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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.
3,451 approved · 303 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 29 May 20266 North Frith Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QW
Received 29 May 2026North Frith North Frith Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 29 May 2026North Frith North Frith Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 29 May 20268 Copsehill Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5QR
Received 29 May 2026Welldon House 49 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AD
Received 21 May 2026Stangate West Quarry Crowhurst Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent
Received 28 May 2026Rose Cottage Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8NB
Received 1 Jun 2026White Cottage Farm Ismays Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NX
Received 1 Jun 2026304 Robin Hood Lane Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9QR
Received 1 Jun 2026Berwyn 152 Kingswood Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7EL
Received 2 Jun 2026Gospel Hall Bishops Oak Ride Tonbridge Kent TN10 3NT
Received 2 Jun 2026Cherry Court 3 Moorlands View Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5SY
Received 2 Jun 20263 Green Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5DX
Received 2 Jun 202657 Ewell Avenue West Malling Kent ME19 6NW
Received 2 Jun 2026The Dower House Roydon Hall Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5NH
Received 2 Jun 202641 Partridge Avenue Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6LS
Received 3 Jun 2026Royal British Legion Industries Hall Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7NX
Received 3 Jun 2026Development Site Bushey Wood Phase 1 Bull Lane Eccles Aylesford Kent
Received 3 Jun 2026Land Formerly West Part Of Court Lane Nurseries Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 3 Jun 20261 Parkway Tonbridge Kent TN10 4RA
Received 3 Jun 2026Land Formerly West Part Of Court Lane Nurseries Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 3 Jun 202694C Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3EG
Received 3 Jun 202694C Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3EG
Received 3 Jun 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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