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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.
3,691 approved · 329 refused · 324 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Vigor Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6FS
Received 23 Jul 2024The Cock Horse London Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NH
Received 24 Jul 202426 Silverhurst Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 3QH
Received 24 Jul 202432 Hawden Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JN
Received 4 Jul 202411 Hardwick Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LA
Received 4 Jul 20244 Farthingfield Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7DL
Received 4 Jul 2024Land Adjoining The Bungalow 139 Offham Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RE
Received 3 Jul 2024Bower House 22 West Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QX
Received 3 Jul 20245 Langley Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4NJ
Received 14 Aug 2024Plot 4 Aylesford Newsprint Bellingham Way Larkfield Aylesford Kent
Received 13 Aug 2024Post Office High Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AD
Received 24 Jun 2024Post Office High Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AD
Received 24 Jun 202436 Brampton Field Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6ED
Received 21 Jun 2024Olive Tree Cottage 17 Windmill Lane East West Malling Kent ME19 6HS
Received 21 Jun 2024Little Canon 229 Canon Lane Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PJ
Received 21 Jun 2024130 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1DE
Received 21 Jun 2024Nizels Hoath Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NU
Received 21 Jun 20247 Castle Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BH
Received 20 Jun 2024Unit 2 Newsprint Avenue Panattoni Park Aylesford Kent ME20 7XH
Received 20 Jun 202446 The Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7LE
Received 20 Jun 2024Pippins 11 Tilton Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8RS
Received 20 Jun 2024Pinewood Depot Winterfield Lane East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 20 Jun 202412 Walsham Road Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HX
Received 20 Jun 2024West House Stone Street Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0PQ
Received 20 Jun 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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