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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.
18,557 approved · 3,266 refused · 1,668 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Old Dairy Church Road Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6BQ
Received 2 Mar 20217 & 8 Pickersleigh Close, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2LN
Received 28 Apr 2016Brookend Villa, Drake Street, Welland, Worcestershire, WR13 6LN
Received 2 Dec 2014The Hollies, 1 Old Road South, Kempsey, Worcestershire, WR5 3NZ
Received 8 Feb 2016Land at (OS 7135 6158) Where Hope Lane Meets The Village Clifton Upon Teme
Received 11 Apr 2022Mythe Bridge House Ledbury Road Tewkesbury GL20 6AA
Received 27 Jun 2018Home Farm, Madresfield, Worcestershire, WR13 5AJ
Received 10 Jun 20149 The Lees Malvern WR14 3HT
Received 4 Nov 2022Penn Lodge 1 Hanley Terrace Malvern WR14 4PF
Received 30 Jan 2026Glengarriff Queens Drive Malvern WR14 4RE
Received 17 Oct 2022The Old Rectory, Stanford Bridge, Worcestershire, WR6 6SH
Received 24 Feb 201430 Bosbury Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1TR
Received 3 Feb 2014Merlewood 8A Clarence Road Malvern WR14 3EH
Received 17 Oct 2024Ash Farm,Frogmarsh,Corse Lawn,Worcestershire,GL19 4PW
Received 20 Jan 2011Land At (Os 7569 5993) Martley,
Received 23 Nov 201719 Upper Ferry Lane Callow End Worcester WR2 4TL
Received 8 Mar 2017The Dog, Baughton, Earls Croome, Worcestershire, WR8 9DQ
Received 4 Mar 2014The Cottage In The Wood Hotel And Restaurant Holywell Road Malvern WR14 4LG
Received 15 Nov 2019Church Farm East Wing Shrawley Worcester WR6 6TS
Received 30 Jan 201414 Merick Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 1DD
Received 22 Jun 2010Bramble Cottage,Church End,Hanley Castle,Worcestershire,WR8 0BL
Received 19 Jul 2010Old Farm Eastham Tenbury Wells WR15 8PA
Received 11 Mar 2020Hundred House Hotel Worcester Road Great Witley Worcester WR6 6HS
Received 26 Jun 2018Woodlands Farm, Astley Burf, Worcestershire, DY13 0RX
Received 1 Aug 2014Records 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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