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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.
19,122 approved · 3,400 refused · 1,701 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1980 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Top Barn Farm,Worcester Road,Holt Heath,Worcestershire,WR6 6NH
Received 12 Jul 2013Broad Oak Lodge Gilvers Lane Hanley Castle Worcester WR8 0AT
Received 18 Dec 2015The Tee,Martley,Worcestershire,WR6 6QT
Received 20 Jun 2011Crown Cottage Suckley Worcester WR6 5EH
Received 13 Oct 2025Upper Southwood Farm, Southwood, Shelsley Beauchamp, Worcestershire, WR6 6RF
Received 20 Jun 2016Bine Cottage, Eastham, Worcestershire, WR15 8PA
Received 25 Aug 201576 Upper Howsell Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1TP
Received 13 Oct 2016Old Post Office Drake Street Welland Malvern WR13 6LP
Received 13 Feb 202310 Lower Wyche Road Malvern WR14 4ET
Received 26 Sept 2019Elm Tree Cottage Uckinghall Tewkesbury GL20 6EP
Received 7 Jul 2025101 Old Hills,Callow End,Worcestershire,WR2 4TQ
Received 10 Sept 2012Land At (Os 7984 3987) Drake Street Welland
Received 29 Sept 2015Lambourn,109A Wells Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 4PD
Received 16 Feb 2012Sutton House Farm, Sutton, Worcestershire, WR15 8RJ
Received 28 Feb 2014Malvern Hills Science Park Geraldine Road Malvern WR14 3NZ
Received 11 Aug 2009Land At (Os 7749 4958) Upper Interfields Malvern
Received 11 Sept 20251, Orchard Farm Cottage, Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire, WR13 5EQ
Received 14 Jul 20159 Piers Close,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 3JH
Received 26 Apr 2011Malvern View (Caravan) Bestmans Lane Kempsey Worcester WR5 3QA
Received 28 Aug 2018The Red Wing Croome Court Croome D'abitot Severn Stoke
Received 25 May 2012Bow Cottage Bow Lane Ripple Tewkesbury GL20 6EW
Received 19 Jul 2010Former Malvern Community Hospital Lansdowne Crescent Malvern
Received 25 Mar 2015Willow Cottage Woodside Lane Welland Malvern WR13 6NG
Received 1 Sept 20252 Bromyard Road Tenbury Wells WR15 8BZ
Received 14 Jan 2025Records 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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