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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3,463 approved · 304 refused · 300 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Regency Lodge London Road Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RU
Received 9 Jul 2026Willowfields 158 Lavenders Road West Malling Kent ME19 6HR
Received 9 Jul 202661 - 63 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1SD
Received 10 Jul 2026Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 10 Jul 2026Land Rear Of Berkeley Roughetts Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent
Received 10 Jul 20267 Estridge Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JS
Received 10 Jul 2026Land West Of Station Road North West Malling Kent
Received 10 Jul 202656 Bell Lane Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6BT
Received 10 Jul 2026Land At Douces Manor St Leonards Street West Malling Kent
Received 10 Jul 20265 Offham Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RB
Received 13 Jul 2026Snodland Lake Pavillion Brook Street Snodland Kent ME6 5BB
Received 13 Jul 2026Russet Tiles Mill Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LX
Received 13 Jul 2026Development Site Land Opposite Grange Road At Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent
Received 13 Jul 2026Agricultural Land West Of Wingfield Bank Sandy Lane Ryarsh West Malling Kent
Received 13 Jul 2026Mapledown House 9 High Hilden Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DB
Received 13 Jul 2026Cedar Grange 64A Sevenoaks Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8AP
Received 13 Jul 2026Farm Building East Of Stable Court Roughway Lane Roughway Tonbridge Kent
Received 13 Jul 2026105 - 109 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1DJ
Received 14 Jul 2026166 Maidstone Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8JD
Received 14 Jul 2026Chapel Farm Ightham Bypass Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AF
Received 14 Jul 202645 Harvest Ridge Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5LZ
Received 15 Jul 202621 Ffinch Close Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6ET
Received 15 Jul 2026Hadlow Manor Hotel Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JH
Received 15 Jul 2026Hadlow Manor Hotel Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JH
Received 15 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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