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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.
3,426 approved · 302 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bourne Mill Cottage Carpenters Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0EX
Received 2 Feb 2026Garages Northeast Of Truro Walk Tonbridge Kent
Received 2 Feb 2026Land Formerly West Part Of Court Lane Nurseries Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 2 Feb 202643 Pear Tree Avenue Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EB
Received 2 Feb 2026Travel Lodge The Hilden Manor 109 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AN
Received 2 Feb 2026Conifers 66 Priory Grove Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6BD
Received 2 Feb 202620 Chichester Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2TL
Received 2 Feb 2026Selbys Farm Leigh Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9AQ
Received 2 Feb 20265 Starking Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4ZE
Received 3 Feb 2026Shode House Trycewell Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HN
Received 3 Feb 2026West Malling C Of E Primary School Norman Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RL
Received 4 Feb 2026Judd Place 9 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AB
Received 26 Jan 202648 York Avenue Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9ER
Received 26 Jan 2026Lowyns Roughway Lane Roughway Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SN
Received 27 Jan 2026189 Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LP
Received 29 Jan 2026The Broom The Brooms Seal Kent TN15 0EU
Received 30 Jan 2026Mobile At Brookside Farm Bourne Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0RE
Received 5 Feb 202619 Hawden Close Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9BP
Received 5 Feb 2026Little Holt Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DU
Received 5 Feb 202663 Old Orchard Lane Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5QH
Received 5 Feb 2026Land Formerly West Part Of Court Lane Nurseries Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 2 Feb 20263 Brookfield Avenue Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6RT
Received 5 Feb 20264 Haleys Place Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3TB
Received 5 Feb 202611 Quarry Hill Parade Tonbridge Kent TN9 2HR
Received 6 Feb 2026Records 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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