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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.
19,202 approved · 3,416 refused · 1,710 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at River Lands, Teme Lane, Leigh, Worcestershire, WR6 5JY
Received 6 Oct 2015Land adj 2 Court Meadow Kempsey Worcester WR5 3JL
Received 1 Dec 2016Ridgend Farm Wichenford Worcester WR6 6YS
Received 18 Aug 202257 Lower Wyche Road Malvern WR14 4ET
Received 10 May 2016White Cottage , Stokes Lane, Bushley, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 6HS
Received 18 Feb 20046 Brockamin Leigh Worcester WR6 5LA
Received 11 Sept 2024Medhurst, 143 Worcester Road, Malvern, Worcestershire,
Received 7 Mar 2016Greenacres, Foxes Hill, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3QP,
Received 22 Apr 20082 Beacon Grange,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 3EU
Received 17 Oct 201117 Madresfield Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 2AS
Received 2 Nov 2011Unit 1a Roman Way Malvern WR14 1PZ
Received 2 Oct 201341 Charles Way Malvern WR14 2LZ
Received 3 Jul 2020225 Wells Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 4HF
Received 5 Jan 2010Nimrod Queens Drive Malvern WR14 4RE
Received 2 Feb 2024Brook House B4196 Holt Heath Holt Heath WR6 6TA
Received 10 Feb 2025Land adjoining 184 Madresfield Road, Malvern, WR14 2NS
Received 1 Mar 2017Maynard Lodge 13 Croft Bank Malvern WR14 4DU
Received 24 Dec 2012Jaylands The Village Abberley Worcester WR6 6BN
Received 11 Dec 202353 Howsell Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1TH
Received 3 Dec 2008Myrron Snead Common Abberley Worcester WR6 6AF
Received 22 Nov 2024Dorothys Rock Rhyse Lane Tenbury Wells Worcestershire WR15 8NH
Received 20 Sept 2022Sytch Cottage Track From Pearl Lane To Sytch Cottage Astley Cross Worcestershire DY13 0RD
Received 3 Aug 2022Upper Howsen Farm Howsen Cotheridge Worcester WR6 5LR
Received 22 May 202319 Manby Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 3BD
Received 25 Jun 2012Records 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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