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.
3,434 approved · 303 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South Of M20 And West Of Greystones Roughetts Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent
Received 9 Mar 202657 Brookmead Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9DP
Received 11 Mar 20262 Club Cottages Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LJ
Received 12 Mar 2026The Haydens Tonbridge Kent
Received 20 Mar 20269 Emerald Walk Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4FY
Received 20 Mar 202615 Rodney Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JR
Received 20 Mar 2026The Oast House Philpots Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8PB
Received 17 Mar 202676 Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BX
Received 16 Mar 2026BAE Systems Airport Works Maidstone Road Chatham
Received 17 Mar 2026Nexus School Upper Hayesden Lane Tonbridge Kent TN11 8AA
Received 11 Mar 2026Nexus School Upper Hayesden Lane Tonbridge Kent TN11 8AA
Received 11 Mar 2026Wateringbury Place 50 Canon Lane Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PQ
Received 11 Mar 2026Orchard Place Cottage Comp Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QU
Received 20 Mar 202676 The Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LS
Received 23 Mar 2026Land Northwest Of Bell Lane Burham Rochester Kent
Received 23 Mar 20262 Gatekeeper Place Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3WL
Received 23 Mar 2026Dux Farm Buildings Dux Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent
Received 23 Mar 202636 Meadway Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HA
Received 23 Mar 2026The Hollies Borough Green Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RA
Received 23 Mar 2026Cobdene 301 Seven Mile Lane Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5NE
Received 23 Mar 2026Forthview Kemsing Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7BS
Received 23 Mar 202638 Holtwood Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7QJ
Received 23 Mar 2026Dry Hill Farm Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DJ
Received 23 Mar 20263 Woodfield Avenue Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9ES
Received 23 Mar 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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