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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.
3,437 approved · 303 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lambards Oast Comp Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QS
Received 7 Apr 202618 Twyford Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HJ
Received 7 Apr 2026Land Formerly West Part Of Court Lane Nurseries Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 7 Apr 202625 Clare Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN9 1XN
Received 7 Apr 2026Kimberley 6 Fairfield Way Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9ET
Received 7 Apr 2026110 Lavender Hill Tonbridge Kent TN9 2AY
Received 7 Apr 2026Wealden Hall 773 London Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6DE
Received 7 Apr 2026Wealden Hall 773 London Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6DE
Received 7 Apr 2026The Scared Crow 79 Offham Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RB
Received 7 Apr 202638 Marlowe Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6TW
Received 7 Apr 2026Fairways Back Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AU
Received 7 Apr 202655 Bell Lane Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6BT
Received 7 Apr 2026Lancaster Cottage 11A Mill Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DA
Received 7 Apr 202661 Bow Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5DL
Received 7 Apr 2026East Malling Research Station New Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 8 Apr 202627 Nursery Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JH
Received 8 Apr 2026Broom Manor 150 Carpenters Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0EX
Received 8 Apr 2026Groundsmans Cottage 101 St Leonards Street West Malling Kent ME19 6PE
Received 8 Apr 2026Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 8 Apr 20266 Yardley Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NE
Received 8 Apr 202618 Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HY
Received 9 Apr 2026The Butts Beechin Wood Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QN
Received 9 Apr 2026Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 9 Apr 202613 Welton Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 2QX
Received 9 Apr 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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