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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.
21,447 approved · 3,843 refused · 1,950 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Summerfield Cottage , 79 Lower Howsell Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1DN
Received 13 Jul 2005Land At (Os 7958 4960), Stocks Lane, Newland
Received 31 Mar 2017Peacock House , Camp Lane, Grimley, Worcester, WR2 6LX
Received 13 Jul 2006Knighton Lodge Knighton On Teme Tenbury Wells WR15 8NA
Received 4 Aug 2014Land at (OS 8622 4044) Ryall Meadow Ryall Upton Upon Severn
Received 20 Aug 2018Worcester Lodge Worcester Road Great Witley WR6 6JT
Received 10 Mar 2021Pentecostal Church Somers Road Malvern WR14 1JB
Received 17 Mar 201527 Teme Avenue Malvern WR14 2XA
Received 21 May 2021Hillview Bayton Kidderminster DY14 9LW
Received 28 Jan 201948 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 4AA
Received 26 Oct 2018Church House Bayton Kidderminster DY14 9LP
Received 11 Apr 20191 Glasshampton Lodge Shrawley Worcester WR6 6TQ
Received 14 Jun 2022Our Place School At The Orchard Bransford Worcester WR6 5JE
Received 13 Apr 2022Land At (Os 8202 5595 West Of Worcester) Martley Road Lower Broadheath
Received 23 Mar 202615A Richmond Road Malvern WR14 1NE
Received 13 Jun 2022Moat House Farm Jennett Tree Lane Callow End Worcester WR2 4UA
Received 15 Jul 2025Garden Cottage Holt Heath Worcester WR6 6NJ
Received 20 Jun 2025Lyra, Brockhill Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4DL
Received 25 Mar 20143 Upper Chase Road Malvern WR14 2BT
Received 19 Feb 2018Cross Hands Cottage & Thatched Cottage, Hanley Castle, Worcester, WR8 0BJ
Received 22 Dec 2008Barley Farm , Stocks Lane, Alfrick, Worcester, WR6 5HD
Received 21 Sept 2005Larford Lake,Astley,Worcestershire,
Received 30 May 2013The Estate Cottage, Stanford Court, Stanford Bridge, Worcester, WR6 6SG
Received 2 Jul 2010Myrtle Cottage Drake Street Welland Malvern WR13 6LN
Received 28 Feb 2020Records 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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