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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.
18,118 approved · 3,175 refused · 1,632 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 3 Sept 201212 The Howsells, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1AD
Received 23 Nov 201610 Knights Hill Severn Stoke Worcester WR8 9JD
Received 16 Sept 2019The Lamb Inn, 87 West Malvern Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4NG
Received 10 Oct 2014Land at Hillview Gardens, Ryall, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0QJ
Received 3 Aug 2016169A West Malvern Road Malvern WR14 4AY
Received 25 Sept 2019Preston Science Building, Thirlstane Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3PL
Received 6 Aug 2013Great Malvern Station,Station Approach,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 3AU
Received 12 Jun 2013The Unicorn Inn 2 Belle Vue Terrace Malvern WR14 4PZ
Received 8 Jun 2017Land At (OS 7841 4709) Willow Grove Malvern
Received 29 Jan 2019Chadsmore, 5 Orchard Road, Malvern, WR14 3DA
Received 3 Apr 20175 Tibberton Road Malvern WR14 3AN
Received 30 Jul 2020Holme Lea,7 Lime Grove,Welland,Worcestershire,WR13 6LY
Received 13 May 2013Land At (Os 8261 5837) Shoulton Lane Hallow
Received 27 Nov 2023Highfields Farm, Highfields, Knightwick, Worcestershire, WR6 5QG
Received 21 Jan 2016Baynhall Garage , Main Road, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3PA
Received 23 Oct 200914 Hollins Lane Martley WR6 6PH
Received 29 Oct 2020Hockhams Cottage Hockhams Lane Martley Worcestershire WR6 6QR
Received 1 Feb 2023Bracken Lodge Eaton Road Malvern WR14 4PE
Received 29 Nov 20135 Horton Lea Hanley Swan Worcester WR8 0DP
Received 8 Apr 202447 Cowleigh Bank,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 1QR
Received 13 Jul 201222 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 4QW
Received 2 Sept 2009Bickley House Farm , Bickley, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8LU
Received 18 Mar 2009Lumber Tree Farm,Hanley Swan,Worcestershire,WR8 0EJ
Received 11 May 2012Records 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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