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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.
3,453 approved · 303 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 Bow Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5DL
Received 3 Jun 2026The Portreeves House East Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1HP
Received 3 Jun 2026Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 4 Jun 20264 Conyerd Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8RJ
Received 4 Jun 2026The Old Vicarage 126 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6NE
Received 4 Jun 2026The Old Vicarage 126 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6NE
Received 4 Jun 2026Copper Beeches Ash Lane Stansted Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7DY
Received 4 Jun 2026Copper Beeches Ash Lane Stansted Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7DY
Received 4 Jun 2026Willandown 9 Pinesfield Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5EL
Received 4 Jun 2026Medway House Hawden Road Tonbridge Kent
Received 4 Jun 202620 Swallow Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6LF
Received 5 Jun 2026Little Hilden 36 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DD
Received 5 Jun 202653 Woodpecker Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6JQ
Received 8 Jun 202634 Holtwood Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7QJ
Received 8 Jun 202657 Chichester Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2TJ
Received 8 Jun 2026Beechin Wood Farm Beechin Wood Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent
Received 8 Jun 2026Park House 110 - 112 Mill Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BU
Received 8 Jun 2026Oast Cottage 147 Canon Lane Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PQ
Received 8 Jun 2026Rosehaven Roughetts Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5LF
Received 8 Jun 202656 Hunt Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4BG
Received 8 Jun 20265 Platt House Lane Fairseat Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7LX
Received 8 Jun 202654 56 58 And 60 Hall Road Aylesford Kent
Received 9 Jun 2026Rose Cottage 440 Lunsford Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6JA
Received 9 Jun 2026The Cottage 30 Masters Lane Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JP
Received 9 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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