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.
3,436 approved · 303 refused · 297 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Atlas Close Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4PS
Received 26 Mar 202626 Correnden Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AU
Received 26 Mar 2026Amenity Land At Nevill Court West Malling Kent
Received 16 Feb 2026148 - 150 Mill Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BW
Received 23 Feb 2026Lea Croft Pilgrims Way Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7NN
Received 26 Mar 2026Unit 1 Newsprint Avenue Panattoni Park Aylesford Kent ME20 7XH
Received 27 Mar 2026Land North Of Black Barns Off Stony Lane Rochester Kent
Received 27 Mar 2026Commuter Car Park Lord Lees Grove Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent
Received 27 Mar 202672 Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PA
Received 27 Mar 20262 Barling Close Chatham Kent ME5 9RL
Received 27 Mar 2026Rowan Wood Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8JH
Received 27 Mar 2026The Riding Light Gravesend Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7JJ
Received 27 Mar 2026Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 24 Mar 20263 Brookfield Avenue Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6RT
Received 27 Mar 2026Sotts Hole Cottage Crouch Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QL
Received 27 Mar 2026167 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BX
Received 30 Mar 2026167 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BX
Received 30 Mar 2026167 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BX
Received 30 Mar 2026Land Between 440 And 450 Rochester Road Burham Rochester Kent
Received 30 Mar 202649 - 51 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QH
Received 30 Mar 2026Olive Tree Cottage 17 Windmill Lane East West Malling Kent ME19 6HS
Received 30 Mar 2026Rosewood High Street Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0EF
Received 31 Mar 2026Copper Beeches 185A Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LP
Received 31 Mar 2026Farm Building East Of Stable Court Roughway Lane Roughway Tonbridge Kent
Received 31 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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