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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.
16,341 approved · 2,931 refused · 1,514 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At (Os 7489 5333) Folly Road Alfrick
Received 20 Jul 2016Aymestrey House Bromyard Road Crown East Worcester WR2 5TR
Received 2 Jun 201137 Wyche Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4EF
Received 29 Nov 201316 Priory Road Malvern WR14 3DR
Received 16 Mar 2023Walk Farm Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6BN
Received 6 Aug 2010The Orchard Apostles Oak Abberley Worcester WR6 6AD
Received 18 Nov 2019The Old Rectory Rectory Lane Knightwick Worcester WR6 5QF
Received 27 Apr 2012Elim International Centre De Walden Road Malvern WR14 4DF
Received 10 Aug 20262 Cherry Orchard Holt Heath Worcester WR6 6ND
Received 28 Apr 20171 Old School House Highwood Eastham Tenbury Wells WR15 8PB
Received 13 Jul 2021Malvern College, College Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3DF
Received 5 Nov 2015Land At (Os 8202 5595 West Of Worcester) Martley Road Lower Broadheath
Received 4 Aug 202522 Alexandra Road Malvern WR14 1HQ
Received 2 Apr 2019Land At (Os 7582 5997) Martley
Received 29 Sept 2016Heatheridge Pendock Gloucester GL19 3PW
Received 23 Nov 2021Boundary Cottage Gloucester Road Welland Malvern WR13 6LD
Received 29 Jan 202015 Lynn Close Leigh Sinton Malvern WR13 5DU
Received 19 Mar 2025Flat 8 Waterside House Waterside Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0JD
Received 21 Oct 202220 Blackmore Road Malvern WR14 1QT
Received 11 Jan 2021Giltedge Farm,Stoney Ley,Broadwas,Worcestershire,WR6 5NG
Received 9 Nov 2011Leigh Sinton Farm And Nurseries Ltd Lower Interfields Malvern WR14 1UU
Received 6 Mar 2013Stone Cottage Bayton Kidderminster DY14 9LW
Received 21 Dec 2020Apple Meadows Baughton Lane Earls Croome Worcester WR8 9DT
Received 1 Sept 2025Upton Surgery Tunnel Hill Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0QL
Received 19 Dec 2023Records 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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