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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.
3,670 approved · 327 refused · 321 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
35 Queens Avenue Snodland Kent ME6 5BL
Received 26 Jul 202417 Russett Close Aylesford Kent ME20 7PL
Received 25 Jul 2024May Cottage 4 Snodland Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JG
Received 25 Jul 2024Land Parcel 2 Tunbury Avenue Chatham Kent
Received 24 Jul 202471 Brookmead Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9EY
Received 25 Jul 2024Riverhill Motel And Cafe London Road Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0DX
Received 24 Jul 202411 Cottenham Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BY
Received 23 Jul 202411 Cottenham Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BY
Received 23 Jul 2024Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 23 Jul 2024Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 23 Jul 2024Land Rear Of 182 High Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 23 Jul 202430 Greenlands Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LL
Received 23 Jul 20245 Ditton Court Close Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6PQ
Received 22 Jul 202411 Chippendale Close Chatham Kent ME5 9EF
Received 22 Jul 202421 Chippendale Close Chatham Kent ME5 9EF
Received 22 Jul 2024Rosewood High Street Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0EF
Received 23 Jul 2024Farley Cottage Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DT
Received 23 Jul 2024The Dumbles 210 Kent Street Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QW
Received 22 Jul 2024220 Vale Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1SP
Received 22 Jul 20244 Chestnut Walk Tonbridge Kent TN9 1XG
Received 22 Jul 2024Bluebell Barn Stanford Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JN
Received 22 Jul 2024111 Douglas Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2UD
Received 22 Jul 202426 Beech Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DJ
Received 22 Jul 202412 Caistor Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1UT
Received 22 Jul 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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