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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22,339 approved · 4,004 refused · 2,033 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Enigma House, Crown East Lane, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, WR2 6RH
Received 23 Dec 201517 Summerfield Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1DY
Received 26 Aug 2009Croome Court Croome D'Abitot Severn Stoke Worcester WR8 9DW
Received 5 May 1988Barsham Lodge 67 Graham Road Malvern WR14 2HX
Received 18 Jun 2026St James' CE Primary School, 191 West Malvern Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4BB,
Received 28 May 200912 Hornyold Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1QQ
Received 13 Jun 2014New House Stockton Worcester WR6 6XF
Received 12 Feb 20212, Wharf Farm Barns, Stockton, Worcestershire, WR6 6XF
Received 31 Oct 201441 Abbey Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3HG
Received 8 Aug 2008High Oaks, Bell Lane, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, WR2 6RR
Received 31 Jul 2015Myrtle Cottage Drake Street Welland Malvern WR13 6LN
Received 18 Oct 2022Sunny Bank , Ferry Lane, Uckinghall, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 6ER
Received 13 Oct 2009Chamonix Como Road Malvern WR14 2HS
Received 22 Nov 2019Ceres Smith End Green Leigh Sinton Malvern WR13 5DG
Received 19 Oct 2021St Philip & St James' Church , Main Road, Hallow, Worcester, WR2 6PH
Received 28 Feb 2008Land At (OS 7538 6021) Witley Road Martley
Received 16 Nov 20184,Parkcroft,Rochford,Worcestershire,WR15 8SL
Received 27 Feb 20122 Somers Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 1HJ
Received 24 Jan 2013Close Cottage Longdon Heath Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0QZ
Received 23 Jul 2020Garden Cottage Laugherne Park Martley Worcester WR6 6RQ
Received 20 Aug 2024Flat 2 10 Victoria Road Malvern WR14 2TD
Received 25 Jan 2013Land At (Os 8260 4184) Gilberts End Hanley Castle
Received 24 Mar 2017Court Farm Deblins Green Callow End Worcester WR2 4UE
Received 23 Jan 201715 Crown Lea Avenue Malvern WR14 2DR
Received 21 May 2018Records 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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