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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.
21,373 approved · 3,838 refused · 1,947 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Draycott Villa Nurseries At Draycott Villa 23 Main Road Kempsey Worcester WR5 3NY
Received 15 Jan 2026Whistlewood Sinton Green Hallow Worcester WR2 6NW
Received 16 Jul 2020The Hawthornes Chase End Street Bromsberrow Ledbury HR8 1SD
Received 19 Sept 2018Church House Shelsley Beauchamp Worcester WR6 6RA
Received 17 Jun 2008Land At (Os 8023 5997) Monkwood Green Hallow
Received 28 Sept 202337 Broadlands Drive Malvern WR14 1PW
Received 26 Apr 2022Oldbury Villa,Berrow,Worcestershire,WR13 6JH
Received 19 Aug 2011The Red Lion PH, 4 St Anns Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4RG,
Received 14 Jul 2008202 Wells Road Malvern WR14 4HD
Received 12 Dec 202524 Merick Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1DD
Received 5 Feb 2014Land Adj 71a Church Road, Malvern, Worcestershire
Received 10 Apr 20086 The Lees, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3HT
Received 8 Aug 201457 The Common, Abberley, Worcester, WR6 6AY
Received 18 Nov 2008Lloyds TSB 18 High Street,Upton Upon Severn,Worcestershire,WR8 0HB
Received 15 Nov 2011Summerfield Cottage , 79 Lower Howsell Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1DN
Received 4 Apr 2006Severn Bank House , Severn Stoke, Worcester, WR8 9JG
Received 18 Aug 2005Elmwood Laugherne Farm Martley Worcester WR6 6QB
Received 6 Nov 2023The Belvedere, 252 Wells Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4HD
Received 12 Jan 2015Land Os 8223 5896 Oakleigh Heath Hallow
Received 1 Nov 2024Royal Oak, 1 Oak Row, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire,
Received 16 Mar 2015Cambridge Hall Farm Livery Birts Street Birtsmorton Malvern WR13 6AW
Received 18 Jan 20162 Lambourne Avenue, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1NL
Received 10 Apr 2006St Anns Well Happy Valley Malvern WR14 4RF
Received 10 Jun 20054 Old Road North, Kempsey, Worcestershire, WR5 3JZ
Received 11 Mar 2014Records 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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