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.
13,535 approved · 2,509 refused · 1,278 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Dovecot At (Os 7831 5345) Leigh Court Leigh
Received 24 Apr 2023Old Post Office Church Lane Earls Croome Worcester WR8 9DE
Received 13 Sept 2018Lower Bank Eastham Tenbury Wells WR15 8PA
Received 15 Aug 201723A Nursery Road Malvern WR14 1QY
Received 30 Jan 2019Cobbins Wichenford Worcester WR6 6YB
Received 10 Dec 2021Bridge Cottage Whiteleaved Oak Bromsberrow HR8 1SE
Received 17 Jul 2025121 Meadow Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2SA
Received 12 Feb 2014Worcester Lodge Worcester Road Great Witley Worcester WR6 6JT
Received 16 Dec 202114 Cromwell Road Powick Worcester WR2 4QJ
Received 14 Aug 202012 Ellsdon Rise,Kempsey,Worcestershire,WR5 3NU
Received 21 Jun 2013Land At (Os 8205 5395) Claphill Lane Rushwick
Received 5 Jul 201930 Cowleigh Road Malvern
Received 9 Nov 20173 College Road Malvern WR14 3DD
Received 28 Jun 202318 Clarence Road Malvern WR14 3EH
Received 11 Dec 2024Land At (OS 7747 6552) Hillhampton Great Witley
Received 27 Jan 2025The Homestead Clevelode Lane Guarlford Malvern WR13 6NX
Received 5 Mar 20194 Mews Cottages, 81 Albert Road South, Malvern, WR14 3DX
Received 27 Oct 2015Christmas Cottage 48 Kinnersley Severn Stoke Worcester WR8 9JR
Received 4 Mar 2022Land At (Os 5938 6800) Cornwall Gardens Tenbury Wells
Received 13 Oct 2025Land At (Os 8077 5752) Sailors Bank Lower Broadheath
Received 11 Mar 2026Field Farm Little Hereford Ludlow SY8 4AU
Received 16 Mar 2022Land At (Os 7535 5996),Martley,Worcestershire,
Received 6 Mar 2013Spring Bank 86 Graham Road Malvern
Received 8 Apr 2022Post Office Cottage, Newnham Bridge, Worcestershire, WR15 8LP
Received 22 Jun 2016Records 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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