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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.
17,949 approved · 3,149 refused · 1,621 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greenfields,Alfrick Pound,Alfrick,Worcestershire,WR6 5HA
Received 13 Feb 2012167 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 1ET
Received 7 Mar 2024Holdfast Cottage Holdfast Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0RB
Received 16 Nov 202314 Hall Green Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0NQ
Received 19 Dec 2012Grounds Farm Hancocks Lane Malvern WR14 4JP
Received 27 Jan 2021Newtown Farm,Romers Common,Bockleton,Worcestershire,WR15 8PU
Received 4 May 2011Units 1 - 11 Malvern Retail Park Roman Way Malvern
Received 1 Jun 2015Land adj Unit 15 Link Ind. Estate,Howsell Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 1TF
Received 20 Jul 2011Silver Hill Worcester Road Malvern WR14 4AD
Received 25 Jun 2019Margery Thorn Farm,Harpley,Clifton On Teme,Worcestershire,WR6 6HG
Received 25 Feb 2011Units 2 And 3, Castle Farm, Holt Heath, Worcestershire, WR6 6NJ
Received 9 Dec 2013Broadwas Court,Church Lane,Broadwas,Worcestershire,WR6 5NQ
Received 12 Jun 2012Noak Farm,Martley,Worcestershire,WR6 6PD
Received 13 Jul 2011Romers Farm Romers Common Bockleton Tenbury Wells WR15 8PU
Received 27 Oct 2021Warehouse And Cider House, Church Street, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire,
Received 8 Oct 2013107 West Malvern Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4NG
Received 5 Jan 2015Berrington House Berrington Gardens Tenbury Wells WR15 8ET
Received 12 Apr 2016The Gardens House , Madresfield, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 5AU
Received 11 Sept 2009Land and Workshop at Woodend Farm Broadwas
Received 21 Aug 2019Baston Hall Crews Hill Alfrick Worcester WR6 5HF
Received 26 Feb 2019Moseley House, Moseley Road, Hallow, Worcestershire, WR2 6NL
Received 19 Jan 201612-13 High Street, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0HB
Received 23 Apr 20144 Green Lane, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, WR2 6QH
Received 4 Oct 2016Grove Farm Dunley, Stourport On Severn DY13 0UX
Received 26 Jan 2018Records 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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