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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 dates
6,673Searchable applications
843Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 3,973 approved or refused records
325Refused applications

3,648 approved · 325 refused · 320 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas60 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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More application records

  1. Unknown24/02015/FL

    Proposed construction of a 1 x 4 bedroom infill dwelling

    Ivors High Cross Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NR

    Received 17 Dec 2024
  2. Decided24/02016/FL

    Demolition of 1no. existing agricultural building and erection of 4no. dwellings with associated parking, amenity space, landscaping and access.

    Style Place Farm Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent

    Received 17 Dec 2024
  3. Unknown24/02014/NMA

    Non-Material Amendment to planning permission TM/24/01120/PA to make alterations to simplify the footprint and roof form

    40 Nursery Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JJ

    Received 17 Dec 2024
  4. Decided24/02013/FL

    Conversion and extension of existing detached garage to create an Annex

    43 Mitchell Road West Malling Kent ME19 4RE

    Received 17 Dec 2024
  5. Decided24/01699/RD

    Details of condition 22 (Ongoing maintenance and management of channel) submitted pursuant to planning permission 23/01385/FL which amended planning permission 21/00286/FL (Demolition of existing buildings, including a dwelling house (34 Pound Road), and erection of a residential development comprising of 10 dwellings and associated works, parking and alterations to the access points to Pound Road (Renewal of planning permission TM/16/03380/FL).

    Development Site At Brunswick Yard Pound Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent

    Received 21 Oct 2024
  6. Decided24/01698/TPOC

    1x Hornbeam (applicant ref: T1) - Fell to ground level, due to poor health at the base of the tree. Standing within Woodland W2 Tree Preservation Order

    44 Marston Close Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9BY

    Received 21 Oct 2024
  7. Decided24/01696/FL

    Proposed construction of Garden Room /Office, to rear garden of the property to include retrospective concrete base

    46 Dame Kelly Holmes Way Tonbridge Kent TN9 2FB

    Received 21 Oct 2024
  8. Unknown24/01694/TNCA

    Removal of one overgrown Yew tree. The tree is misshaped, overgrown, shadowing other trees and an adjoining neighbour. The area of the garden is already congested with other trees and hedging.

    Shode House Trycewell Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HN

    Received 21 Oct 2024
  9. Decided24/01695/FL

    Garage conversion, involving an increase in building height, to create an annexe with roof light installation.

    26 Silverhurst Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 3QH

    Received 21 Oct 2024
  10. Decided24/01692/TPOC

    4 x Yew (applicants ref. T1 to T4) - Lift to 2.5m over neighbouring garden and reduce lateral growth encroaching on the neighbouring property by up to 1.5m pruning to suitable growth points and ensuring that the works do not unbalance the crowns (remove deadwood). T5, T6, T7 and T8 of Tree Preservation Order.

    Land At Merryfield Court Waterloo Road Tonbridge Kent

    Received 21 Oct 2024
  11. Decided24/01530/TPOC

    1 x Sycamore (agents ref. T1) - Reduce by 30% to an intended height of 12m and spread of 9m, 1 x Sweet Chestnut, 1 x Hornbeam and 1 x Oak (agents ref. T2, T3 and T4) - Reduce by 30% to an intended height of 12m and spread of 5m, 1 x Sweet Chestnut (agen's ref. T5) - Reduce by 30% to an intended height of 12m and spread of 6m, 2 x Sweet Chestnut (references T6/T7 - Fell both to ground level (poor specimens in decline). All standing within Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order.

    1 Central Lodge Gravesend Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7JW

    Received 23 Sept 2024
  12. Decided24/01529/FL

    Proposed Single Storey Rear Extension

    1 Crabtree Close Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4FR

    Received 23 Sept 2024
  13. Decided24/01528/TPOC

    2 x Ash (applicants ref. T4 and T5) - Pollard. Group G1 of Tree Preservation Order reference 91/10092/TPO,

    Carisbrooke 116A Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9EN

    Received 23 Sept 2024
  14. Unknown24/01448/FL

    Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension incorporating a roof top area with balcony

    The Lodge 2 Yaldham Manor Drive Kemsing Sevenoaks Kent TN15 6FA

    Received 12 Sept 2024
  15. Unknown24/01452/LDE

    Lawful Development Certificate Existing: Section 191, Town and Country Planning Act 1991, for the change of use of land from Agricultural Land to use as a Caravan site for the siting of a static caravan for human habitation and land used in conjunction with that human habitation, as defined in Section 1(4) of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960.

    Land Known As Mumbles Farm Crouch Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QL

    Received 12 Sept 2024
  16. Unknown24/01460/FL

    Erect weather proof timber barn for the purposes of educational use for the community farm charity at Green Lane Trottiscliffe.

    Land North Of Allotments Green Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent

    Received 11 Sept 2024
  17. Decided24/01447/FL

    Demolition of existing garage and erection of ancillary annexe

    76 The Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7LE

    Received 11 Sept 2024
  18. Unknown24/01446/LDP

    Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Dropped kerb

    Whitewood Cottage 8A Orchard Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LU

    Received 11 Sept 2024
  19. Decided24/01444/TPOC

    1 x Ash (applicants ref. T1) - Reduce back to the most recent previous reduction points and remove deadwood. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order.

    33B Yardley Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NB

    Received 11 Sept 2024
  20. Decided24/01388/RD

    Details of conditions 4 (ventilation system) and 5 (acoustic details) pursuant to planning permission TM/24/00880/PA (Retention of existing cafe and part change of use to a dog grooming salon to the rear)

    2 - 4 Forstal Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7AU

    Received 4 Sept 2024
  21. Unknown24/01387/TNCA

    Mountain Ash- Reduce height by approx 50% and shape. Yew hedge- Trim and shape into box shape. Bay- Reduce to approx 5ft in height. 2x Apple trees- Remove 1 dead apple stem and reduce height of other. Golden Cypress- Fell to near ground level

    147 Mill Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BW

    Received 3 Sept 2024
  22. Unknown24/01386/PDVAR

    Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q: Change of use from Agricultural building to Dwelling (PRIOR NOTIFICATON)

    Merlins Brook Park Road Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5BQ

    Received 3 Sept 2024
  23. Decided24/01385/TPOC

    1 x Silver birch (in rear garden of 4 Frensham Walk, next to boundary with No. 2) - Crown reduce by 30% to previous pollard points and crown thin by 20%. Standing in Woodland W7 of Tree Preservation Order

    4 Frensham Walk Chatham Kent ME5 9DU

    Received 3 Sept 2024
  24. Decided24/01383/FL

    Retention of temporary land-based facilities at Hadlow Rural Community School required for education use for a temporary period until 31st August 2027

    Hadlow Rural Community School Tonbridge Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AU

    Received 3 Sept 2024

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