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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.
3,498 approved · 308 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Roughetts Coldharbour Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JX
Received 4 Sept 2026Whitworth House 11 Dry Hill Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LU
Received 4 Sept 2026Arboret Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DD
Received 4 Sept 20261 Blacklands Drive East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DT
Received 4 Sept 202648 Sycamore Drive Aylesford Kent ME20 7LA
Received 4 Sept 2026Land East Of Aylesford Priory And West Of 115 Rochester Road Aylesford Kent
Received 4 Sept 202617 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QH
Received 7 Sept 20264 Streamside Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6SY
Received 7 Sept 2026Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 7 Sept 2026Land Part Of Church Farm At Rear Of 71 To 97 Ewell Avenue West Malling Kent
Received 7 Sept 20264 Clare Wood Drive East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6PA
Received 7 Sept 2026Farm Building East Of Stable Court Roughway Lane Roughway Tonbridge Kent
Received 7 Sept 2026Kirkira 42 Hilltop Tonbridge Kent TN9 2UN
Received 7 Sept 2026North Frith Farm Land Ashes Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 8 Sept 2026North Frith Farm Land Ashes Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 8 Sept 2026Land Rear Of 87 To 91 Mackenders Lane Eccles Aylesford Kent
Received 8 Sept 202624 Bramble Close Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HQ
Received 8 Sept 2026Land North East And South Of 161 Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 8 Sept 202629 Newton Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4RR
Received 9 Sept 2026Nut Tree Hall Grange Hill Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0RG
Received 9 Sept 2026Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 9 Sept 2026Sussex House 409 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DB
Received 25 Feb 202613 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Received 10 Sept 202613 Cornwallis Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4EP
Received 10 Sept 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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