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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.
15,547 approved · 2,796 refused · 1,422 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Swan Hotel Waterside Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0JD
Received 2 Apr 2020Ellerslie House Abbey Road Malvern WR14 3HL
Received 22 Apr 2021Land At (Os 7558 5996) Martley
Received 10 Aug 2023Outpost 35 Wyche Road Malvern WR14 4EF
Received 3 Feb 2022The Old Rectory, The Cross, Ripple, Worcestershire, GL20 6HA
Received 16 Mar 2015Land At (Os 7724 4461) Wyche Road Malvern
Received 28 Nov 2024Buildings At (Os 8608 3681) Church End Court Queenhill Upton Upon Severn
Received 30 Aug 2024Field House,Home Farm,Hospital Lane,Powick,Worcestershire,WR2 4SQ
Received 1 Jun 2012The Hollies Main Road Hallow Worcester WR2 6LD
Received 11 Sept 201711 Queens Mead, Upton Upon Severn, Worcester, WR8 0ND
Received 21 Mar 2017The Farthings Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6JB
Received 10 Feb 202122 Farley Road Malvern WR14 1NF
Received 7 Sept 2022Land At (Os 8550 5099) Bath Road Broomhall
Received 5 Mar 20262, Council Houses, Eastham, Worcestershire, WR15 8NP
Received 29 Apr 20157 Kenswick Manor Kenswick Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6QB
Received 25 Mar 20242 Brickyard Cottages Featherbed Lane Newnham Bridge Tenbury Wells WR15 8JF
Received 10 Jan 2014Knightwick And Doddenham Village Hall Knightsford Bridge Knightwick,
Received 10 Aug 2018Red Oak Terrills Lane Tenbury Wells WR15 8DD
Received 10 Jun 2025Westwood Stockton Road Abberley Worcester WR6 6AS
Received 10 Mar 2026Old Hills Cottage,112 Old Hills,Callow End,Worcestershire,WR2 4TQ
Received 23 Jul 2012Millham Farm Millham Lane Alfrick Worcester WR6 5HS
Received 17 Jun 2021Nursery Cottage, Wheatley Lane, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0QS
Received 17 Oct 2013Brindle Cottage, Lime Street, Eldersfield, Worcestershire, GL19 4NX
Received 9 Nov 2016Whiting Ash Farm Berrow Malvern WR13 6AY
Received 27 Jun 2025Records 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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