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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.
14,525 approved · 2,651 refused · 1,335 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1980 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Flat 1,Charlcote House,4 Zetland Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 2JJ
Received 26 Oct 2012Salways Barn Moseley Road Hallow Worcester WR2 6NL
Received 15 Jul 2019Land At (Os 8620 4094), Ryall Road, Holly Green, Upton Upon Severn
Received 22 Dec 20154 Benton Close Malvern WR14 4LL
Received 10 Oct 2017146 Upper Welland Road Malvern WR14 4LA
Received 5 Nov 201817, Broomhall Cottages, Broomhall, Norton, Worcestershire, WR5 2NX
Received 11 May 2015Open Barn Farm, Main Road, Kempsey, Worcestershire, WR5 3LW
Received 26 Jun 201510 Teme Court Sunningdale Estate Knightwick WR6 5PP
Received 4 Mar 2026Agricultural Building at Old Woodhall Farm, Fox Lane, Green Street, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3QD
Received 13 Aug 2014The Smithy Hillside Martley Worcester WR6 6QW
Received 3 Dec 2020River Lands Teme Lane Leigh Worcester WR6 5JY
Received 5 Mar 2020179 Poolbrook Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3JZ
Received 27 Jul 2016Land At (Os 8620 4094), Ryall Road, Holly Green, Upton Upon Severn
Received 2 Mar 201664 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 4AB
Received 23 Jul 202521 Belmont Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1PN
Received 15 Dec 2015Dereham Court 149-161 Worcester Road Malvern
Received 18 Sept 2026Hillhampton Farm Hillhampton Great Witley Worcester WR6 6JU
Received 27 Apr 202055 Hornyold Road Malvern WR14 1QH
Received 2 Dec 2019Smiths Cottage, Stonehall Common, Kemspey, Worcestershire, WR5 3QG
Received 5 Nov 20149 Interfields Cottage, Lower Interfields, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1UU
Received 30 Jun 2016Charcam Gables Martley Worcester WR6 6PA
Received 18 Mar 2020Bredon School Pull Court Bushley Tewkesbury GL20 6AH
Received 22 Oct 2021Strathview 52 Malvern Road Powick Worcester WR2 4RT
Received 11 Apr 2019The Low Barn Dingle Road Leigh Worcester WR6 5JX
Received 16 Jun 2026Records 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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