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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.
14,208 approved · 2,616 refused · 1,314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Rectory, The Cross, Ripple, Worcestershire, GL20 6HA
Received 10 Jul 20143 Dingle End Alfrick Worcester WR6 5HG
Received 22 Oct 202163 Britten Drive Malvern WR14 3LG
Received 18 Jan 2023Haylings 9 Millers Green Abberley Worcester WR6 6NY
Received 27 Oct 20157 Church Street Tenbury Wells WR15 8BP
Received 4 Sept 2025Oldbury, Berrow, Worcestershire, WR13 6JH
Received 2 Nov 2015Kyre Park House Kyre Tenbury Wells WR15 8RW
Received 24 Nov 2022Land At (os 8393 4221) Church End Farm Hanley Castle WR8 0BW
Received 16 Jun 2017St Gabriels Church Hanley Swan
Received 19 Nov 2025Land At (Os 8086 5758) Peachley Lane Lower Broadheath
Received 10 Aug 2026Perry Cottage Bayton Kidderminster DY14 9LL
Received 12 Feb 2019Land At (Os 7562 6728) The Hill Abberley
Received 20 Nov 2023Gurnox Cottage Berrow Green Martley Worcester WR6 6PL
Received 15 Apr 2025The Council House Avenue Road Malvern WR14 3AF
Received 20 Feb 2018Guinness Hop Farm Worcester Road Newland Malvern WR13 5BA
Received 17 Mar 2023The Old Bakery Worcester Road Great Witley Worcester WR6 6HX
Received 20 Dec 201857 Old Street land to rear of Upton Social Club,Upton Upon Severn,Worcestershire,WR8 0HN
Received 11 Oct 2012Properties 1 and 2 St Gabriels Terrace Hanley Swan
Received 6 Jan 2025Coach House Theatre, Grange Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3HA
Received 29 Aug 2013Brook Cottage, Corse Lawn, Worcestershire, GL19 4LU
Received 10 Feb 2016Land off Moseley Road, Hallow, Worcestershire
Received 22 Oct 2015Portmans Farm,Newbridge Green,Upton Upon Severn,Worcestershire,WR8 0QP
Received 22 Oct 2012Suckley School,Church Lane,Suckley,Worcestershire,WR6 5DE
Received 3 Sept 201225 St Marys Close,Kempsey,Worcestershire,WR5 3JX
Received 27 Jul 2012Records 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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