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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.
15,991 approved · 2,871 refused · 1,483 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1980 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cedar Lodge Severn Stoke Worcester WR8 9JA
Received 15 Jul 2022The Burrows, Pensax, Abberley, Worcestershire, WR6 6AG
Received 30 Jun 2014206 Wells Road Malvern WR14 4HD
Received 5 Feb 2019Summercoombe Golden Valley Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6AA
Received 23 Sept 2011Land At (Os 7652 5331) Leigh
Received 22 Feb 2012Stanbrook Abbey Upton Road Callow End WR2 4TY
Received 19 Feb 2020Aston Bank Cottage Knighton On Teme Tenbury Wells WR15 8LZ
Received 6 Feb 2026Lyra, Brockhill Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4DL
Received 14 Jul 2015132 Longridge Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3JJ
Received 19 Apr 2016Land At (Os 7801 5063) Kiln Lane Leigh Sinton
Received 28 Mar 2018Marshcroft Lime Street Eldersfield Gloucester GL19 4NX
Received 24 Nov 2023New House Farm Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6BJ
Received 16 Oct 202026 Christchurch Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3BE
Received 6 Feb 201412 College Road Malvern WR14 3DD
Received 4 Jan 2021Land adj Newlands Stourport Road Great Witley Worcester WR6 6JP
Received 4 Sept 2012Vine Tree House Uckinghall Tewkesbury GL20 6ES
Received 24 Jan 2025The Tegs Pudford Lane Martley Worcester WR6 6QL
Received 31 Mar 2023Land at (OS 7742 4444) Wells Road Malvern
Received 15 Sept 2020Meadow View Martley Worcester WR6 6QA
Received 10 Nov 2025Little Cob House Broadwas Worcester WR6 5NS
Received 10 Oct 2024Ivy Cottage,Hancocks Lane,Welland,Worcestershire,WR13 6LG
Received 23 Jan 2013Foxhole, West Malvern Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4EL
Received 21 Nov 20135 Sparrowhall Lane Powick Worcester WR2 4SG
Received 28 Oct 202019 High Street Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0HJ
Received 7 Aug 2019Records 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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