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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.
17,709 approved · 3,126 refused · 1,608 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Dwelling De Walden Road Malvern WR14 4BL
Received 28 Jul 2026Perry Farm Stoke Bliss Tenbury Wells WR15 8RS
Received 1 Apr 2019Apostles Oak Cottage B4202 Apostles Oak Apostles Oak Abberley Worcestershire WR6 6AD
Received 13 Sept 202321 Cherry Tree Cottage, Pine Grove, Sunningdale Estate, Knightwick, Worcestershire, WR6 5PP
Received 23 Jul 2014142A West Malvern Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4NJ
Received 29 Jun 2015Land At (Os 7500 5952) Berrow Green Road Martley
Received 21 Aug 2025Baston Hall Crews Hill Alfrick WR6 5HF
Received 17 Sept 201937 Wyche Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4EF
Received 11 Apr 2016Land North of Orchard Close Main Road Hallow
Received 25 Jul 2014Windrush, Pershore Road, Earls Croome, Worcestershire, WR8 9DJ
Received 18 Nov 2014The Elms Stockton Worcester WR6 6UT
Received 16 Jun 2025Land At (Os 8044 6965) Astley
Received 5 Jun 201954 West Malvern Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4NA
Received 28 Aug 2014Langdale, Monkwood Green, Hallow, Worcestershire, WR2 6NX
Received 16 Jan 2017Gable West, Little Hereford, Worcestershire, SY8 4AU
Received 19 Aug 2013Barley House Cottage, Ferry Lane, Uckinghall, Tewkesbury, GL20 6ER
Received 26 Oct 201012 Delamere Road Malvern WR14 2BQ
Received 13 Jul 2021Treetops, Old Road North, Kempsey, Worcestershire, WR5 3JZ
Received 19 Jun 201416 Alexandra Lane, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1JF
Received 24 Nov 201421 Albert Park Road, Malvern, WR14 1HL
Received 27 Feb 2017Land Adj 2 Hospital Bank, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1PQ
Received 15 Sept 2009Land At (Os 8552 4989) Main Road Kempsey
Received 8 Feb 2016Malvern Community Hospital 185 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 1EX
Received 13 Apr 2023Malvern Hills District Council Operations Depot, Pendragon Close, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1GR
Received 23 Jun 2010Records 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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