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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.
14,542 approved · 2,656 refused · 1,337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Ivy House Farm Stoney Ley Broadwas Worcester WR6 5NE
Received 6 Jan 2025Old Hopyard Farmhouse Church Lane Broadwas Worcester WR6 5NQ
Received 10 Dec 202512 Squires Close Kempsey Worcester WR5 3JE
Received 27 Feb 20193 Zetland Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 2JH
Received 30 Apr 20124 Vicarage Fields Hanley Castle Worcestershire WR8 0BF
Received 2 Aug 2023Temeside Cottage,Temeside Way,Powick,Worcestershire,WR2 4QP
Received 1 May 20121 Dowdeswell Houses Queenhill Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0RE
Received 13 Oct 2016The Brink Eaton Road Malvern WR14 4PE
Received 15 May 2026Apartments 5 and 6, The Corner (Formerly Sheffield House) 27 Christ Church Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3BQ
Received 27 Apr 2015Brindleys Barn Quay Lane Hanley Castle Worcester WR8 0BS
Received 4 Mar 2019Sunnyside Cottage 8 Old Road South Kempsey Worcester WR5 3NJ
Received 4 Jul 2018Yew Tree Villa,Clows Top,Worcestershire,DY14 9HW
Received 26 Jul 2012Rear of Orlando,Old Storridge,Alfrick,Worcestershire,WR6 5HT
Received 23 Feb 201212 Ham View Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0QE
Received 20 Apr 20262 New Inn Lane, Shrawley, Worcestershire, WR6 6TE
Received 18 Mar 2016Baughton View Caravan Site Baughton Earls Croome
Received 3 Sept 2014166 The Beeches Holly Green Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0QQ
Received 30 Jun 2020123 Pensax Abberley Worcester WR6 6AG
Received 29 May 202428 Cowleigh Road Malvern
Received 2 Apr 2014Allsetts Farm Broadwas Worcester WR6 5NS
Received 12 May 2020Willomar, 186 Upper Welland Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4LA
Received 8 Jul 2016Cider Mill Barn Hollybush Ledbury HR8 1ET
Received 24 May 202225 Goodwood Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 1NJ
Received 6 Jun 2012Greenways Roberts End Hanley Swan Worcester WR8 0DL
Received 27 Aug 2021Records 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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