Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,491 approved · 306 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Tower View Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 17 Aug 2026Development Site 32 And 34 Tower View Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 17 Aug 2026Aventis House 50 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JX
Received 17 Aug 2026134 Maidstone Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HQ
Received 17 Aug 20264 The Crescent Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JH
Received 17 Aug 2026The Tannery Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NU
Received 17 Aug 2026Tonbridge Chambers Pembury Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2HZ
Received 17 Aug 2026Thrupps Farm Fen Pond Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9JD
Received 17 Aug 2026Land Rear Of 182 High Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 18 Aug 202680 Offham Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RD
Received 18 Aug 20261 Hoad Hill Cottages Tonbridge Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PA
Received 18 Aug 20265 Woodfield Avenue Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9ES
Received 18 Aug 202641 Hill Chase Chatham Kent ME5 9HE
Received 18 Aug 20264 Walter Burke Avenue Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3YG
Received 18 Aug 202624 Old Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5ER
Received 18 Aug 202644 Priory Grove Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6BB
Received 18 Aug 202611 Farm Road Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HD
Received 18 Aug 20266 Greenways London Road Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5AN
Received 18 Aug 2026Nizels Golf Club Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NX
Received 19 Aug 2026Nizels Golf Club Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NX
Received 19 Aug 2026Winsor Works London Road Addington West Malling Kent
Received 19 Aug 2026Orchard House London Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NH
Received 19 Aug 202649 Hallsfield Road Chatham Kent ME5 9RS
Received 19 Aug 20262 Yardley Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NE
Received 19 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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