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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.
14,764 approved · 2,690 refused · 1,351 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Newnham Court Newnham Bridge Tenbury Wells WR15 8JF
Received 13 Oct 2023Holly Green Cottage,Holly Green,Upton Upon Severn,Worcestershire,WR8 0PD
Received 23 May 2012Ness House, 19 Grundys Lane, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4HS
Received 5 Oct 2015Land at (OS 389371 241943) Baughton Hill, Earls Croome, Worcestershire,
Received 22 Jul 2015Land at Albert Road North,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 2YF
Received 27 Feb 2013Laburnum 5 Zetland Road Malvern WR14 2JH
Received 16 Oct 202023 Croftdown Court Malvern WR14 3HZ
Received 19 Jul 2022St Matthias Church Of England Primary School Cromwell Road Malvern WR14 1NA
Received 23 Oct 2015Hill Court Farm Roberts End Lane Forthampton Gloucester GL19 4QH
Received 27 Jan 2025Stanbrook Abbey, Upton Road, Callow End, Worcester, WR2 4TD
Received 17 Nov 2015Brunel House Portland Road Malvern
Received 17 Dec 2021Upper Broomhall Farm Norton Road Broomhall Worcester WR5 2PE
Received 21 Aug 2015Sunrays Broadheath Common Lower Broadheath WR2 6RP
Received 17 Jul 2020Knowle Cottage Suckley Worcester WR6 5DJ
Received 1 Feb 2018Flat 1,31A Lower Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 4BX
Received 12 Sept 2011Old Rectory, Brockamin, Leigh, Worcestershire, WR6 5LA
Received 2 Jan 2014Land at (OS 8041 5202) Station Road Bransford
Received 21 Jul 2022Hillcourt Farm, Welland, Malvern, WR13 6NH
Received 12 Jan 2016Blackmore End Farmhouse Blackmore End Hanley Swan Worcester WR8 0EE
Received 6 Oct 2020The Tudor 15 Wells Road Malvern
Received 18 Nov 2022Sherridge Cottage Sherridge Road Leigh Sinton Malvern WR13 5DB
Received 6 Mar 2023Laugherne Farm House, Martley, Worcestershire, WR6 6QB
Received 26 Nov 2015Qinetiq St Andrews Road Malvern WR14 3PS
Received 25 Oct 2021The Council House Avenue Road Malvern WR14 3AF
Received 25 Apr 2024Records 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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