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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.
3,651 approved · 325 refused · 320 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
SEW Site Mill Hall Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 3 Sept 2024Caterways Cottage Old Soar Road Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QX
Received 3 Sept 202440 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Received 3 Sept 2024Old Orchard The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QG
Received 3 Sept 20246 Carroll Gardens Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6NQ
Received 3 Sept 2024The Old Dairy Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8JJ
Received 3 Sept 2024The Birches Sandy Lane Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5BX
Received 2 Sept 2024Buchanan House 56 Malling Road Snodland Kent ME6 5NB
Received 2 Sept 202465 Woodbury Road Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HT
Received 2 Sept 20242 Hazelbourne Avenue Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8FN
Received 2 Sept 202416 Brookmead Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9DL
Received 28 Aug 20246 Fernholt Tonbridge Kent TN10 3RH
Received 28 Aug 20248 Holtwood Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7QJ
Received 22 Aug 20243 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Received 28 Aug 2024Little Canon 229 Canon Lane Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PJ
Received 28 Aug 2024Birling Forge 5 - 7 Snodland Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JF
Received 28 Aug 202448 Woodlands Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EE
Received 27 Aug 202434 King Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QT
Received 26 Aug 2024Ruskins Tumblefield Road Stansted Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7PS
Received 27 Aug 2024Puttenden House Puttenden Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9RH
Received 27 Aug 2024Appledale Cottage Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JH
Received 23 Aug 2024Appledale Cottage Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JH
Received 23 Aug 2024Hillberry Farm 351 Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JG
Received 23 Aug 2024The Little Cottage Pilgrims Way Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5EW
Received 23 Aug 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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