Understanding planning · 13 min read
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3,458 approved · 304 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LF
Received 1 Jul 2026Priors House 18 King Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QT
Received 1 Jul 2026Priors House 18 King Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QT
Received 1 Jul 2026Unit 1 Newsprint Avenue Panattoni Park Aylesford Kent ME20 7XH
Received 2 Jul 2026Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 2 Jul 202631 Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BU
Received 2 Jul 202639 High Street Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3XE
Received 2 Jul 2026Car Park To Rear Of Lansdowne Mews Lansdowne Road Tonbridge Kent
Received 2 Jul 202620 Reynolds Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4AT
Received 2 Jul 2026259 Robin Hood Lane Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9QU
Received 28 Jun 2026Land East Of Brook Farm Buildings Church Lane East Peckham Tonbridge Kent
Received 3 Jul 20268 Fleming Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4RU
Received 3 Jul 2026Green Ends Wrotham Hill Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7QA
Received 3 Jul 2026The Lodge 2 Yaldham Manor Drive Kemsing Sevenoaks Kent TN15 6FA
Received 3 Jul 202616 Pepingstraw Close Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PB
Received 3 Jul 2026Little Holt Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DU
Received 3 Jul 2026Jubbulpore Quarry Gardens Tonbridge Kent TN9 2SG
Received 3 Jul 202655 Phoenix Drive Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5DR
Received 3 Jul 202661 Salisbury Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7EN
Received 6 Jul 2026Cobblestones Church Street Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0DB
Received 6 Jul 2026Cobblestones Church Street Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0DB
Received 6 Jul 2026Playing Fields Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JP
Received 6 Jul 202620 Churchill Square Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 6 Jul 202620 Churchill Square Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 6 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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