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.
13,102 approved · 2,442 refused · 1,224 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1980 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stanbrook Abbey Upton Road Callow End Worcester WR2 4TD
Received 25 Oct 2018Old Tannery Martley Worcester WR6 6PA
Received 25 Oct 2022Church End Court, Queenhill, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0RE
Received 1 Aug 2016The Oaks Bell Lane Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6RR
Received 1 Dec 201652 Priory Road Malvern
Received 13 Jul 2026Malvern Public Library 44 Graham Road Malvern WR14 2HU
Received 17 Dec 2020Pewtrice Farm Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6LT
Received 13 Dec 2018The Lynches 72A Albert Road South Malvern WR14 3AH
Received 8 Sept 2025Viewfield Como Road Malvern
Received 10 May 2018Land At (Os 8498 4061) New Street Upton Upon Severn
Received 1 Jul 2022Home Farm Madresfield Malvern WR13 5AJ
Received 20 May 2026Lower Woodsfield Farm Lower Woodsfield Madresfield Malvern WR13 5BE
Received 7 Aug 202340 Peachfield Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4AL
Received 7 Sept 201633 Hornyold Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1QH
Received 20 Jul 2016St Marys C Of E School Longdon, Tewkesbury GL20 6AT
Received 7 Nov 201733 Somers Park Avenue, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1SE
Received 9 Nov 2016Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb Shelsley Walsh Worcester WR6 6RP
Received 14 Aug 2026Lane End Cottage Pendock Gloucester GL19 3PW
Received 4 Apr 20233 and 4 Mistletoe Orchard, Martley, Worcestershire, WR6 6RW
Received 21 Jun 2016land adj 7, Kenswick Mill Cottages, Kenswick, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, WR2 6QX
Received 6 Aug 2013Green Acres Kerswell Green Worcester WR5 3PE
Received 6 Nov 20184 College Terrace Berrington Road Tenbury Wells WR15 8EJ
Received 29 Mar 2018Rose Cottage, Clows Top, Worcestershire, DY14 9NY
Received 6 Dec 2016Gunnions Farm Eldersfield Gloucester GL19 4PP
Received 13 Feb 2025Records 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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