanley Castle, Worcester, WR8 0AA
Received 29 Jul 2008Greenfields Lime Street Eldersfield Gloucester GL19 4NX
Received 10 Jan 2012Land At (Os 8105 5202), Station Road, Bransford, Worcestershire,
Received 10 May 20102 Orchard Close Severn Stoke Worcester WR8 9JJ
Received 23 Jun 2017Callow Farm Caravan ,Hillside,Martley,Worcestershire,
Received 16 Mar 201152 Cedar Avenue, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2SF
Received 11 Jun 2014The Cottage Willow Road Martley Worcester WR6 6PS
Received 11 May 2026Malvern St James Sports And Fitness Centre, 33 Barnards Green Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3LH,
Received 8 Apr 2009Wrights Cottage Bayton Kidderminster DY14 9LJ
Received 7 May 202599A Barnards Green Road Malvern WR14 3LT
Received 7 Jun 20234 Peachfield Road Malvern WR14 4AR
Received 20 Oct 2017Mill Orchards, Stourport Road, Great Witley, Worcestershire, WR6 6JP
Received 16 Jun 2015Laburnum Cottage Leigh Sinton Malvern WR13 5EQ
Received 5 Dec 2019Badgers Walk Caravan Park,Pool Lane,Clows Top,Worcestershire,DY14 9NT
Received 6 Jun 2011Records 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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