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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.
19,125 approved · 3,401 refused · 1,701 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nos 4 & 5 Holt Castle Drive, Holt, Worcestershire, WR6 6NJ
Received 17 Dec 2009Worfield House 50 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 4AB
Received 22 Jul 2014Building At (OS 5782 6246) Bockleton
Received 31 Jan 2019Lambswick Lindridge Tenbury Wells WR15 8JQ
Received 23 Nov 2010Ball Cottage Lulsley Knightwick, Worcester WR6 5QN
Received 6 Nov 2017Land At (Os 8598 5177) Norton Road Broomhall
Received 7 Jun 2024Brickwalls Farm, Gilberts End, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, WR8 0AS
Received 4 Feb 201514 Chester Place Malvern WR14 1RQ
Received 4 Mar 2009Tyre Hill House, Hanley Swan, Worcestershire, WR8 0EQ
Received 19 Jun 2015Peachley Court Farm Peachley Lane Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6QR
Received 20 Jan 2012Allsetts Farm Broadwas Worcester WR6 5NS
Received 28 Nov 2025Mill Pool Farm Industrial Estate Main Road Hallow
Received 15 Apr 2019Bayton C Of E Primary School,Bayton,Worcestershire,DY14 9LG
Received 22 May 2011Upper Wick Farm, Upper Wick Lane, Rushwick, Worcestershire, WR2 5SU
Received 15 Apr 2015Tenbury House, 36 Teme Street, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8AA
Received 23 Feb 201633 Church Street, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2AA
Received 13 May 2009Land At (Os 8571 5128) Bath Road Broomhall
Received 10 Mar 20263,Broomhall Cottages,Broomhall,Norton,Worcestershire,WR5 2NX
Received 28 Mar 2013New Bungalow, Camp Lane, Shelsley Beauchamp, Worcestershire, WR6 6RL
Received 22 Aug 2016The Manse Studio 183 Wells Road, Malvern, WR14 4HE
Received 23 Jul 2014St. Peter's Peugeot , Bath Road, Broomhall, Worcester, WR5 3HR
Received 14 May 2009101 Church Road Malvern WR14 1NQ
Received 3 Mar 20253 Hetherington Close Kempsey Worcester WR5 3JU
Received 12 Jun 2017Land At (Os 7943 4499) Meadowsweet Court Malvern,
Received 19 Feb 2019Records 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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