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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23,012 approved · 4,114 refused · 2,107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coach Depot,Martley,Worcestershire,WR6 6QA
Received 12 Jun 2012Oakwell Cottage Sling Lane Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6RP
Received 27 Jan 202010 Old Road North, Kempsey, Worcestershire, WR5 3JZ
Received 18 Dec 20131, Stockend Farm Cottage, Station Road, Bransford, Worcestershire, WR6 5JH
Received 1 May 2015Chambers Court Longdon Tewkesbury GL20 6AS
Received 1 Apr 202123 High Green, Severn Stoke, Worcestershire, WR8 9JS
Received 28 Jan 20155 Homestead Close Malvern WR14 4HG
Received 4 Nov 20089 Constantine Close Kempsey Worcester WR5 3WH
Received 5 May 202660A Moorlands Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 2UA
Received 7 Oct 20111 Lanthorne Close Martley Worcestershire WR6 6BJ
Received 5 Oct 2022St Marys Church Rectory Lane Guarlford
Received 13 Sept 2022Startin Suzuki At St Peters Peugeot Bath Road Broomhall
Received 5 Jun 2018The Hawthornes Chase End Street Bromsberrow Ledbury HR8 1SD
Received 5 Oct 2018Old Rectory House, Worcester, WR2 4QU
Received 23 Nov 2004Zourka Church Lane Broadwas Worcester WR6 5NQ
Received 24 Jan 2017The Coach House, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, WR8 0BJ
Received 27 Apr 2015The Smithy Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6BS
Received 21 May 2026Walled Garden At (Os 6776 6621) Hanley Court Gardens Hanley William,
Received 2 Nov 2017Land At (Os 7732 4295) 155 Wells Road Malvern
Received 14 Nov 2023Field Farm , Little Hereford, Haynall, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 4AU
Received 11 Aug 2008Chapel House,Moseley Road,Hallow,Worcestershire,WR2 6NH
Received 23 Aug 20103 Charlock Road Malvern WR14 3SR
Received 23 Jan 2023Tomkins Farm Hope House Lane Martley Worcester WR6 6QF
Received 8 Mar 2006Stoke Bliss And Kyre Village Hall, Stoke Bliss
Received 2 May 2013Records 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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