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Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates6,306Searchable applications
788Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 3,771 approved or refused records
304Refused applications
3,467 approved · 304 refused · 300 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Local planPre-application advice Pre-application planning adviceConservation areas Protected trees, listed buildings and conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.applications@tmbc.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01732876230Council source
- General council enquiries01732844522Council source
- General council enquiriesplanning.enforcement@tmbc.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas60 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Decided26/01418/FL
Two-storey rear extension, new front porch, rooflights, and conversion of window into bi-fold doors
Bluebell Cottage Grange Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LD
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01419/LRD
Details of Conditions 3 (External materials) and 4 (Glazing cross sections) submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/26/00120/LB (Listed Building Application: Replacement of glazed link roof with slate and rooflight and infill side window, replacement of folding doors with French doors and replacement of existing rear elevation door to window)
115 Quarry Hill Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2NU
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01420/FL
Erection of a single storey outbuilding
12 Chapel Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AP
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01421/FL
Proposed installation of new plant units at Ground floor level in the existing service yard area, 3 no. new louvres and 2 no. new extract fans on the Southwest & Northwest elevations
Waitrose Ltd Fortune Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4QJ
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Unknown26/01422/TNCA
1 x False Acacia (applicants ref. T1) - Reduce crown by 30%
Hillview Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LZ
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01423/FL
Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (Plans list) of planning permission TM/26/00869/FL (Variation of condition 2 (Plans List) pursuant to planning permission TM/25/01988/PA Single storey rear extension, two storey side extension with front dormer and Juliet balcony, conversion of garage to habitable room and internal alterations. To allow for the enlargement of the existing side dormer by making it wider and amend roof to part pitch part flat) to amend the rear first-floor roofline from part-pitched part-flat to a larger flatter section, and to change the external materials.
10 Vauxhall Gardens Tonbridge Kent TN11 0LZ
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01424/FL
Dropped kerb
32 Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NY
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01425/FL
Installation of new pedestrian ramp and steps at junction of existing public footpath and Waitrose car park
Waitrose Ltd Fortune Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4QJ
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Unknown26/01426/TPOC
Trees standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order - Root pruning necessary to enable repair of leak (excavation along part of red line annotation on submitted plan in highway/highway Verge opposite Oakhurst Farm House, Bank Lane, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11
Bank Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Unknown26/01427/TPOC
1 x twin-stemmed False Acacia with recently failed stem and basal decay - Remove. Standing in Group G1 of Tree Preservation Order
6 Staleys Acre Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8GT
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01428/FL
Proposed installation of 27 ground mounted solar panels connected to equipment installed inside and outside the west elevation of the dwellinghouse
Plaxtol Vineyard The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QF
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01429/FL
Extension to garage
Beechwood Springwood Park Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LZ
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01430/RD
Details of condition 11 (Surface Water Verification Report) pursuant to planning permission TM/22/00701/FL Construction of 12no dwellings with associated access, parking, and landscaping
84 Mill Hall Aylesford Kent ME20 7JN
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01431/TPOC
12 x Leylandii (applicants ref. T1 to T12), Dense line of Leylandii Conifers (applicants ref. Grp 1) and 1 x Red Acer (applicants ref. T17) - Trim new growth by up to 300mm from crown height and sides as specified. 1 x Conifer (applicants ref. T13) - Trim new growth by up to 150mm from sides as specified. 1 x Conifer and 1 x Hinoki Cypress (applicants ref. T14 and T15) - Remove and replace these trees with a Drought tolerant Pine such as Pinus Heldreichii or similar. 2 x Maple and 1 x Sycamore (applicants ref. T16, T18 and T25) - Trim new growth by 1m from crown height and sides as specified. 1 x Juniper (applicants ref. T19) - Trim new growth by up to 250mm from crown height and sides as specified. 1 x Larch and 1 x Juniper (applicants ref. T20 and T21) - Trim dead branches by up to 1m. 2 x Leylandii (applicants ref. T22 and T23) - Trim new growth by up to 500mm from crown height and sides as specified. 1 x Leylandii (applicants ref. T24) - Trim new growth - reducing crown by 1m in height and by up to 500mm from sides as specified. 1 x Hawthorn (applicants ref. T26) - Reduce Crown in height by 2m and trim branches by 0.5-1m from sides as specified. All Standing in Area A1 of Tree Preservation Order reference 77/10066/TPO. Dense line of Conifers standing in neighbouring property to the rear [255 Woodlands Road] (applicants ref. Grp 2) - Trim new growth by 250mm on side of crown facing 411 London Road only as specified. Standing in Group G1 of Tree Preservation Order reference 92/10066/TPO
411 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DB
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01432/FL
Change of use of residential dwelling to HMO incorporating the conversion of existing garage to habitable rooms
176 Station Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7JL
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Unknown26/01433/PDV14J
Prior approval for the installation of solar equipment on non-domestic premises under Class J of Part 14 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (GPDO) (as amended): Addition of solar panels for commercial use to roof shipping containers as per attached drawing
Unit 11a Munday Industrial Estate Morley Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1RA
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01434/FL
Single storey side and two storey side/rear extensions
10 Fleming Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4RU
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01435/FL
Part Retrospective application for the change of use and re-modelling of the Methodist Church (F.1 Use) to a 1 x 4-bed Dwellinghouse (C3 Use) consistent with previous permissions issued under 19/01349/FL & 21/02364/NMA
Offham Methodist Church Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PE
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01436/TPOC
1 x Sycamore (applicants ref. T1) - Reduce back to, but not exceeding, the most recent previous points of reduction. T1 of Tree Preservation Order.
30A Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6LP
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01437/TNCA
1 x Sycamore (in poor condition but not completely dead) - Dismantle down to 8 feet, leaving the ivy on the lower stems to become part of the hedge. (1 x dead Sycamore - Dismantle down to 8 feet, leaving the Ivy on the lower stems to become part of the hedge. Remove the laurel and shrubs on the lawn side and clear the saplings from the under storey all of which have a stem diameter less than 7.5cm measured at 1.5 metres above natural ground level. Chip and remove all arising's, leaving a clean and tidy site. Grind the laurel and shrub stumps, on the lawn side, to approximately 6 inches below ground level and heap all arising's to allow for settlement).
Fairlawns Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0DJ
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Unknown26/01438/TNCA
1 x Oak (applicants ref. T1 - 70% dead and adjacent to garage) - Remove.
Old Parsonage Court West Malling Kent
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01440/LRD
Details of Condition 3 (Sectional window details) pursuant to planning permission 26/00842/LB Listed Building Application:(replacement of timber windows and door)
Wisteria Lodge 133A Butchers Lane Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QD
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01441/FL
Roof extension with front and rear dormers, ground and first floor front extensions and ground floor rear extension, with other associated works.
48 York Avenue Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9ER
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Unknown26/01442/CNA
Consultation by Sevenoaks District Council: Change of use of existing agricultural building to flexible commercial use within E(g)(ii), with associated changes to elevations, access, parking, landscaping and associated infrastructure
Great Hollanden Farm Mill Lane Underriver Sevenoaks Kent
Received 31 Jul 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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