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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.
20,367 approved · 3,664 refused · 1,848 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wren House, 1-3 Wren Avenue, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2QB
Received 1 Dec 2015Upper Tundridge Farm Blackhouse Lane Suckley Worcester WR6 5DP
Received 17 Jul 2015The Old School Hook Common Hanley Castle Worcester WR8 0AX
Received 25 Apr 2024Aventine 12 King Edwards Road Malvern WR14 4AJ
Received 8 Sept 2017Prickley Cottage Hillside Martley Worcester WR6 6QW
Received 16 Nov 2017Malvern St James College 15 Avenue Road Malvern WR14 3BA
Received 21 Jan 2026Mythe Bridge House Ledbury Road Tewkesbury GL20 6AA
Received 9 Jan 2013Painters Cottage Hancocks Lane Malvern WR14 4JP
Received 28 Jun 201831 Upton Road, Callow End, Worcestershire, WR2 4TY
Received 5 Jun 2015Crook Barn Birchley Farm Court Bockleton Road Oldwood Tenbury Wells WR15 8PW
Received 12 May 2026Sundown Reed Close Malvern WR14 2AG
Received 20 Aug 2019Lower Horsham Farm Horsham Martley Worcester WR6 6PN
Received 19 May 2014142 West Malvern Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4NJ
Received 4 Jun 201442 Nursery Road Malvern WR14 1QY
Received 24 Aug 2017The Heritage Centre Church Street Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0HX
Received 22 Aug 2025180 West Malvern Road Malvern WR14 4AZ
Received 2 Aug 2024Sunnyside Bransford Road Rushwick Worcester WR2 5SJ
Received 1 Mar 20199 St James Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2TS
Received 15 Sept 2015Frogmarsh Cottage,Frogmarsh,Corse Lawn,Worcestershire,GL19 4PW
Received 3 Dec 2009172 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 1AA
Received 18 Jun 2021Agricultural Building at Brickwalls Barn, Gilberts End, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, WR8 0AS
Received 10 Dec 201572 The Beeches, Holly Green, Upton Upon Severn, WR8 0QQ,
Received 9 Jul 2008Land Adjacent 86,Guarlford Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,
Received 23 Jul 2012The Hastings 130 Barnards Green Road Malvern WR14 3NA
Received 20 Jul 2017Records 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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