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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3,458 approved · 304 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Malling School Beech Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DH
Received 25 Jun 20269 Haydens Mews Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PZ
Received 25 Jun 2026Brackenhill Service Station 82 - 106 Maidstone Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HG
Received 26 Jun 2026Weirside Cottage Snodland Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JF
Received 26 Jun 2026Landway Farm Land Basted Lane Crouch Sevenoaks Kent
Received 26 Jun 2026Fairhill Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QL
Received 26 Jun 202616 Falkland Place Chatham Kent ME5 9HR
Received 26 Jun 2026Keepers Lodge Common Road Chatham Kent ME5 9RJ
Received 29 Jun 2026The Wood House Upper Green Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PQ
Received 29 Jun 2026Potash Farm Potash Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8NJ
Received 29 Jun 2026Development Site At The Hermitage Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 29 Jun 202617 St Marys Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AJ
Received 24 Jun 2026Dove Cottage Lower Street Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8PT
Received 30 Jun 2026Parking Area South Of Mellinges Close West Malling Kent
Received 30 Jun 2026Unit A Riverside Business Park New Hythe Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6WT
Received 30 Jun 202664 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1EH
Received 30 Jun 2026Land North East And South Of 161 Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 30 Jun 202645 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Received 30 Jun 202647 The Stream Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6AG
Received 30 Jun 2026251 London Road West Malling Kent ME19 5AD
Received 30 Jun 2026The Holy Goat 59 Pembury Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2JB
Received 1 Jul 2026The Holy Goat 59 Pembury Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2JB
Received 1 Jul 20265 Battlefields Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7BY
Received 1 Jul 2026Glebe Lodge Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8JR
Received 1 Jul 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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