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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 dates6,371Searchable applications
801Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 3,806 approved or refused records
308Refused applications
3,498 approved · 308 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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
- Registered26/01802/FL
Single storey front porch and side/rear extension
19 Fell Mead East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5EQ
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01803/NMA
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission TM/26/01065/FL-Demolish existing conservatory and part side walls of later additions, to form New Orangery including Conversion of existing garage to Artists studio.To simplify the proposed new rear doors to the rear elevation by omitting the curved glazing bars
The Old Vicarage 126 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6NE
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01804/FL
Change of use from Office E (g)(i) and residential flat (C3) at first floor to Children's nursery use class E(f) with covered external stairs and enclosed flat roof area
Cobtree House Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DA
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01805/FL
Erection of stables
Land West Of 164 School Lane Wouldham Rochester Kent
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01807/FL
Removal of the existing roof and erection of a replacement mansard roof with front and rear facing gables, to provide enlarged first floor accommodation
105 Maidstone Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HE
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01808/FL
Erection of an open-sided timber-framed pergola with translucent polycarbonate roof (Retrospective)
29 Kings Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2HB
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01809/LDLBP
Lawful Development Certificate of Proposed Works to a Listed Building: Internal and external repair works
108 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6NE
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01811/LDPDK
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Dropped Kerb
52 Westwood Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5DB
Received 29 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01812/FL
Single storey extension of existing ancillary accommodation and relocation of garden and cycle store, with associated internal and external works
124 Pound Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5BL
Received 29 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01813/TPOC
1x Oak (applicant ref T1) - Fell. Woodland W6 of Tree Preservation Order
43 Oaks Dene Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HN
Received 29 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01817/FL
Proposed pair of detached bungalows on land at the side of Scarborough Farm and new site access (resubmission of consent TM/19/01448/FL and TM/22/02239/FL)
Scarborough Farm Scarborough Lane Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3RD
Received 29 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01820/FL
Single storey side and rear extension
87 Norman Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RN
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01821/FL
Retrospective application: erection of double garage with pitched roof and external retaining walls
50 Town Hill West Malling Kent ME19 6QN
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01822/FL
Single storey rear extension
Ash Tree Cottage School Lane Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9RT
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01823/RD
Details of condition 13 (Landscaping and boundary treatment details) pursuant to planning permission TM/26/00424/DR3 Erection of a new leisure centre to facilitate the relocation of the Angel Leisure Centre
Farmers Market At Mid Car Park Sovereign Way Tonbridge Kent
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01824/RD
Details of condition 12 (External Lighting) pursuant to planning permission TM/26/00424/DR3 Erection of a new leisure centre to facilitate the relocation of the Angel Leisure Centre
Farmers Market At Mid Car Park Sovereign Way Tonbridge Kent
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01825/FL
Demolition and removal of existing conservatory and construction of single storey rear extension to include 3 Velux windows and associated works
8 Lionel Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2TD
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01826/FL
Change of use and re-modelling of redundant Methodist Church (Class F.1) to a Residential Assessment Centre of Families in connection with social care provision (C2 Use)
Offham Methodist Church Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PE
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01827/FL
Erection of a Small Garden room to the rear
332 Pilgrims Way Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3RB
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01829/LDP
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Application for the proposed provision of a single unit mobile home (not operational development) within the garden of the lawful dwelling house for use as additional accommodation by one household (not a material change of use)
The Warrens Pilgrims Way Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5EW
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01830/TPOC
1x Beech (circled on applicants plan) - Reduce by 25% (around 2 metre reduction). T4 of Tree Preservation Order
The Mallings 247 London Road West Malling Kent ME19 5AD
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01831/RD
Details of condition 12 (Verification reporting -Contamination) Partial discharge which relate only to the areas governed by Plots 12-22, 25-30 and 35 pursuant to planning permission TM/22/01474/FL Full planning application for the erection of 57 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) including affordable housing provision, a new childrens day nursery and pre-school (Use Class E) alongside hard and soft landscaping including access, car parking, public open space, SuDS, and associated infrastructure
Land Formerly West Part Of Court Lane Nurseries Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Registered26/01833/TNCA
6 x Lime (standing in roadside verge, 1 opposite the garage of 18 Quarry Rise, 1 opposite the front door of 17 Quarry Rise, 1 opposite the drive/garage of 15 Quarry Rise, 1 opposite the front door of 15 Quarry Rise, 1 opposite 10 Quarry Rise and 1 opposite 9 Quarry Rise) - Remove basal and epicormic growth to 3M (Sever/remove Ivy). (1 x dead Hawthorn (standing in roadside verge opposite to 8 and 9 Quarry Rise) - Fell as specified. 1 x Lime (standing in roadside verge opposite 3 Quarry Rise) - Remove deadwood only. 1 x Horse Chestnut (standing in roadside verge opposite the garage of 19 Quarry Rise) - Sever/remove Ivy only).
Quarry Rise Tonbridge Kent
Received 29 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01834/TNCA
Trees on western side of Rocfort Road, in roadside verge between the offices of South East Water and the roadway, between the sign for Rocfort Road and the security camera within the SEW site - Lift to 5M over the footpath/highway only
Rocfort Road Snodland Kent
Received 29 Sept 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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