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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.
22,108 approved · 3,963 refused · 2,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Cage Market Square Tenbury Wells
Received 13 Sept 2022North Site, Leigh Sinton Road, Malvern
Received 4 Jun 2009Pendle,4 The Howsells,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 1AD
Received 8 Oct 2010Holywell Lodge,Holywell Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 4LE
Received 14 Mar 2013Greenfields Stoney Ley Broadwas Worcester WR6 5NG
Received 11 Jul 2025Summer Cottage Suckley Road Leigh Worcester WR6 5LE
Received 5 Oct 2020Flat 3 Essington House Holywell Road Malvern WR14 4LQ
Received 12 Jul 2024Ripple Cottage The Cross Ripple Tewkesbury GL20 6EZ
Received 24 Jul 2023Tundridge Stud, Suckley, Worcestershire, WR6 5DR
Received 13 Nov 2014The Paddock, St Peters Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1QS,
Received 19 Mar 20085 Old Malvern Road Powick Worcester WR2 4RX
Received 28 Feb 2022Field Farm, Little Hereford, Haynall, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 4AU,
Received 12 Oct 2009Pudford Farm Pudford Lane Martley Worcester WR6 6QL
Received 11 May 2021Meadow View Martley Worcester WR6 6QA
Received 22 Apr 202622 Croftdown Court Malvern WR14 3HZ
Received 8 Jul 2024Red Lodge Frith Common Eardiston Tenbury Wells WR15 8JX
Received 20 Dec 2024Plowstall Farm Bayton Kidderminster DY14 9LY
Received 16 Sept 2005Prickley Cottage Hillside Martley Worcester WR6 6QW
Received 7 Nov 2011Orchard Barn Wichenford Worcester WR6 6XY
Received 27 May 2020Site Of Former 65 Abbey Road Malvern WR14 3HW
Received 24 Sept 20182 Eversfield Cottages Stoney Ley Broadwas Worcester WR6 5NG
Received 15 Jul 2021Market Tavern Market Square Tenbury Wells Worcestershire WR15 8BL
Received 7 Sept 2022Annexe at Pigeon House Farm,Dingle Road,Leigh,Worcestershire,WR6 5JX
Received 3 Aug 20123 Waterloo Close, Madresfield, Worcestershire, WR13 5AG
Received 1 Aug 2013Records 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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