Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,684 approved · 327 refused · 322 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Basted Mill Basted Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LP
Received 9 Jul 202451 Town Hill West Malling Kent ME19 6XD
Received 9 Jul 2024Clements Oast Forge Lane West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JP
Received 9 Jul 2024Land North Of 351 Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 9 Jul 2024Unit 1 Wood Close Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent ME20 7UB
Received 9 Jul 20242 Springfield Cottages Reeds Lane Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9RR
Received 9 Jul 2024Land Adjacent Ditton Common North Of Rede Wood Road Oakapple Lane Barming Kent
Received 8 Jul 202438 Walsham Road Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HX
Received 9 Jul 202439 Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DS
Received 8 Jul 202430 Warren Road Chatham Kent ME5 9RD
Received 8 Jul 202429 Minters Orchard Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8JQ
Received 8 Jul 2024Development Site North And East Of Jubilee Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 8 Jul 2024Allens Lodge Allens Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QZ
Received 8 Jul 202411 Lime Tree Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LR
Received 8 Jul 202468 Greentrees Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NE
Received 8 Jul 2024Land North Of 351 Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 5 Jul 2024Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 4 Jul 2024Former Grimbles Long Mill Lane Crouch Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QB
Received 4 Jul 2024Amenity Land At Nevill Court West Malling Kent
Received 4 Jul 2024Michaelmas Cottage Stan Lane West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JT
Received 3 Jul 2024East Peckham Village Hall Bush Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5LL
Received 13 Aug 202411 Uridge Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3EA
Received 13 Aug 2024164 Norman Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RW
Received 13 Aug 202435 Lee Road Snodland Kent ME6 5NW
Received 13 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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