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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.
18,512 approved · 3,247 refused · 1,663 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Coach House,17A Fountain Court,Great Witley,Worcestershire,WR6 6HW
Received 13 May 201318 Moorlands Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 2UA
Received 16 Sept 201139 Old Street, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0HN
Received 10 Mar 2016Ivy Barn Beauchamp Lane Callow End Worcester WR2 4UG
Received 12 Jun 2014Tenbury House 36 Teme Street Tenbury Wells WR15 8AA
Received 9 Feb 2021Court Farm Jennett Tree Lane Callow End Worcester WR2 4UE
Received 21 Dec 201184 Elms Green, Abberley, Worcestershire, WR6 6AX
Received 20 Oct 2015Waterhouse Cottage 8 Bestmans Lane Kempsey Worcester WR5 3PZ
Received 2 Jan 2019New Cottage Bickley Tenbury Wells WR15 8LU
Received 25 Apr 2018Park Farm House Church Lane Hallow WR2 6PF
Received 26 Jun 2019Corbett Coppice Ockeridge Wichenford Worcester WR6 6YN
Received 19 Nov 2020Lindridge Village Hall Eardiston Tenbury Wells WR15 8JH
Received 21 Oct 2021Orleton Court Farm , Orleton, Stanford Bridge, Worcester, WR6 6SU
Received 8 Jul 200918 High Street, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0HD
Received 20 Jan 2014Ellis Dawe And Son At The Forge Rye Street Birtsmorton Malvern WR13 6AS
Received 30 Aug 2022Land adj. Little Tudor, Birtsmorton, Worcestershire, WR13 6AR
Received 3 Mar 2016The Folly, 87 Wells Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4PB
Received 7 Mar 2016Jaylands The Village Abberley Worcester WR6 6BN
Received 19 Feb 202544 Meadow Road Malvern WR14 2SD
Received 6 Mar 2025Countrywide Stores 441 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 1BE
Received 25 Oct 20183 Cedar Cottage Main Road Hallow Worcester WR2 6PW
Received 15 Aug 201920 Blackmore Road Malvern WR14 1QT
Received 25 Feb 20198 Astley Orchard Eastham Tenbury Wells WR15 8NR
Received 22 Jun 2020The Holdings,Broomhall Lane,Broomhall,Worcester,Worcestershire,WR5 2NT
Received 30 May 2013Records 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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