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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.
17,171 approved · 3,051 refused · 1,564 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1980 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Old Vicarage Church Road Clifton Upon Teme, Worcester WR6 6DJ
Received 14 Mar 20192, Willow Cottage, East Waterside, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0PB
Received 29 Jul 20131 Brownes Way Hallow Worcester WR2 6LE
Received 15 Jan 2025Victoria House Hereford Road Leigh Sinton WR13 5DS
Received 18 Dec 2024153 Leigh Sinton Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1LB
Received 17 Jun 2011Plot 18,Land Adjacent Tweenways,Holt Heath,Worcestershire,
Received 21 Jun 2011Stockingfield Barn Abberley Worcester WR6 6BX
Received 4 Aug 2025Hockhams Cottage Hockhams Lane Martley Worcester WR6 6QR
Received 10 Jun 2022Old Cider Mill Drake Street Welland Malvern WR13 6LN
Received 5 Aug 20156 The Lees,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 3HT
Received 12 Mar 2013Plowstall Farm, Bayton, Worcestershire, DY14 9LY
Received 28 Aug 2015Meander Forth Cottage Tan House Lane Rushwick Worcester WR2 5SZ
Received 16 Jul 2026Cutchy Cottage 185 Wells Road Malvern WR14 4HE
Received 25 Feb 2025Old Post Office Church Road Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6BE
Received 1 Dec 2021Unit 12 - Mountain Warehouse Roman Way Malvern WR14 1PZ
Received 9 Oct 20171 Hillside Close,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 4EU
Received 7 May 2013Two Ways Upper Wick Lane Rushwick Worcester WR2 5SN
Received 8 Apr 2021The Villa Stoke Bliss Tenbury Wells WR15 8QJ
Received 7 Jan 2025Wayside, Martley, Worcestershire, WR6 6PA
Received 9 Jun 2014Boatley Cottage C2069 Ockeridge Ockeridge Wichenford Worcestershire WR6 6YW
Received 10 Aug 2022Bull Hill Farm Bull Hill Astley Stourport On Severn DY13 0RT
Received 21 Dec 2017The Wain House Dingle Road Leigh Worcester WR6 5JX
Received 8 Mar 2012The Coach House At St Wenefrides 9 Wilton Road Malvern WR14 3RG
Received 1 Jul 2024Dragons Orchard Dragons Cross Leigh Sinton
Received 16 May 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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