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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.
3,443 approved · 303 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Aylesford Priory High Street Aylesford Kent ME20 7BX
Received 1 May 2026Parking Area South Of Mellinges Close West Malling Kent
Received 1 May 2026126 Woodlands Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EZ
Received 5 May 202630 King Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QT
Received 5 May 2026Oxen Hoath Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS
Received 5 May 2026Grove Farm Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 5 May 2026Horse And Groom Cottage 53 Chidley Cross Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5NP
Received 5 May 2026Langley Cottage Redwell Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9EH
Received 5 May 2026103 Coventry Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4QD
Received 5 May 20265 South Frith London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0UQ
Received 5 May 2026Bourne Grange Oast East Carpenters Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0EJ
Received 5 May 2026Goose Green Farmhouse Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JJ
Received 5 May 2026Addington Quarry Addington Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent
Received 5 May 20261 Bourne Vale Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QT
Received 6 May 2026Nutriblend House Priory Park Ditton Court Quarry Mills Road Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent ME20 7PP
Received 6 May 202633 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Received 6 May 2026Land West Of Hermitage Lane And East Of Units 4A 4B And 4C Mills Road Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent
Received 6 May 2026Land North Of 351 Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 6 May 2026Wisteria Lodge 133A Butchers Lane Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QD
Received 6 May 20266 Woodlea Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5QY
Received 6 May 2026Cedar Lodge The Green Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NN
Received 6 May 202617 Churchfields West Malling Kent ME19 6RJ
Received 7 May 202616 The Ridgeway Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NH
Received 7 May 2026Judd Place 9 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AB
Received 7 May 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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