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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.
3,463 approved · 304 refused · 300 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Rodney Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JR
Received 6 Jul 202614 Caistor Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1UT
Received 6 Jul 2026Rory Cottage Taylors Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5DS
Received 6 Jul 2026Willowfields 158 Lavenders Road West Malling Kent ME19 6HR
Received 6 Jul 2026Hillside Pilgrims Way Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5EP
Received 6 Jul 202632A Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HY
Received 6 Jul 202650 Nutfields Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9EA
Received 6 Jul 2026407 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DB
Received 6 Jul 2026The Royal Oak London Road Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RX
Received 7 Jul 202648 High Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AL
Received 7 Jul 202699 Elmshurst Gardens Tonbridge Kent TN10 3RA
Received 7 Jul 202627 Portman Park Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LW
Received 7 Jul 2026Former Manor House Walled Garden The Birling Estate Stangate Road Birling West Malling Kent
Received 8 Jul 20262 Pine Ridge Tonbridge Kent TN10 3LN
Received 8 Jul 202651 Dowgate Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 2EJ
Received 8 Jul 202617A Lansdowne Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JB
Received 8 Jul 202612 Church Walk East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AG
Received 8 Jul 20261 Staleys Acre Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8GT
Received 8 Jul 2026Whitepines Long Mill Lane Crouch Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QB
Received 9 Jul 2026Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 9 Jul 202678 Teapot Lane Aylesford Kent ME20 7JT
Received 9 Jul 2026Sunyani 2 Orchard Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LU
Received 9 Jul 2026Farm Building East Of Stable Court Roughway Lane Roughway Tonbridge Kent
Received 9 Jul 2026393 London Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QA
Received 9 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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