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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.
3,490 approved · 306 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Lord Lees Grove Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9PE
Received 11 Aug 2026Land North East And South Of 161 Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 11 Aug 202684 Mill Hall Aylesford Kent ME20 7JN
Received 11 Aug 2026Dene Court Shipbourne Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9NS
Received 11 Aug 202620 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Received 11 Aug 2026Lady Vane Close Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent
Received 4 Aug 202663B The Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LS
Received 12 Aug 2026Oast House Lodge Taylors Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5DS
Received 12 Aug 2026Ightham Warren Tonbridge Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AP
Received 12 Aug 2026The Lodge 245 Tonbridge Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent
Received 12 Aug 2026Development Site Land North And West Of Holborough Quarry Ladds Lane Snodland Kent
Received 12 Aug 2026Aysgarth Mill Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LX
Received 12 Aug 2026Wild Acre Windmill Hill Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7SU
Received 12 Aug 2026The Vicarage Church Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1HD
Received 12 Aug 2026301 Pratling Street Aylesford Kent ME20 7DF
Received 12 Aug 2026Land Rear Of 239 To 259 London Road West Malling Kent
Received 13 Aug 2026Land North East And South Of 161 Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 13 Aug 2026Great Comp Gardens Comp Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QS
Received 13 Aug 2026Land Rear Of 5 And 7 Old Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent
Received 17 Aug 2026Archersmead Pilgrims Way Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7NN
Received 17 Aug 20263 Warden Mill Close Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5DJ
Received 16 Aug 202611 Maple Close Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6NG
Received 17 Aug 202630 Ashley Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9ED
Received 17 Aug 202611 Tower View Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 17 Aug 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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