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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.
3,657 approved · 326 refused · 321 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Norman Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RL
Received 19 Aug 2024Bank Wood Bank Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NR
Received 19 Aug 2024Lympstone Grange Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8ND
Received 19 Aug 2024Lynwood Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HR
Received 19 Aug 202429 East Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1HP
Received 19 Aug 2024Nizels Ridge Farm Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NU
Received 16 Aug 2024Lower Beck 18 Mill Lane Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PE
Received 16 Aug 202468 The Rocks Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AU
Received 16 Aug 2024Harpwood Residential Home Seven Mile Lane Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RY
Received 16 Aug 2024Great Reeds Ford Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5DP
Received 16 Aug 2024Land Adjoining Scarborough Lane Burham And Peters Pit Hall Road Wouldham Rochester Kent
Received 15 Aug 202443 Hilden Park Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9BN
Received 15 Aug 2024Ground Floor Part And First Floor And Second Floor 64 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1EH
Received 15 Aug 2024Click Aylesford Frank Sando Way Aylesford Kent
Received 15 Aug 2024Burham Water Supply Works Old Church Road Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3XZ
Received 14 Aug 202498A Hectorage Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2DR
Received 14 Aug 2024Orchard Place Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PD
Received 14 Aug 20242 Herald Drive West Malling Kent ME19 4XS
Received 14 Aug 2024The Old Bell House 144 Lower Warren Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7EH
Received 14 Aug 2024101 Heron Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6JL
Received 14 Aug 2024Quintain Cottage Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NQ
Received 14 Aug 2024Land Known As Meadow Crest Farm London Road Addington West Malling Kent
Received 12 Aug 202443 Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6HF
Received 12 Aug 202439 Houselands Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JJ
Received 12 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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