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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.
3,465 approved · 304 refused · 300 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 High Street Aylesford Kent ME20 7BA
Received 15 Jul 2026Lady Vane Close Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent
Received 15 Jul 2026Development Site Land Opposite Grange Road At Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent
Received 16 Jul 202661 Pembury Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2JF
Received 16 Jul 202625 Bramley Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4BD
Received 16 Jul 20267 Chapel Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AP
Received 16 Jul 2026Plaxtol Vineyard The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QF
Received 16 Jul 20268 Hyders Forge Long Mill Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0RQ
Received 16 Jul 20269 Sadlers Close Chatham Kent ME5 9RR
Received 16 Jul 2026Orchard Farm Well Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JW
Received 16 Jul 2026Hadlow Rural Community School Tonbridge Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AU
Received 17 Jul 202611 Brockway Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HS
Received 17 Jul 202664 Whitelake Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3TJ
Received 17 Jul 202612 Chapel Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AP
Received 17 Jul 202670 Trench Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3HF
Received 20 Jul 2026Land North Of London Road And South Of East Park Road And East Of Coldharbour Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 20 Jul 2026Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 20 Jul 2026Judd Place 9 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AB
Received 20 Jul 2026Land Part Of Wrotham Water Farm Off London Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 20 Jul 2026Copper Beeches Ash Lane Stansted Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7DY
Received 20 Jul 2026Lark Rise North Meadow Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NU
Received 20 Jul 2026Graylings 2 Taylors Place Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5BS
Received 20 Jul 2026174 Woodlands Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EY
Received 20 Jul 2026High Weald House Stocks Green Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8LT
Received 20 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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