Understanding planning · 13 min read
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3,427 approved · 302 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Lyons East Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1DQ
Received 12 Feb 2026Land At Hawden Farm Hawden Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 13 Feb 2026South Half Of Main Building Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 13 Feb 2026South Half Of Main Building Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 13 Feb 2026South Half Of Main Building Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 13 Feb 2026South Half Of Main Building Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 13 Feb 202631 Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BU
Received 13 Feb 2026Development Site Land North Of Offham Road West Malling Kent
Received 13 Feb 2026The Coach House Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
Received 13 Feb 2026182 Tonbridge Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5NS
Received 13 Feb 20262 Jenner Way Eccles Aylesford Kent ME20 7SQ
Received 13 Feb 202614A Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DN
Received 13 Feb 2026Redwell Redwell Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9EE
Received 16 Feb 20265 Copse Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9EE
Received 16 Feb 2026Woodlea 192 Butchers Lane Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QE
Received 16 Feb 2026Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 16 Feb 202621 Alfriston Grove Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4AS
Received 16 Feb 2026Tetley Barn Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN11 9NH
Received 16 Feb 2026Amenity Land At Nevill Court West Malling Kent
Received 16 Feb 202670 Marlowe Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6TW
Received 17 Feb 2026127 Barden Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1UU
Received 17 Feb 2026Land Rear Of Berkeley Roughetts Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent
Received 17 Feb 2026Roughetts Coldharbour Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JX
Received 18 Feb 202671 Marlowe Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6TW
Received 18 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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