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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.
3,427 approved · 302 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Little Hilden Lodge 34 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DA
Received 6 Feb 2026Land At West Wood Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 2 Feb 2026109 Willowside Snodland Kent ME6 5QN
Received 9 Feb 202668 Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BX
Received 9 Feb 202619 Orchard Grove Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6BY
Received 9 Feb 202639 St Peters Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6PJ
Received 9 Feb 20267 Nelson Road Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3YE
Received 9 Feb 2026Fairways Back Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AU
Received 9 Feb 2026Dene Court Shipbourne Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9NS
Received 9 Feb 2026Dragons Hadlow Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HY
Received 9 Feb 2026Land Rear Of 182 High Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 9 Feb 2026Slade County Primary School The Slade Tonbridge Kent TN9 1HR
Received 9 Feb 2026Great Hollanden Farm Mill Lane Underriver
Received 9 Feb 2026Development Site North Of Hadlow Park Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 10 Feb 2026Land North Of Recreation Ground Church Lane East Peckham Tonbridge Kent
Received 10 Feb 2026Yew Tree Cottage Upper Green Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PL
Received 10 Feb 2026Yew Tree Cottage Upper Green Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PL
Received 10 Feb 2026157 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BP
Received 10 Feb 2026157 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BP
Received 10 Feb 2026Poultwood Golf Course Higham Lane Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QR
Received 10 Feb 2026The Padwell Cottage Ismays Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NX
Received 10 Feb 2026Land Adjoining Ivers Basted Lane Crouch Sevenoaks Kent
Received 10 Feb 2026Four Seasons Park Labour In Vain Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7PA
Received 10 Feb 2026159A Beacon Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4FX
Received 10 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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