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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.
23,147 approved · 4,139 refused · 2,117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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18-20 Worcester Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 4QW
Received 21 Aug 20135 Hope Lane, Clifton-on-Teme, Worcester, WR6 6DN
Received 24 Mar 20091,Woodyatt Court,Court Road,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 3EG
Received 1 May 2013Heath Farm Gloucester Road Upton Upon Severn Worcester WR8 0QR
Received 17 Jan 2019Land At (Os 8571 5128) Bath Road Broomhall
Received 10 Oct 2012Link Nurseries, Hamilton Close, Powick, Worcester, WR2 4NH
Received 17 Feb 2017Tarren The Village Abberley Worcester WR6 6BN
Received 18 Dec 2020Lucies Farm Colletts Green Road Powick Worcester WR2 4RY
Received 3 Nov 2023Byways, Wynniatts Way, Abberley, Worcestershire, WR6 6BZ
Received 18 Feb 2014Waitrose Ltd Edith Walk Malvern WR14 4WR
Received 5 Apr 2019Royal Oak Hotel , Market Street, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8BQ
Received 15 Apr 2004Land At (Os 7583 5538), Stoney Ley, Broadwas
Received 16 Sept 2013Land At (Os 7908 4800) Ranelagh Road Malvern
Received 15 Oct 2018Elms Lodge Stockton Road Abberley Worcester WR6 6AT
Received 17 Dec 2019The Black And White Cottage, 13 Somers Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1HJ
Received 14 Jul 2016Chatsworth House, 8 Abbey Road, Malvern, Worcestershire,
Received 24 Mar 2016Berry Lodge Farm , Blackmore Park Road, Welland, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 6NL
Received 20 Apr 2005Malvernspa Grovewood Road Malvern WR14 1GD
Received 19 May 2011Treetops 28 Hallow Lane Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6QL
Received 21 Jan 2022Hillside Farm , Camp Lane, Shelsley Beauchamp, Worcester, WR6 6RL
Received 17 Sept 2009The Heathers 36 Hampden Road Malvern WR14 1NB
Received 6 Oct 2017Summercoombe Golden Valley Castlemorton Malvern WR13 6AA
Received 13 May 2011Hillstone School Abbey Road Malvern
Received 28 Oct 2010Land Adj 112 Guarlford Road Malvern WR14 3QT
Received 25 Oct 2004Records 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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