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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.
22,808 approved · 4,072 refused · 2,082 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1980 to 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Priors Croft Grange Road Malvern WR14 3EY
Received 7 Nov 2011The Willows , Crown East Lane, Lower Broadheath, Worcester, WR2 6RJ
Received 6 Mar 2008Worfield House 50 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 4AB
Received 20 Feb 2013Land At (Os 7962 4904) Worcester Road Newland
Received 6 Feb 2026Woodlands, Castlemorton Common, Welland, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 6LE
Received 13 Feb 2008Microferm House,Spring Lane North,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 1BU
Received 1 Jul 201146 Winsmore, Powick, Worcester, WR2 4QY
Received 5 Jun 2008Moorcroft Broadheath Common Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6RL
Received 27 Jun 2022Hillside Cottage West Malvern Road Malvern WR14 4DG
Received 3 Aug 2005Glover Hill Farm Uckinghall Tewkesbury GL20 6EP
Received 19 Jul 20262 Dale Cottages, Brockamin Lane, Leigh, WR6 5JZ
Received 1 Jun 2010109 Court Road Malvern WR14 3EF
Received 29 Jan 2025Bredon School Pull Court Bushley Tewkesbury GL20 6AH
Received 1 Apr 2021Acorn Cottage , Castlemorton, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 6DA
Received 29 Apr 200838 North Malvern Road Malvern WR14 4LT
Received 31 Aug 2021The Work Shop Beach Hay Bayton Kidderminster DY14 9NF
Received 8 Jan 20197 Coppice Close, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1LE
Received 18 Aug 2016Brickwalls Farm,Gilberts End,Hanley Castle,Worcestershire,WR8 0AS
Received 18 Feb 2010Land At (Os 7504 5325) Clay Green Farm Folly Road Alfrick
Received 1 May 2020The Hollies, 81 Wells Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4PA
Received 27 May 2005Land At (Os 8615 5190) Taylors Lane Broomhall
Received 29 Sept 2021127 Wells Road Malvern WR14 4PD
Received 15 Mar 2024Great Witley C Of E Primary School Worcester Road Great Witley Worcester WR6 6HR
Received 29 Jun 20267, Broadwas Court, Church Lane, Broadwas, Worcestershire, WR6 5NQ
Received 16 Apr 2014Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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