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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.
21,350 approved · 3,838 refused · 1,947 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Long Meadow , Otherton Lane, Cotheridge, Worcester, WR6 5LS
Received 6 Jun 2006Bredon House 4 Greenfields Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0SQ
Received 3 Dec 2012Church House Shelsley Beauchamp Worcester WR6 6RA
Received 20 Dec 2018Lingens Farm Barbers Lane Martley Worcester WR6 6QD
Received 1 Feb 202171 Albert Road South Malvern WR14 3AH
Received 24 Aug 2017Barn at (OS 7692 4902) Rose Farm Half Key Malvern
Received 3 Apr 2019The Lenches Rectory Lane Knightwick Worcester WR6 5QF
Received 23 May 2011Barley Mow Brotheridge Green Hanley Castle Worcester WR8 0BB
Received 20 Apr 202311 Mayflower Close, Malvern, WR14 2RH
Received 16 Mar 2016Old School House Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6BG
Received 20 Apr 202212 Sycamore Close,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 1UG
Received 25 Feb 2011Wyvern House, 137 Barnards Green Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3LT
Received 2 Jul 2009Qinetiq St Andrews Road Malvern WR14 3PS
Received 12 Dec 201721 Dunns Lane, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0HZ
Received 10 May 2010Land At (Os 7816 4628) Sling Lane Malvern
Received 1 Jul 2022Wells House School, Holywell Road, Malvern, WR14 4LH
Received 14 Dec 2005Middle Lightwood Farm,Lightwood Lane,Cotheridge,Worcestershire,WR6 5LT
Received 25 Oct 2012Ivy Cottage, 113 Graham Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2JP,
Received 24 Sept 2008Beacon Cottage , Beacon Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4EH
Received 21 Dec 2007Hockhams Cottage Hockhams Lane Martley Worcester WR6 6QR
Received 31 May 2024Priors Croft Grange Road Malvern WR14 3EY
Received 9 Dec 2009Waitrose Ltd Edith Walk Malvern WR14 4WR
Received 2 Aug 2011Boatley Cottage Ockeridge Wichenford Worcester WR6 6YW
Received 22 Mar 202212 Manor Road,Clifton On Teme,Worcestershire,WR6 6EA
Received 24 Jan 2013Records 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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