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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3,498 approved · 308 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Forest Hall Springwood Park Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LZ
Received 22 Sept 2026Development Site Southern Part Of Former Aylesford Quarry Rochester Road Aylesford Kent
Received 23 Sept 202631 High Street Snodland Kent ME6 5AG
Received 23 Sept 2026Royal British Legion Industries Hall Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7NX
Received 23 Sept 2026Sovereign Way Mid Car Park Sovereign Way Tonbridge Kent TN9 1RG
Received 23 Sept 2026Sovereign Way Mid Car Park Sovereign Way Tonbridge Kent TN9 1RG
Received 23 Sept 202637 Oldfield Drive Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3GP
Received 23 Sept 2026Little Holt Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DU
Received 23 Sept 2026Clements Cottage Forge Lane West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JP
Received 23 Sept 2026Land At Frog Bridge Wood Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent
Received 22 Sept 2026The Dene 6 Town Hill West Malling Kent ME19 6QN
Received 23 Sept 20261 Bo Peep Cottages 57 Lavenders Road West Malling Kent ME19 6HP
Received 24 Sept 2026Development Site Eastern Part Of Former Aylesford Quarry Rochester Road Aylesford Kent
Received 24 Sept 2026Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JP
Received 24 Sept 202683 The Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LS
Received 24 Sept 20268 Keyes Gardens Tonbridge Kent TN9 2QD
Received 24 Sept 2026Leybourne Grange Development Site Birling Road Leybourne West Malling Kent
Received 24 Sept 20264 Charlotte Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4GU
Received 24 Sept 2026Burham Water Supply Works Old Church Road Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3XZ
Received 25 Sept 2026Riding Farm Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LN
Received 25 Sept 202626 Ashley Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9ED
Received 25 Sept 202612 Tassell Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6QB
Received 25 Sept 2026Rookery Dene Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8NA
Received 25 Sept 2026Land Part Of Church Farm At Rear Of 71 To 97 Ewell Avenue West Malling Kent
Received 25 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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