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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.
16,534 approved · 2,963 refused · 1,534 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Pembridge Hotel,114 Graham Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 2HX
Received 21 Jun 20124 College Grove Malvern WR14 3HP
Received 17 Aug 2022Hopkilns At (Os 7128 5132) Suckley Court Suckley
Received 4 May 2023The Old Cider Mill Bastonford Powick Worcester WR2 4SL
Received 4 Dec 2025Land At (Os 7760 4705) Worcester Road Malvern
Received 14 Dec 2022Feathers Pitch Cottage Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6JB
Received 27 Jun 2022Leigh Court Leigh Worcester WR6 5LB
Received 16 Jun 2021232 Wells Road Malvern WR14 4HD
Received 30 Oct 2020Cumbrae,Dragons Cross,Leigh Sinton,Worcestershire,WR13 5EA
Received 31 May 201233 Hayes Bank Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3JY
Received 23 Jul 2015Lindridge House Lindridge Tenbury Wells WR15 8JQ
Received 23 Feb 2021Rosebud Meadow Camping Site Welland Malvern WR13 6NB
Received 31 Jul 202312 Macaulay Rise, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2UN
Received 19 Oct 2016Land East of Main Road & North of Brookend Lane Kempsey
Received 12 Nov 2014Hayham 21 Priory Road Malvern WR14 3DR
Received 18 Oct 20244 Brown Square,Upton Upon Severn,Worcestershire,WR8 0JZ
Received 19 Mar 2013Land At (Os 7750 4497) Wells Road Malvern
Received 14 Jan 2021Pyndar House Hanley Castle Worcester WR8 0BJ
Received 22 Jan 20202 Tayson Way Malvern WR14 1UF
Received 10 Dec 202482 Albert Road South,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 3DX
Received 23 Nov 2012Land between the Old Post Office and Church Farm Drake Street Welland Malvern
Received 11 Feb 201663 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 4AD
Received 20 Oct 2022Meadow Cottage The Rhydd Hanley Castle Worcester WR8 0AE
Received 19 Jan 201511 Broomhall Cottages Broomhall Norton Worcester WR5 2NX
Received 28 Mar 2022Records 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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