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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.
22,158 approved · 3,971 refused · 2,014 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Craigside 40 West Malvern Road Malvern WR14 4NA
Received 13 Jun 201396 Fruitlands, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4XB
Received 11 Feb 2014Retreat Farm Camp Lane Grimley Worcester WR2 6LX
Received 20 Aug 2015Land At (Os 8205 5395) Claphill Lane Rushwick
Received 20 May 2022Welland Stone Cottage , Welland Stone, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0RW
Received 9 Mar 2016Land At (Os 7876 4861) Lower Howsell Road Malvern
Received 28 Jul 2020Glebe Barn Church Lane Earls Croome Worcester WR8 9DE
Received 31 Dec 2012The Old Coach House Woodend Farm Broadwas Worcester
Received 26 Nov 2009Manor Barn Shelsley Beauchamp Worcester WR6 6RE
Received 20 Apr 2023Branksome Bransford Road Rushwick Worcester WR2 5TD
Received 24 Aug 2021Ashram Pickersleigh Road MALVERN WR14 2RR
Received 3 Jul 202630 Hornyold Road Malvern WR14 1QH
Received 23 Oct 20239 Hanley Terrace, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4PF
Received 7 Oct 2008Land adjacent 86 Guarlford Road Malvern Worcs WR14 3QT
Received 5 Sept 20115 Blackmore Road, MALVERN WR14 1QX
Received 5 Feb 2010Pool Farm Sankyns Green Little Witley, Worcester WR6 6LQ
Received 11 Apr 20172, The Parks, Brotheridge Green , Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, WR8 0BD
Received 4 Nov 2013Badgers Sett,Morton Green,Welland,Worcestershire,WR13 6LR
Received 7 Jan 2010Church House Shelsley Beauchamp Worcester WR6 6RA
Received 15 Apr 2011Land Adjoining 117 And 119 Meadow Road Malvern
Received 11 Jul 2005Upper Howsen Farm, Howsen, Cotheridge, Worcestershire, WR6 5LR
Received 29 Sept 2010Garden Cottage At Marlbank House Marlbank Road Welland, Malvern WR13 6NA
Received 13 Jul 2018Honeybourne, 58A Longridge Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3JB
Received 22 Aug 2016Churchend Cottage Church End Bushley Tewkesbury GL20 6HT
Received 19 May 2022Records 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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