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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.
3,690 approved · 329 refused · 324 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Barn Fairseat Lane Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7QB
Received 25 Jun 2024Cobtree Cottage Claygate Lane Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9RN
Received 25 Jun 202465 Nutfields Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9EA
Received 25 Jun 2024The Old Jireh Chapel Chapel Street Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5LN
Received 25 Jun 2024Allington Waste Management Facility Laverstoke Road Allington Maidstone Kent ME16 0LE
Received 25 Jun 2024The Former Rectory The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QF
Received 24 Jun 202458 Tulip Tree Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 2SJ
Received 24 Jun 2024154 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BB
Received 24 Jun 2024Tonbridge P R S Medway Wharf Road Tonbridge Kent
Received 24 Jun 202414 Park Avenue Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9DE
Received 24 Jun 202414 Park Avenue Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9DE
Received 24 Jun 2024Yardley Lodge 4 Yardley Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NE
Received 24 Jun 2024Offham Manor Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NJ
Received 24 Jun 202427 Portman Park Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LW
Received 25 Sept 2024Elpatos Pilgrims Way Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5EP
Received 25 Sept 20242 Twisden Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6SA
Received 24 Sept 202423 Cedar Close Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EN
Received 24 Sept 2024Blaise Farm House Tower Hill Offham West Malling Kent
Received 2 Sept 202415 Burns Crescent Tonbridge Kent TN9 2PT
Received 30 Aug 2024Kingscot Tower Hill Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NH
Received 30 Aug 2024Oxen Hoath Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS
Received 30 Aug 2024Kings Hill Golf Club Fortune Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4GF
Received 30 Aug 20241 The Close Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8EG
Received 29 Aug 202476 Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BX
Received 24 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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