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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.
23,012 approved · 4,113 refused · 2,107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
70 Cowleigh Road Malvern WR14 1QN
Received 17 Sept 2021Station Gardens,Avenue Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,
Received 1 May 201324 Ellsdon Kempsey Worcester WR5 3NT
Received 3 Oct 201611 Minge Lane Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0NN
Received 2 Jul 2025The Fields, Camp Lane, Grimley, Worcestershire, WR2 6LX
Received 7 Nov 2016Units 8, Hanley Workshops, Hanley Swan, Worcestershire, WR8 0DX
Received 21 Aug 2013Little Peachley House Peachley Lane Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6QR
Received 8 Oct 2019Field Ridge Bromyard Road Cotheridge Worcester WR6 5LP
Received 15 Feb 2022Yew Tree Cottage Shrawley Worcester WR6 6TD
Received 29 Apr 2025Kingswood House, Kingswood, Stanford Bridge, Worcestershire, WR6 6SB
Received 21 Jul 2016Red Lion Witley Road Holt Heath Worcester WR6 6LX
Received 11 Feb 202225 Baldenhall,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 3RZ
Received 26 Aug 20114 Windmill Lane, Kempsey, Worcestershire, WR5 3LL
Received 7 Jul 2014Lodge Cottage Kyre Tenbury Wells WR15 8RW
Received 17 Oct 201228 Layton Avenue Malvern WR14 2ND
Received 12 Jun 2012Owl Barn Quay Lane Earls Croome Worcester WR8 9DB
Received 30 Aug 20188 Jacomb Road Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6QW
Received 9 Jun 20217 Homestead Close Malvern WR14 4HG
Received 25 Oct 2021Hope Mill, Clifton Upon Teme, Worcestershire, WR6 6HE
Received 9 Aug 2016Milestone At (Os 8289 4842) Old Hills Callow End
Received 26 Mar 2012Outpost 35 Wyche Road Malvern WR14 4EF
Received 30 Jun 20222 Pickersleigh Grove, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2LT
Received 20 Apr 200628 Oakfield Road Malvern WR14 1DT
Received 19 Dec 2018Hemmingsfield, Worcester Road, Earls Croome, Worcester, WR8 9DA
Received 10 Jan 2006Records 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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