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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.
3,458 approved · 304 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Mountfield Park Tonbridge Kent TN9 2DF
Received 23 Jun 2026Point House Stone Street Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NH
Received 23 Jun 2026136 Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PB
Received 23 Jun 20268 Police Station Road West Malling Kent ME19 6LL
Received 19 Jun 2026Pretty Maid House London Road Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RU
Received 18 Jun 2026The Meadows Leigh Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9AQ
Received 24 Jun 20262 Millstream Cottages 217 Tonbridge Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5JU
Received 24 Jun 2026The Caravan East Street Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5DH
Received 24 Jun 2026Bridle Route On Land To The West Of Bow Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent
Received 24 Jun 202650 Braeburn Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4BY
Received 24 Jun 202637 Cedar Close Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EN
Received 24 Jun 2026Bordyke Cottage Bordyke Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NN
Received 24 Jun 2026The Bramleys Hill Top Farm The Heath East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JL
Received 24 Jun 2026126A High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1AS
Received 24 Jun 2026126A High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1AS
Received 24 Jun 2026Little Harps Crouch Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LX
Received 20 Jun 202647 Norman Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RL
Received 24 Jun 2026238 Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JD
Received 25 Jun 2026Sports Grounds Beacon Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 25 Jun 20265 Matthews Close Snodland Kent ME6 5FU
Received 25 Jun 202610 Springwell Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LJ
Received 25 Jun 2026Cobbs Hall Farm Broadwater Road West Malling Kent ME19 6HX
Received 25 Jun 2026Roughetts Coldharbour Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JX
Received 25 Jun 202610 Mitchell Road West Malling Kent ME19 4RF
Received 25 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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