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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.
3,648 approved · 325 refused · 320 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 2023 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Ivors High Cross Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NR
Received 17 Dec 2024Style Place Farm Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 17 Dec 202440 Nursery Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JJ
Received 17 Dec 202443 Mitchell Road West Malling Kent ME19 4RE
Received 17 Dec 2024Development Site At Brunswick Yard Pound Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent
Received 21 Oct 202444 Marston Close Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9BY
Received 21 Oct 202446 Dame Kelly Holmes Way Tonbridge Kent TN9 2FB
Received 21 Oct 2024Shode House Trycewell Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HN
Received 21 Oct 202426 Silverhurst Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 3QH
Received 21 Oct 2024Land At Merryfield Court Waterloo Road Tonbridge Kent
Received 21 Oct 20241 Central Lodge Gravesend Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7JW
Received 23 Sept 20241 Crabtree Close Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4FR
Received 23 Sept 2024Carisbrooke 116A Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9EN
Received 23 Sept 2024The Lodge 2 Yaldham Manor Drive Kemsing Sevenoaks Kent TN15 6FA
Received 12 Sept 2024Land Known As Mumbles Farm Crouch Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QL
Received 12 Sept 2024Land North Of Allotments Green Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent
Received 11 Sept 202476 The Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7LE
Received 11 Sept 2024Whitewood Cottage 8A Orchard Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LU
Received 11 Sept 202433B Yardley Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NB
Received 11 Sept 20242 - 4 Forstal Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7AU
Received 4 Sept 2024147 Mill Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BW
Received 3 Sept 2024Merlins Brook Park Road Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5BQ
Received 3 Sept 20244 Frensham Walk Chatham Kent ME5 9DU
Received 3 Sept 2024Hadlow Rural Community School Tonbridge Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AU
Received 3 Sept 2024Records 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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