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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.
16,976 approved · 3,028 refused · 1,560 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kenswick Mill Barn Kenswick Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6QX
Received 16 Aug 2011Ashcroft House Sandlin Leigh Sinton Malvern WR13 5DN
Received 2 Sept 2010Hillside House, Lower Frith Common, Eardiston, Worcestershire, WR15 8JU
Received 27 Apr 2015Castlemorton Parish Hall, Church Road, Castlemorton, Malvern, WR13 6BE
Received 8 Oct 201058 Teme Street (Former Fire Station),Tenbury Wells,Worcestershire,WR15 8AA
Received 3 Dec 2010Temeside House Teme Street Tenbury Wells WR15 8AA
Received 12 Feb 2014Pleasant View,Penn Hall Lane,Menith Wood,Worcestershire,WR6 6UE
Received 15 May 2012Whiting Ash Farm Berrow Malvern WR13 6AY
Received 20 Jun 2024Land At (Os 7538 6021) Witley Road Martley
Received 11 Jun 2015Holly Hill, Back Lane, Malvern, WR14 2HJ
Received 2 Feb 201720 Bank Street Malvern WR14 2JN
Received 3 Apr 2025Barn At (Os 7522 6333) Fetterlocks Farmhouse Hillside Martley
Received 11 May 2026Westwood Bransford Road Rushwick Worcester WR2 5TA
Received 17 Mar 2026Former Treasurers Site, Albert Road North, Malvern
Received 27 Jul 2011177 West Malvern Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 4AY
Received 11 Jul 201111 The Drive, Powick, Worcestershire, WR2 4SA
Received 5 Apr 2016Land At (Os 7786 4709) Graham Road Malvern
Received 5 Feb 2020A C Bennett Britannia Way Malvern WR14 1GZ
Received 23 Jul 2012Uplands 25 Graham Road Malvern WR14 2HU
Received 4 Mar 20251 And 4, Valley House, Happy Valley, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4RF
Received 29 Jul 20157 Hayes Bank Road Malvern WR14 3JY
Received 29 Jan 2020Meadowfield 12 Poolhay Close Corse Lawn Gloucester GL19 4NY
Received 15 Feb 2022Little Learners Nursery Bayton Kidderminster DY14 9LG
Received 9 Jun 2021Lower Swell Farm Longdon Marsh Longdon Tewkesbury GL20 6BD
Received 2 Sept 2020Records 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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