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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.
22,339 approved · 4,004 refused · 2,033 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Cowleigh Road Malvern WR14 1QD
Received 18 Aug 2020Unit 3 Plowstall Farm Bayton Kidderminster
Received 18 Jan 2008Oast House At Knapp Farm Bridges Stone Alfrick Worcester WR6 5HR
Received 7 Mar 2014Telecommunication Mast At (OS 7877 4551), Six Ways Industrial Estate, Barnards Green Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, ,
Received 17 Jul 2008Bramblings, Frenchlands Lane, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, WR2 6QU
Received 23 Jun 20161 Leigh Sinton Road, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 1JL
Received 14 Dec 200921 Woodshears Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3DY
Received 1 Jul 2014Mount Pleasant Hotel,50 Belle Vue Terrace,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 4PZ
Received 12 Jul 2012Newnham Court Newnham Bridge Tenbury Wells WR15 8JF
Received 28 Mar 202551 Charles Way, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2LZ
Received 13 Sept 200526 Grange Lane, Rushwick, Worcester, WR2 5TG
Received 8 Dec 2004Stockingfield Farm,Abberley,Worcestershire,WR6 6BX
Received 26 May 2011Our Place The Orchard Bransford Worcester WR6 5JE
Received 30 Apr 2020Land off New Inn Lane, Shrawley, Worcestershire, WR6 6TE
Received 4 Nov 2016Street_record Oxford Road Malvern
Received 10 Sept 2024National Trust Shop At Croome Park Croome D'abitot Severn Stoke Worcester WR8 9DW
Received 4 Sept 2023Millers Court Farm, Birts Street, Birtsmorton, Worcestershire, WR13 6AP
Received 12 Nov 2013The Homestead Assarts Road Malvern WR14 4HW
Received 21 Jan 2021Medhurst, 143 Worcester Road, Malvern, Worcestershire,
Received 17 Aug 2016Walnut Lodge,Hangmans Lane,Hanley Castle,Worcestershire,WR8 0AJ
Received 13 Apr 2011High Acre , Eardiston, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8JR
Received 24 Feb 2009Kempsey Community Centre Main Road Kempsey Worcester WR5 3LQ
Received 9 May 2005Cowhills Farm Wheatley Lane Upton Upon Severn, Worcester WR8 0QT
Received 15 Aug 2017Stanway 176 Pickersleigh Road Malvern WR14 2QX
Received 8 Aug 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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