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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.
13,809 approved · 2,549 refused · 1,293 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1980 to 8 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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125 Church Street,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 2AH
Received 10 Sept 2012Land At (Os 5893 6180) Bockleton
Received 19 Jun 2026Barn At (OS 6299 6426) Arceye House Kyre
Received 13 Feb 2019Land At (Os 7949 4775) Betony Road Malvern
Received 30 Apr 2014The Tavern Tavern Lane Newnham Bridge Tenbury Wells WR15 8LR
Received 26 Oct 2016186 Pickersleigh Road Malvern WR14 2QX
Received 2 May 2023The Butty Frenchlands Lane Lower Broadheath WORCESTER WR2 6QU
Received 8 Jan 2025Elim International Centre De Walden Road Malvern WR14 4DF
Received 12 Nov 2021Land At Os 7620 4512 Harcourt Road Malvern
Received 11 Aug 2026The Old Packing House Sherridge Road Leigh Sinton Malvern WR13 5DB
Received 22 Apr 2025The Birche Shelsley Beauchamp Worcester WR6 6RD
Received 4 Mar 2015Hill View, Welland Road, Upton Upon Severn, Worcester, WR8 0SR
Received 25 Nov 201617 Alexandra Road Malvern WR14 1HA
Received 29 Jun 20201 Oakley Close Malvern WR14 2FE
Received 6 Oct 2015The Bridge Hotel,87 Teme Street,Tenbury Wells,Worcestershire,WR15 8AE
Received 14 May 2013Little Malvern Priory Little Malvern
Received 5 Oct 2026Oaktrees Caravan, Highwood, Eastham, Worcestershire, WR15 8PB
Received 1 Sept 2014Lower Bank Eastham Tenbury Wells WR15 8PA
Received 12 Oct 201712 Powyke Court Close Powick Worcester WR2 4RR
Received 11 Feb 2026Little Lightwood Farm, Lightwood Lane, Cotheridge, Worcestershire, WR6 5LT
Received 15 Jan 2014Portland Mews Portland Road Malvern
Received 12 Sept 2012Land between Thatchings and No. 80 Beauchamp Lane, Callow End, Worcestershire, WR2 4UQ
Received 18 Dec 2013The Willows, 6 Orchard Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3DA
Received 29 Oct 2014Land At (Os 7983 6628) New Inn Lane Shrawley
Received 12 Apr 2017Records 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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