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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 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,422 approved · 301 refused · 296 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
1 Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LE
Received 26 Sept 2023Court Lane Farmhouse Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0DP
Received 26 Sept 2023Great Budds House Mote Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QD
Received 26 Sept 2023The Walled Garden Noble Tree Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8ND
Received 26 Sept 202326 Yardley Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NF
Received 26 Sept 2023Holy Trinity Church New Hythe Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent
Received 27 Sept 2023Mote Farm Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NT
Received 27 Sept 2023Double Dance Tonbridge Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AT
Received 27 Sept 2023Land At Douces Manor St Leonards Street West Malling Kent
Received 28 Sept 2023Platt Churchyard Comp Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent
Received 28 Sept 2023Pear Tree Farm Matthews Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JG
Received 28 Sept 202315 Columbine Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6EP
Received 8 Nov 202315 Columbine Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6EP
Received 8 Nov 202315 Columbine Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6EP
Received 8 Nov 202315 Columbine Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6EP
Received 8 Nov 202315 Columbine Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6EP
Received 8 Nov 202315 Columbine Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6EP
Received 8 Nov 202315 Columbine Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6EP
Received 8 Nov 202315 Columbine Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6EP
Received 8 Nov 202315 Columbine Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6EP
Received 8 Nov 202315 Columbine Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6EP
Received 8 Nov 202315 Columbine Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6EP
Received 8 Nov 202315 Columbine Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6EP
Received 8 Nov 202315 Columbine Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6EP
Received 8 Nov 2023Records 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 Tonbridge and Malling Borough 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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