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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3,467 approved · 304 refused · 300 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tonbridge Road Mereworth Maidstone Kent
Received 21 Jul 2026Newlands East Street Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5DE
Received 22 Jul 2026The Broom The Brooms Seal
Received 22 Jul 2026David Lloyd Leisure 21 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4UA
Received 23 Jul 20263 The Brucks Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PX
Received 23 Jul 20261 The Croft Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5QD
Received 23 Jul 2026Baskaran And Barham House Church Hill Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QB
Received 23 Jul 202636 The Chase Tonbridge Kent TN10 3HP
Received 23 Jul 2026St Georges Court West Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 22 Jul 2026St Georges Court West Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 24 Jul 2026Premier Inn Castle Way Leybourne West Malling Kent
Received 24 Jul 2026191 Tunbury Avenue Chatham Kent ME5 9HY
Received 21 Jul 2026165 Norman Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RW
Received 24 Jul 2026Old Parsonage Court West Malling Kent
Received 24 Jul 2026Land South West Of Fre Mel Farm Comp Lane Offham West Malling Kent
Received 27 Jul 2026Former Somerfield Distribution Centre Station Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QR
Received 8 May 20265 Sweets Lane East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JF
Received 27 Jul 2026White Cottage Farm Ismays Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NX
Received 27 Jul 202627 Haydens Mews Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PZ
Received 27 Jul 202639 Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DS
Received 27 Jul 202697 Marlowe Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6TU
Received 27 Jul 2026Land Adjoining Terence Butler Avenue Off Anthony's Way Medway City Estate Rochester
Received 28 Jul 202685 - 87 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6NA
Received 28 Jul 20261 View Cottages Long Mill Lane Dunks Green Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SD
Received 28 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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