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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.
3,424 approved · 301 refused · 296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Duchess Of Kent Court Hall Road Aylesford Kent
Received 16 Dec 2025Oak House Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8NA
Received 16 Dec 202514 High Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AL
Received 16 Dec 202525 Beaufighter Road West Malling Kent ME19 4TP
Received 16 Dec 202514 High Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AL
Received 16 Dec 2025The Limes 32 Chapel Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AP
Received 16 Dec 202597 Trench Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3HG
Received 16 Dec 20257 Allington Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4HH
Received 16 Dec 2025Manor Farm Easterfields East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BE
Received 17 Dec 2025Culverden Cottage 17 Sevenoaks Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8AX
Received 17 Dec 2025Ivy Cottage 740 Pilgrims Way Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3RB
Received 17 Dec 202518 High Street Aylesford Kent ME20 7BG
Received 17 Dec 202552A Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BX
Received 18 Dec 2025Applied Distribution Ltd Laverstoke Road Allington Maidstone Kent ME16 0LE
Received 18 Dec 2025Land Between Birchfield And Mid Kent Nurseries Ashes Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 18 Dec 202534 Bramble Close Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HQ
Received 18 Dec 2025237 London Road West Malling Kent ME19 5AD
Received 18 Dec 2025Springview 51 The Street Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5NA
Received 18 Dec 202569 Baltic Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LT
Received 18 Dec 2025Stables Land North Of Wentfield Lodge Gravesend Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 18 Dec 2025Lower Street Farm Lower Street Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 18 Dec 2025Court Lodge The Green West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JN
Received 19 Dec 2025Lawn Farm Beech Road Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QT
Received 19 Dec 2025200 New Hythe Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6PT
Received 19 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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