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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.
22,069 approved · 3,955 refused · 2,007 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1980 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barn At (Os 7905 3058) Shotts Farm Malvern Road Staunton
Received 16 Aug 201776 Main Road, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3JY
Received 15 Sept 2009The Telephone Exchange,70 Albert Road South,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 3AH
Received 14 Jun 201112 Lower Wilton Road Malvern WR14 3RJ
Received 17 Aug 2018Robins End Eastham Tenbury Wells WR15 8NW
Received 16 Mar 2017The Old Smithy Longdon Tewkesbury GL20 6AT
Received 11 Jun 202690 Albert Road South Malvern WR14 3DX
Received 30 Jun 2026Episcopi Cottage Upper Wick Lane Rushwick Worcester WR2 5SY
Received 29 Jun 2011Land adj 2 Stanley Road Malvern WR14 2BG
Received 1 Aug 2018Birchley Farm Court Bockleton Road Oldwood
Received 30 Oct 201828 North End Lane, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2EX
Received 31 Jul 2008Orchard House College Grove Malvern WR14 3HP
Received 30 Jan 2026St James' CE Primary School, 191 West Malvern Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4BB,
Received 21 Oct 2008114 Worcester Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1SS
Received 18 Dec 201328 Cowleigh Road Malvern
Received 16 Jan 2013Prickley Cottage Hillside Martley Worcester WR6 6QW
Received 18 Apr 2017Bathams Cottage,Castlemorton,Worcestershire,WR13 6LT
Received 2 Mar 2011The Straights, Golden Valley, Castlemorton, Worcestershire, WR13 6AA
Received 17 Dec 2015The Willows Hook Bank Hanley Castle Worcester WR8 0BA
Received 26 Mar 2026Sunnydale Corse Lawn Gloucester GL19 4LZ
Received 22 Sept 2021Catchgates Stockton Road Abberley Worcester WR6 6AR
Received 28 Jul 2022Robins Croft Worcester Road Great Witley Worcester WR6 6HR
Received 15 Jul 2020Hooze Farm Eldersfield Gloucester GL19 4PJ
Received 11 Aug 2017Berth House , Moorend Road, Eldersfield, Gloucester, GL19 4NS
Received 26 Feb 2009Records 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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