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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3,427 approved · 302 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
68 Temple Way East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6SH
Received 11 Feb 2026Land Rear Of 100 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 11 Feb 202661 The Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7LQ
Received 11 Feb 20261 Brook Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 2PP
Received 11 Feb 2026Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 11 Feb 202615 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Received 11 Feb 2026Land East Of Aylesford Wastewater Treatment Works Bull Lane Eccles Aylesford Kent
Received 11 Feb 2026Land East Of Aylesford Wastewater Treatment Works Bull Lane Eccles Aylesford Kent
Received 11 Feb 2026Land Adjacent To St Ives Pilgrims Way Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent
Received 11 Feb 2026Priors House 18 King Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QT
Received 11 Feb 2026Bourne Place House Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NZ
Received 11 Feb 2026Callis Court Cottage London Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5AH
Received 11 Feb 2026151 Tunbury Avenue Chatham Kent ME5 9HY
Received 11 Feb 2026Wildacres 29 Holtwood Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7QH
Received 12 Feb 2026Flat 1 And 2 37 Lyons Crescent Tonbridge Kent TN9 1EY
Received 12 Feb 2026Land At Swan Farm Opposite The Anchor And Hope South Ash Road Ash Sevenoaks Kent
Received 12 Feb 2026Ley Farm Barn Snodland Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JF
Received 12 Feb 2026Ley Farm Barn Snodland Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JF
Received 12 Feb 20267 Salisbury Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4PJ
Received 12 Feb 2026Gibson Building Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4LZ
Received 12 Feb 2026Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 12 Feb 202685 Rectory Lane North Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5HD
Received 12 Feb 20261 Elan Close Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4NY
Received 12 Feb 20267 Willow Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6QZ
Received 12 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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