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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.
13,900 approved · 2,567 refused · 1,296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
123A Main Road, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3LQ
Received 12 Aug 2013Southview 48 Malvern Road Powick Worcester WR2 4RT
Received 16 Jan 2018Leigh Sinton Farm And Nurseries Ltd Lower Interfields Malvern WR14 1UU
Received 8 Dec 2021Butchers Shop Worcester Road Hanley Swan Worcester WR8 0EA
Received 17 Oct 2016Great Malvern Station Station Approach Malvern WR14 3AU
Received 26 Feb 20181 College Grove Malvern
Received 13 Oct 202510 Homestead Close Malvern WR14 4HG
Received 10 Apr 2025Mansfield , Church Road, Castlemorton, Worcestershire, WR13 6BH
Received 8 Jul 2013The Barn Bridgend Eldersfield Gloucester GL19 4PP
Received 15 Nov 2022Land At (Os 7131 6129) Pound Lane Clifton Upon Teme
Received 5 Oct 20186 Pound Bank Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2DD
Received 13 Oct 201427 Church End Hanley Castle, Worcester WR8 0BL
Received 4 Oct 2017Land At (Os 8121 5684) Bell Lane Lower Broadheath
Received 27 Jun 201327 Cotswold Road Malvern WR14 2QF
Received 7 Jan 202511 Stocks Lane, Newland, Worcestershire, WR13 5AZ
Received 8 Aug 2016Red Lion Witley Road Holt Heath Worcester WR6 6LX
Received 9 Mar 2023Oak House Old Road South Kempsey Worcester WR5 3NZ
Received 1 Jul 2025Davenham Nursing Home 148 Graham Road Malvern WR14 2HY
Received 3 Jun 2019Chimney Park Eastham Tenbury Wells WR15 8NN
Received 28 May 2024Pudford Farm Pudford Lane Martley Worcester WR6 6QL
Received 16 Oct 2020Plot 4 Elm Hurst Farm Hereford Road Leigh Sinton Malvern WR13 5EA
Received 16 Apr 2014Sunnyside Cottage 8 Old Road South Kempsey Worcester WR5 3NJ
Received 20 Sept 2018138 Snead Common Abberley Worcester WR6 6AF
Received 2 Jul 2020Oakleigh Cottage Shoulton Hallow Worcester WR2 6PX
Received 9 Feb 2022Records 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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