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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.
16,601 approved · 2,981 refused · 1,538 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Hermitage 9 Kings End Road Powick Worcester WR2 4RA
Received 30 Jul 2025The Old Rectory Rectory Lane Knightwick Worcester WR6 5QF
Received 1 May 2012Unit 2A Bestmans Lane Kempsey Worcester WR5 3PZ
Received 3 Dec 201854 West Malvern Road Malvern WR14 4NA
Received 29 Nov 2016Fair View, 1 Chase Road, Malvern, WR14 4JY
Received 3 Apr 2017St Marys Church Rectory Lane Guarlford
Received 30 May 20243 Abberley Park, Stockton Road, Abberley, Worcester, WR6 6AW
Received 13 Jul 2012Spring Pools Hillside Martley Worcester WR6 6QW
Received 25 Jul 2025Tile House Birchwood Storridge Malvern
Received 29 Jun 2021The Post House Ham Lane Powick Worcester WR2 4RD
Received 12 Nov 2015The Limes,2 Assarts Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 4HW
Received 3 Aug 2012Ambleside,Castlemorton,Worcestershire,WR13 6DA
Received 26 May 2011Wants Green House Wants Green Broadwas Worcester WR6 5NU
Received 20 Jun 2022Broken Hill Stockton Road Abberley Worcester WR6 6AR
Received 30 Apr 2010The Ruby 110 Wells Road Malvern WR14 4PG
Received 21 Jun 20183, St Anns Orchard, Worcester Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1DE
Received 6 Oct 2014The Knowle Suckley Worcester WR6 5DJ
Received 15 Nov 20192 Windmill Lane Kempsey Worcester WR5 3LL
Received 19 Feb 2020Simberton Cottage Monkwood Green Hallow Worcester WR2 6NX
Received 21 Mar 202280 The Beeches Holly Green Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0QQ
Received 12 Jun 2026Zourka Church Lane Broadwas WR6 5NQ
Received 7 Oct 2020Poolfields Cottage Wants Green Broadwas Worcester WR6 5NU
Received 3 Oct 2023Old Timbers, A443 Little Witley, LITTLE WITLEY, WR6 6LL
Received 28 Apr 2017Horseshoe Cottage Bank Street Stoke Bliss Tenbury Wells WR15 8RY
Received 10 Mar 2016Records 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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