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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.
3,467 approved · 304 refused · 300 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QH
Received 20 Jul 202624 Stainer Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4DS
Received 20 Jul 202630 Barchester Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4HR
Received 20 Jul 2026Farm Building East Of Stable Court Roughway Lane Roughway Tonbridge Kent
Received 20 Jul 2026Little Knoll Common Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DY
Received 20 Jul 2026Land South East Of The Croft Common Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 20 Jul 202613 The Spinney Tonbridge Kent TN9 2QQ
Received 6 Jul 2026Linden House Basted Lane Crouch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8PZ
Received 21 Jul 202613 Tilton Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8RS
Received 21 Jul 2026High Weald House Stocks Green Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8LT
Received 21 Jul 2026Ragstones Offham Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RE
Received 21 Jul 2026Borough Green Sand Pit Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8AR
Received 21 Jul 202614 Abbott Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8SB
Received 17 Jul 202659 The Ridgeway Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NJ
Received 21 Jul 2026Little Allens Allens Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QZ
Received 22 Jul 2026Tennis Courts West Of Games Area Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 22 Jul 2026Weir Mill Mill Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DW
Received 22 Jul 2026Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 22 Jul 2026Old Walls 204 Tonbridge Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5NU
Received 22 Jul 2026Gateways The Street Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HE
Received 22 Jul 2026Fairseat House Vigo Road Fairseat Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7LU
Received 22 Jul 2026Quarry Hill Road Tonbridge Kent
Received 21 Jul 2026West Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 21 Jul 2026Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 21 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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