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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3,427 approved · 302 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
115 Primrose Drive Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EH
Received 18 Feb 2026178 Butchers Lane Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QE
Received 18 Feb 2026Development Site South Of Hillberry Farm Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 18 Feb 2026Land East Of Aylesford Priory And West Of 115 Rochester Road Aylesford Kent
Received 18 Feb 202636 Papion Grove Chatham Kent ME5 9BS
Received 19 Feb 2026North Lodge Dene Park Shipbourne Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9NS
Received 19 Feb 2026Land North Of Lodge Farmhouse High Street Aylesford Kent
Received 19 Feb 202611 Beaulieu Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3TE
Received 19 Feb 2026Land North Of Lodge Farmhouse High Street Aylesford Kent
Received 19 Feb 2026196 Bishops Oak Ride Tonbridge Kent TN10 3PF
Received 19 Feb 2026259 Robin Hood Lane Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9QU
Received 19 Feb 2026Land West Of Linden House Basted Lane Crouch Sevenoaks Kent
Received 19 Feb 2026Linkwood Yopps Green Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0PY
Received 20 Feb 20267 Beverley Crescent Tonbridge Kent TN9 2RD
Received 20 Feb 202620 Roman Close Chatham Kent ME5 9DJ
Received 20 Feb 20265 Wye Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8DX
Received 20 Feb 2026Land Opposite Addington Village Hall Park Road Addington West Malling Kent
Received 23 Feb 2026148 - 150 Mill Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BW
Received 23 Feb 2026Communications Mast East Malling Research Station New Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 23 Feb 2026Land Rear Of Berkeley Roughetts Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent
Received 23 Feb 20269 Russet Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4FJ
Received 23 Feb 2026St Lawrences Church The Street Mereworth Maidstone Kent
Received 23 Feb 20261 Blacklands Drive East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DT
Received 23 Feb 202624 Old Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5ER
Received 23 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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