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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.
3,454 approved · 303 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beechin Wood Farm Beechin Wood Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent
Received 9 Jun 2026Ivy Cottage 740 Pilgrims Way Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3RB
Received 9 Jun 202611 Durlings Orchard Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HW
Received 9 Jun 20262 Elstar Place Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4EL
Received 10 Jun 2026Muddle Cottage Eggpie Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8PE
Received 10 Jun 202637 Estridge Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JT
Received 10 Jun 2026Development Site At Keepers Lodge Common Road Chatham Kent
Received 11 Jun 2026Stocks Green County Primary School Leigh Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9AE
Received 11 Jun 2026Woodlands Edge 59 Teston Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5BG
Received 11 Jun 202627 The Cherry Orchard Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HU
Received 11 Jun 202634 Maidstone Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8BD
Received 11 Jun 2026The Thatched House 1 Mill Lane Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PE
Received 11 Jun 2026165 Mill Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BW
Received 11 Jun 2026Hamptons Cottage Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS
Received 12 Jun 2026Three Elm Service Station Hadlow Road East Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AE
Received 12 Jun 2026Kimberley 6 Fairfield Way Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9ET
Received 12 Jun 20267 - 9 High Street Aylesford Kent ME20 7AX
Received 12 Jun 20267 - 9 High Street Aylesford Kent ME20 7AX
Received 12 Jun 2026Land East Of Wrotham Transmitting Station London Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 12 Jun 202619 Nutfields Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9EA
Received 12 Jun 2026Recreation Land At West Wood Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HL
Received 12 Jun 202616 Medina Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DR
Received 12 Jun 2026Farm Building East Of Stable Court Roughway Lane Roughway Tonbridge Kent
Received 15 Jun 2026Ryefields Chapel Street Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5LW
Received 15 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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