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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.
20,952 approved · 3,774 refused · 1,922 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hollybrook,Church Street,Kempsey,Worcestershire,WR5 3JG
Received 10 Aug 20122 St Anns Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 4RG
Received 12 Dec 2011Barn at (OS 6934 6111) Harpley Clifton Upon Teme
Received 22 Oct 2021Land east of Main Road Kempsey
Received 7 Dec 2015Windsor Cottage Main Road Hallow Worcester WR2 6LD
Received 9 Sept 2020Cowleigh Park Farm Cowleigh Park Cradley Malvern WR13 5HJ
Received 2 May 2013Aldwyn Tower 21 St Anns Road Malvern
Received 29 Jan 2021Ivy House,1 Church Street,Kempsey,Worcestershire,WR5 3JG
Received 12 Oct 2011Whitehouse Farm, Monkwood Green, Hallow, Worcestershire, WR2 6NX
Received 19 Oct 2015Finchall Barn, Knighton-on-Teme, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8LY,
Received 8 Mar 201011 Richmond Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1NE
Received 8 Sept 201015 Highfield Callow End Worcester WR2 4TP
Received 15 Dec 2025Glen Dower, Parkfield Lane, Hallow, Worcestershire, WR2 6PJ
Received 6 May 201533 Benbow Close Malvern WR14 4JJ
Received 22 Jul 2025Eldersfield Court, Church Lane, Eldersfield, Worcestershire, GL19 4NP
Received 1 Jul 2014Brookend House Stocks Lane Leigh Sinton Malvern WR13 5DY
Received 21 Sept 2026Hillview,7 Old Road South,Kempsey,Worcestershire,WR5 3NJ
Received 2 Mar 2011Brunel House Portland Road Malvern WR14 2TB
Received 26 Nov 2018Land At (Os 7760 4943) Upper Interfields Malvern
Received 4 Apr 20254 Bowling Green Road, Powick, Worcester, WR2 4SD
Received 24 Aug 2009Malvern College, Woodshears Road, MALVERN, WR14 3DR
Received 15 Feb 2017Barn at Footrid Cottage, 1 Footrid, Mamble, Worcestershire, DY14 9JS
Received 22 Jul 2016Dyson Perrins Sports Academy Yates Hay Road Malvern WR14 1LJ
Received 9 Mar 2012Slades Green Farm Longdon Tewkesbury GL20 6AN
Received 17 May 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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