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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.
20,697 approved · 3,735 refused · 1,897 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1980 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Knoll Cottage Martley Road Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6QG
Received 17 Dec 2018Pear Tree Bungalow, Main Road, Hallow, Worcestershire, WR2 6LQ
Received 25 Nov 2010Land At (Os 8282 6267),Castle Lane,Holt Heath,Worcestershire,
Received 7 Nov 2012The Old Rectory , Church Lane, Earls Croome, Worcester, WR8 9DE
Received 2 Jun 2006Beech Hay, Clows Top
Received 25 Feb 2011Flat 3 Cowleigh Court 87 Cowleigh Road Malvern WR14 1QL
Received 30 May 2013The Yorkshire Grey Worcester Road Earls Croome Worcester WR8 9DA
Received 20 Dec 20229A Jacomb Road Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6QW
Received 10 Dec 2019Cedar Cob Hillside Martley Worcester WR6 6QN
Received 23 Aug 2019Sunnymede Gloucester Road Welland Malvern WR13 6LA
Received 9 Dec 2010West Wing,Pensax Court,Pensax,Stockton,Worcestershire,WR6 6XJ
Received 18 Jun 2013Rose Hill Farm Stokes Lane Bushley Tewkesbury GL20 6HS
Received 19 Feb 2016Ockeridge Rural Retreats Ockeridge Wichenford Worcester WR6 6YR
Received 18 Oct 2019The Cottage, Gadfield Elm, Staunton, Worcestershire, GL19 3PB
Received 19 Aug 2016Way View 93 Cowleigh Road Malvern WR14 1QW
Received 7 Aug 2019Ryall Lawn,Ryall Road,Ryall,Upton Upon Severn,Worcestershire,WR8 0PL
Received 2 Mar 2010Land at (OS 7763 4500) College Road Malvern
Received 27 Mar 2019Land Adj Martley Primary School Martley
Received 6 May 2015Meadow Barn Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6LT
Received 1 Aug 2019Southlands 43 Wells Road Malvern
Received 16 Sept 202541 Wyche Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4EF
Received 21 Jan 201668 Main Road, Kempsey, Worcestershire, WR5 3JY
Received 20 Apr 2015Riverside Caravan Park Little Clevelode Malvern WR13 6PE
Received 13 May 2020Land At (Os 8258 5549) Oldbury Road Worcester
Received 26 Jan 2026Records 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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