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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.
3,423 approved · 301 refused · 296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Dux Farm Buildings Dux Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0RB
Received 8 Dec 2025Bank Wood Bank Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NR
Received 8 Dec 2025Mulberry Barn Three Elm Lane Golden Green Tonbridge Kent TN11 0LD
Received 8 Dec 202526 Yardley Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NF
Received 9 Dec 2025Land Adjoining White Cottage Ismays Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent
Received 9 Dec 2025Platt Farm Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8NA
Received 9 Dec 2025Platt Farm Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8NA
Received 9 Dec 20254 Porter Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4QN
Received 9 Dec 202520 Taylor Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 2FE
Received 9 Dec 202518 Great Elms Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HT
Received 10 Dec 2025Westwick House Tower Hill Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NH
Received 10 Dec 2025Westwick House Tower Hill Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NH
Received 10 Dec 2025Cobden The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QH
Received 10 Dec 202531 Cygnet Close Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6QH
Received 10 Dec 2025Borough Green Sand Pit Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8AR
Received 10 Dec 20254 - 6 New Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6AD
Received 10 Dec 2025S Smith And Sons Builders Yard 4 Orchard Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LU
Received 11 Dec 20254 Tassell Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6QB
Received 11 Dec 2025Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 11 Dec 2025Wrotham Secondary School Borough Green Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RD
Received 12 Dec 202536 Old Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5ET
Received 12 Dec 2025Leybourne Grange Development Site Birling Road Leybourne West Malling Kent
Received 12 Dec 2025Grove House Mill Lane Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PJ
Received 12 Dec 2025Offham Quarry Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PD
Received 12 Dec 2025Records 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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