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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20,368 approved · 3,665 refused · 1,848 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Phipps Farm Mamble Kidderminster DY14 9JW
Received 4 Sept 2025Malvern Spa Grovewood Road Malvern WR14 1GD
Received 12 Oct 2012Land At (Os 8189 5420),Claphill Farm, Claphill Lane, Rushwick
Received 3 Sept 2010Woodcutters Barn, Stitchins Hill, Leigh Sinton, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 5DJ,
Received 31 Jan 2006The Old Manor House Bockleton Tenbury Wells WR15 8PP
Received 13 Jun 2022Upper Lowbourne, Knighton On Teme, Worcestershire, WR15 8LY
Received 13 Aug 2013The Grange, Alfrick, Worcester WR6 5HH
Received 2 Jan 2018St Bartholomews Church Grimley
Received 27 May 201120 Bellars Lane Malvern WR14 2DN
Received 21 Jan 2026Woodleigh,Camp Lane,Shelsley Beauchamp,Worcestershire,WR6 6RL
Received 28 Jul 201077 Britten Drive Malvern WR14 3LG
Received 26 Feb 2018Prickley Cottage Hillside Martley Worcester WR6 6QW
Received 16 Mar 2016Wheatley Cottage,Folly Road,Alfrick,Worcestershire,WR6 5HN
Received 2 Apr 2012Dobbshill Farm Staunton Gloucester GL19 3PD
Received 6 Mar 2026Countrywide Stores And Service Station Hanley Road Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0HU
Received 10 Jun 2019The Manor Farm, Oldwood Common, Worcestershire, WR15 8TF
Received 20 Nov 2014Fetterlocks Farmhouse Hillside Martley Worcester WR6 6QS
Received 3 Dec 2007Brookfields,Shoulton Lane,Hallow,Worcestershire,
Received 11 Sept 2012Coppice Leisure Park, Ockeridge, Wichenford, Worcestershire WR6 6YP
Received 9 Mar 2010Land At (Os 7948 6970) Dunley
Received 7 Mar 2025Victoria Park Victoria Park Road Malvern
Received 29 Jul 2019Land At (OS 7826 4645) Garage Court, Sling Lane, Malvern, Worcestershire,
Received 6 Feb 2006Kenswick Mill Cottages Kenswick Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6QX
Received 13 May 2011Malvern Instruments, Grovewood Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1XZ
Received 31 Mar 2014Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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