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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.
21,173 approved · 3,806 refused · 1,938 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1980 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 8 Sept 2022Hill Top Rochford Tenbury Wells WR15 8SR
Received 27 Jan 2021Larford Lake , Astley, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire,
Received 25 Apr 200835 Highfield Callow End Worcester WR2 4TP
Received 24 Jun 2024Arosfa Upper Welland Road Malvern WR14 4JU
Received 25 Jul 2022Mount Pleasant Hotel 50 Belle Vue Terrace Malvern WR14 4PZ
Received 5 Dec 2022Holt Brook Barn 3 Naunton Farm Barns Holt Heath Worcester WR6 6NG
Received 1 Feb 2024Hyde Farm Hyde Lane Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0SE
Received 14 Sept 2020176 Newtown Road Malvern WR14 1PJ
Received 14 Mar 2024St Oswalds,17 Upton Road,Callow End,Worcestershire,WR2 4TY
Received 19 Jun 2011Lilac Cottage,Hollybush,LEDBURY,HR8 1ET
Received 10 Aug 2012106 Wells Road Malvern WR14 4PG
Received 7 Aug 2023Land At (Os 8333 6179) Worcester Road Holt Heath
Received 16 Sept 2020Coppermead Ryall Court Lane Holly Green Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0PF
Received 27 Jun 2022Lime Tree House 1 Bellmere Gardens Malvern WR14 3HE
Received 20 Sept 2021Culvert at BR0907 Manley Grove, C2056 High Green, Croome Park, Croome D'Abitot, Severn Stoke, Worcestershire, WR8 9DW
Received 6 Mar 2015The Cider House, Hillside, Martley, Worcestershire
Received 10 Jun 2010Woodcock Hall Astley Stourport On Severn DY13 0RU
Received 23 Jan 2020The Stables Hill Court Farm Frogmarsh Corse Lawn Gloucester GL19 4PW
Received 9 Jul 201815 Goodson Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 1BG
Received 5 Nov 2012Lawn Farm Drake Street Welland Malvern WR13 6LP
Received 16 Dec 2014The Cottage In The Wood Hotel And Restaurant Holywell Road Malvern WR14 4LG
Received 8 Jan 2021Lovington House, Lovington Lane, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, WR2 6QQ
Received 8 Dec 20145 Lambourne Avenue Malvern WR14 1NL
Received 26 May 2022Records 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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