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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22,339 approved · 4,005 refused · 2,033 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1980 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Zetland Road Malvern WR14 2JJ
Received 12 Jun 2024Brights Court Tenbury Business Park Bromyard Road Tenbury Wells
Received 31 Jan 2020Holly Dene 32 Leigh Sinton Road Malvern WR14 1JW
Received 30 Nov 2020Orchard Dene, Ankerdine Road, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, WR2 6RN
Received 9 Dec 2015Flat 3 Spring Bank 86 Graham Road Malvern WR14 2HX
Received 19 Dec 2019Craigside 40 West Malvern Road Malvern WR14 4NA
Received 1 May 2013Ryall Chase,Holly Green,Upton Upon Severn,Worcestershire,WR8 0PD
Received 14 Jan 2011Top Orchard , Pensax Common, Stockton, Worcester, WR6 6XL
Received 7 Sept 2009Severn House,Waterside,Upton Upon Severn,Worcestershire,WR8 0JD
Received 10 May 2012Lawn Farm Drake Street Welland Malvern WR13 6LP
Received 29 Jun 2016Manor Cottage, 46 Main Road, Kempsey, Worcestershire, WR5 3JA
Received 27 Aug 2015New House C2024 Stockton Stockton Worcestershire WR6 6XF
Received 13 Jul 2022Stirt Farm , Stanford Bridge, Worcester, WR6 6SA
Received 15 Apr 200856 Old Wyche Road Malvern WR14 4EP
Received 6 Apr 2011Thoulds Barn House Uckinghall Tewkesbury GL20 6ES
Received 10 Dec 201017 Bellars Lane Malvern WR14 2DH
Received 25 May 2023Charlbury House, 30 Worcester Road, Malvern, Worcestershire,
Received 21 Sept 2015Orwell Lodge 5 Woodshears Road Malvern Worcestershire WR14 3DP
Received 16 Nov 2022Rowley Forge Cottage, 124 Pensax, Abberley, Worcester, WR6 6AG,
Received 17 Sept 2009Allonby House, Stourport Road, Great Witley, Worcestershire, WR6 6JP
Received 10 Aug 2016Runnings Park Hotel Croft Bank Malvern WR14 4DU
Received 3 Mar 2008St Anns Orchard,Worcester Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 1EZ
Received 6 Jun 2011Benholme Holywell Road Malvern WR14 4LF
Received 18 Oct 201913 Byefields, Kempsey, Worcestershire, WR5 3NN
Received 27 Aug 2014Records 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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