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.
13,712 approved · 2,541 refused · 1,290 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Tenbury High School Oldwood Road Tenbury Wells WR15 8XA
Received 3 Sept 201226 Hornyold Road Malvern WR14 1QH
Received 24 Sept 2021Land At (Os 8202 5595 West Of Worcester) Martley Road Lower Broadheath
Received 13 Sept 202234 The Woodlands Ryall Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0PQ
Received 8 Mar 2019Old Farm Barn, Eastham, Worcestershire, WR15 8PA
Received 3 Aug 2015Upper Stone House, Horsham, Martley, Worcestershire, WR6 6PN
Received 17 Feb 2014Clay Farm, Clows Top, Worcestershire, DY14 9NN
Received 18 Mar 2015Foxhole West Malvern Road Malvern WR14 4EL
Received 6 May 2020Corse Lawn Garage Corse Lawn Gloucester GL19 4PE
Received 9 Dec 2020The Hermitage 9 Kings End Road Powick Worcester WR2 4RA
Received 13 Oct 2017Land At (Os 7504 5325) Clay Green Farm Folly Road Alfrick
Received 4 Dec 2020Ivy House 111 Graham Road Malvern WR14 2JP
Received 18 Sept 2018Flume Lodge East Waterside Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0PB
Received 13 Feb 2023Millbrook Lodge Millham Lane Alfrick Worcester WR6 5HS
Received 30 Nov 2018St Anns Well Cafe St Anns Road Malvern WR14 4RF
Received 28 Oct 202435 Pippin Drive Welland Malvern WR13 6SN
Received 8 Apr 2019Peacock Farm, Astley Cross, Worcestershire, DY13 0RD
Received 25 Jul 201362 Worcester Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4AB
Received 2 Sept 2013Unit 7, Woodside Business Park, Beach Hay, Bayton, Worcestershire, DY14 9NE
Received 17 Feb 2014Glazenbridge Lodge Shrawley Worcester WR6 6TQ
Received 7 Jun 20161 Reynolds Close Welland Malvern WR13 6SJ
Received 26 Nov 202010 Abbey Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3HG
Received 19 Jan 2017Rosebank Gardens, Wells Road, Malvern, Worcestershire,
Received 16 Nov 2015Upper Orchard Cottage Hollybed Street Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6DB
Received 12 Sept 2013Records 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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