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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.
18,416 approved · 3,223 refused · 1,657 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
First Floor Front Office At, 40 Court Road, Malvern, WR14 3BP
Received 21 Feb 2017Pickersleigh Court North End Lane Malvern WR14 2ET
Received 22 Dec 2014Fall Farm Stanford Bridge Worcester WR6 6SJ
Received 12 Aug 201989 Church Road Malvern WR14 1NQ
Received 30 Sept 2024Woodhall Farm Wichenford Worcester WR6 6YE
Received 21 Feb 2011Santler Court 207 Worcester Road Malvern
Received 17 Jan 20251 Yew Tree Lane Malvern WR14 4LJ
Received 15 Jul 2019261 Worcester Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1AA
Received 1 Dec 2008123 Tennyson Drive Malvern WR14 2UL
Received 17 Sept 2019The Old Bakery Worcester Road Great Witley Worcester WR6 6HX
Received 29 Nov 2018G H Bowkett Ltd Market Square Tenbury Wells WR15 8BL
Received 7 Feb 2022St Thomas Church, Bromyard Road, Crown East, Worcestershire,
Received 18 Mar 2016Land At (Os 8011 4939) Newland Court Worcester Road Newland
Received 29 Jul 2019Qinetiq St Andrews Road Malvern WR14 3PS
Received 4 Jun 2024Lower Woodsfield Farm Lower Woodsfield Madresfield Malvern WR13 5BE
Received 30 Sept 202656 Church Street Kempsey WORCESTER WR5 3JQ
Received 28 May 2026The Villa,Gilberts End,Hanley Castle,Worcestershire,WR8 0AS
Received 21 Jan 2013The Firs Sutton Tenbury Wells WR15 8RN
Received 17 Aug 2023Land At (Os 5962 6802) Belle Orchard Tenbury Wells
Received 28 Jan 2026Annexe At The Mercers Beauchamp Lane Callow End Worcester WR2 4UG
Received 19 Jan 202612 College Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3DD
Received 4 Nov 2015The Little House, Ryall Road, Holly Green, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0PG
Received 24 Jun 2014Land At (Os 8202 5595 West Of Worcester) Martley Road Lower Broadheath
Received 26 Mar 202642 Bellars Lane, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2DL
Received 24 Jul 2015Records 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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