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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.
19,129 approved · 3,401 refused · 1,702 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Lygon Newland Malvern WR13 5AX
Received 11 Oct 2022Land At (Os 8172 4918) Deblins Green Callow End,
Received 22 Jan 2018Bury's Place, 10 The Village, Clifton-on-Teme, Worcester, WR6 6DH,
Received 31 May 2008Old Bush Inn Upton Road Callow End Worcester WR2 4TE
Received 7 Aug 2026Land Adjacent to 37 Wells Road, Malvern, WR14 4RJ
Received 17 Dec 201515 The Lees Malvern WR14 3HT
Received 8 Mar 2018Shakenhurst Hall,Shakenhurst ,Cleobury Mortimer,Worcestershire,DY14 9AR
Received 3 Oct 20113 Gibson Grove, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1NX
Received 9 Nov 20161 Elmfield Baughton Earls Croome, Worcester WR8 9ER
Received 22 Jun 2017Brantly Shrawley Worcester WR6 6TG
Received 17 Jan 2025Land At (Os 8618 4050) The Beeches Holly Green Upton Upon Severn
Received 6 Jul 2018Land At (Os 7911 4894) Worcester Road Newland
Received 24 Jun 202690 Albert Road South Malvern WR14 3DX
Received 31 Jan 2022Land adj The Highways Worcester Road Great Witley Worcester WR6 6HR
Received 27 Nov 2015Broombank Cottage Newnham Bridge Tenbury Wells WR15 8NX
Received 24 Mar 2020Ryall Chase,Holly Green,Upton Upon Severn,Worcestershire,WR8 0PD
Received 28 Mar 2012Hillend, 83 West Malvern Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4NF
Received 12 Dec 2016Grove Farm,Newtown,Martley,Worcestershire,WR6 6PR
Received 22 Feb 2012Summerplace Broadheath Common Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6RP
Received 1 May 2024Prince Of Wales 104 Newtown Road Malvern WR14 1PF
Received 22 Dec 20213 Holywell Road Malvern WR14 4LE
Received 14 Nov 2019125 Newtown Road Malvern WR14 1PF
Received 12 Jan 2021The Bothy,Madresfield,Worcestershire,WR13 5AU
Received 17 Jan 201114 Riverlands, Astley Burf, Worcestershire, DY13 0RZ
Received 29 Feb 2016Records 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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