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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.
3,654 approved · 326 refused · 321 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between Morleys Road And Nizels Lane South West Of Tonbridge Bypass Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 23 Aug 20244 Hazen Road Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4DF
Received 23 Aug 2024Conservation Area Churchfield Addington
Received 23 Aug 20248 Holtwood Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7QJ
Received 22 Aug 20245 Barling Close Chatham Kent ME5 9RL
Received 22 Aug 2024The Black Horse 76 Maidstone Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HF
Received 22 Aug 2024The Black Horse 76 Maidstone Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HF
Received 22 Aug 20241 Alex Hughes Close Snodland Kent ME6 5ST
Received 22 Aug 2024Pit House Scarborough Lane Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3XT
Received 22 Aug 2024Cedar Grange 64A Sevenoaks Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8AP
Received 22 Aug 2024Land At Junction Of Common Road And Matthews Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 22 Aug 20242 Fairview Cottages Long Mill Lane Crouch Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QD
Received 21 Aug 20243 Shields Cottages The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QW
Received 21 Aug 202415 White Oak Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 2NP
Received 21 Aug 202417 Sadlers Close Chatham Kent ME5 9RR
Received 20 Aug 2024Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 20 Aug 202468 Greentrees Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NE
Received 20 Aug 2024Cedar Lodge 300 Pilgrims Way Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3RB
Received 20 Aug 2024162 Woodlands Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EY
Received 20 Aug 202410 Sandy Ridge Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HP
Received 20 Aug 202447 Town Acres Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NG
Received 20 Aug 2024151 Woodlands Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6HB
Received 8 Aug 2024Unit 1 Newsprint Avenue Panattoni Park Aylesford Kent ME20 7XH
Received 19 Aug 2024Silverwood East Street Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5DG
Received 19 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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