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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.
3,436 approved · 303 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hawden Farm Hawden Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 23 Mar 20264 Francis Cottages London Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NQ
Received 23 Mar 20261 Bourne Vale Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QT
Received 23 Mar 2026Orchard Place Cottage Comp Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QU
Received 23 Mar 2026Silver Birches 425 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DB
Received 24 Mar 202618 Alderwick Grove Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4GB
Received 24 Mar 2026Callis Court Farm London Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5AH
Received 24 Mar 20264 Mercers Place Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4PA
Received 24 Mar 202698 Darwin Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4SD
Received 24 Mar 2026Westbery Manor 108 Old Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PP
Received 24 Mar 20264 Stair Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4HB
Received 24 Mar 202627 Quarry Hill Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8RQ
Received 25 Mar 2026Land West Of Oakfield Wrotham Hill Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 25 Mar 20261A Warwick Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4UG
Received 25 Mar 202624 Cheviot Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NH
Received 25 Mar 202612 Church Walk East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AG
Received 25 Mar 2026Park House 110 - 112 Mill Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BU
Received 25 Mar 2026Welldon House 49 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AD
Received 25 Mar 20264 Marlow Copse Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9DP
Received 25 Mar 2026Old Allens Allens Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QZ
Received 26 Mar 2026Old Allens Allens Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QZ
Received 26 Mar 202620 Bramble Close Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HQ
Received 26 Mar 20266 Half Moon Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HU
Received 26 Mar 20262F Woodside Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2PD
Received 26 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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