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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.
18,606 approved · 3,275 refused · 1,670 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Car Park Area, Merebrook Business Park, Hanley Road, Welland, Worcestershire, WR13 6NP
Received 1 Jun 2016Westwood Lodge Park Road Malvern WR14 4DS
Received 7 Mar 2025Flat 1 Morgan Court Worcester Road Malvern WR14 1EX
Received 17 Nov 2023Guarlford Court Clevelode Lane Guarlford Malvern WR13 6NX
Received 1 Jun 2021The Mill House Bayton Kidderminster DY14 9LE
Received 4 Jun 202667 Upper Howsell Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1TP
Received 7 Feb 20149 High Green Severn Stoke Worcester WR8 9JS
Received 5 Jan 2021Red Marley Orchard Stourport Road Great Witley Worcester WR6 6JP
Received 19 Dec 2023Land Adj Meadow Cottage , Kingswood, Stanford Bridge, Worcester, WR6 6SB
Received 29 Jan 2009Bury End Town Farm Wichenford Worcester WR6 6XY
Received 25 Nov 2020Hanley Workshops Hanley Swan
Received 10 Aug 2011Foothills Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6JB
Received 27 Jan 2020Inglenook Broadgreen Broadwas Worcester WR6 5NW
Received 7 Jan 2026Bayton C Of E Primary School Bayton Kidderminster DY14 9LG
Received 5 Jun 202620 Richards Close Malvern WR14 1JT
Received 11 Jun 2015Malvern House,Leigh,Worcestershire,WR6 5JU
Received 27 Sept 2012Holdfast Cottage Hotel Marlbank Road Welland Malvern WR13 6NA
Received 7 Jun 202419-21 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 4QY
Received 7 Dec 2023St Philip And St James Church Main Road Hallow
Received 13 Feb 202527 Hornyold Avenue,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 1QJ
Received 19 Jul 2011Meadowfield,5 Well Lane,Little Witley,Worcestershire,WR6 6LN
Received 5 Mar 2012Land At (Os 8189 5091), Malvern Road, Powick
Received 23 May 2014Land At Grovewood Road Malvern
Received 25 Apr 2014Veryan 116 Wells Road Malvern WR14 4JH
Received 29 Jan 2020Records 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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