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Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates6,750Searchable applications
850Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 4,029 approved or refused records
331Refused applications
3,698 approved · 331 refused · 326 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Local planPre-application advice Pre-application planning adviceConservation areas Protected trees, listed buildings and conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.applications@tmbc.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01732876230Council source
- General council enquiries01732844522Council source
- General council enquiriesplanning.enforcement@tmbc.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas60 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Decided24/00942/TPOC
1 x Conifer in front of property (agent's ref. T1 - circled on plan) - Dismantle to ground level. Re-plant with native woodland species during the next planting season. Standing in Area 1 of Tree Preservation Order.
11 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Unknown24/00940/LDP
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Replacement pool house
Braddan Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LR
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00941/RD
Details of Condition 16 (Hard and soft landscaping) Submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/21/01278/FL (Construction of a relocated parking area in the lower section of Mount Field to the east of the Walled Garden and the existing parking area; removal of the temporary visitor reception building and the erection of a replacement visitor reception and shop building, Glasshouse and Bothy within the restored Walled Garden together with associated landscaping and drainage works)
Ightham Mote Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NT
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Unknown24/00937/TNCA
T 1 cedar tree - section fell, leaving stumps as low as possible. This tree is causing damage to the driveway and is starting to lift the driveway. T 2 Acacia tree- section fell, leaving stumps as low as possible. This tree is in decline.
Cleggetts Farmhouse Chapel Street Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5LW
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00938/NMA
Non- Material Amendment to planning permission TM22/01868/FL : extension reduced in depth from 4300mm to 3375mm
17 Sycamore Drive Aylesford Kent ME20 7LB
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00936/FL
Proposed single storey flat roof extension to rear of property, and addition of porch to front of property
30 Rembrandt Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4AU
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00935/RD
Details of condition 4 (landscaping) Proposed alternate locations of the gates. Pursuant to Planning permission TM/21/01532/FL Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to accommodate variations to unit 7, submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/19/02277/FL (Change of use of former residential care home to form 12 self-contained residential units, erection of two detached dwellings together with associated access, parking, landscaping and amenity space)
High Hilden House 6G High Hilden Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DB
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00934/FL
Demolish rear store, erection of a single storey rear extension with part pitched, part flat roof with roof lights, a front porch with pitched roof and rooflight.
9 Audley Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN9 1XE
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00932/TPOC
3 x Sweet Chestnut, (applicants ref. T1, T2 and T3) - Remove lower epicormic growth to approximately 5 metres and reduce trees back to its original points as creating excessive shading and the epicormic growth is touching the house. Standing in Woodland W6 of Tree Preservation Order
Land Rear Of Woodbury Road Walsham Road And Falkland Place Chatham Kent
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Unknown24/00933/TNCA
T1 - Lime - Fell to ground level. The tree is to big and to close to the house. Squirrels are entering the house via the tree and causing damage. The client will plant a more suitable tree in its place in the next planting season
43 The Stream Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6AG
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00931/FL
Erection of pagoda over replacement front gates
45 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00930/FL
Existing windows increased in height
Stone House Farm Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LH
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00929/NMA
Non Material Amendment to planning application TM/22/00113/OAEA to amend conditions attached to outline planning permission
Development Site Bushey Wood Phase 1 Bull Lane Eccles Aylesford Kent
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00926/FL
Conversion and external alterations to former commercial garage to create 4 residential units, incorporating 7 parking spaces and associated private amenity areas for each residential unit
Former 10 Maidstone Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8BD
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Unknown24/00928/PDVLR
Prior Notification for Larger Home Extension (Part 1 Class A): Single storey rear extension to a depth of 5.80m, maximum roof height of 3.50m, and eaves height of 2.90m
6 Fernholt Tonbridge Kent TN10 3RH
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Registered24/00927/FL
Proposed change of use from an existing community centre to a nursery with associated parking and landscaping
Rotary House Norman Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RL
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00922/FL
Demolition of existing porch, existing sheds and removal of 4no. trees. Erection of a new porch/bay window to front elevation and internal alterations along with new shed and new resin bonded surface to existing driveway.
68 The Rocks Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AU
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Unknown24/00923/FL
Proposed two storey front, side and rear extensions, loft conversion and roof extension over existing and extended ground floor, to create additional habitable space with associated external alterations. Widening of existing integrated side garage into triple garages and extended dropped kerb
20 Barchester Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4HR
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00919/TPOC
4 x Beech (numbered 2, 3, 4 and 5 on applicants sketch plan and in photo attached to email dated 6th February 2025 - standing on South East Water land south of 1 Cobdown Park) - Reduce in height by approx. 2m to the same height as the Beech numbered 6 on the applicants sketch plan and in photo attached to email dated 6th February 2025. 1 x Beech (numbered 1 on applicants sketch plan and in photo attached to email dated 6th February 2025 - standing on South East Water land south of 1 Cobdown Park) - Remove. - All standing in Group G3 of Tree Preservation Order.
Land East Of Cobdown Close Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Unknown24/00920/FL
Conversion of ancillary outbuilding to a self-contained dwelling together with part removal of rear ground floor element and associated external alterations and removal of first floor rear balcony serving number 114.
Ross Cottage 114 Leigh Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9AG
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00921/TPOC
1 x Austrian Pine (applicant's ref. T1 - standing in Little Ryarsh Wood to rear of 7 Woodland Gate Walk) - Remove 4 no marked lower limbs shown on annotated photographs to lift canopy over rear garden 7 woodland gate walk and play area, (and remove deadwood). T30 of Tree Preservation Order.
7 Woodland Gate Walk Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5FD
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00918/FL
Erection of a new 2 storey dwelling incorporating 3 roof dormer extensions to the side roof slope
17A Lansdowne Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JB
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Unknown24/00916/WAS
Consultation by KCC: Application to vary condition 9 of planning permission TM/22/942 (KCC/TM/0057/2022) to permanently amend the permitted hours of operation to include the 24 hour a day, 7 days a week working arrangements previously permitted on a trial basis by condition 10 of TM/22/9429 (KCC reference: KCC/TM/0081/2024)
Unit 4 Invicta Park New Hythe Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 7FG
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Decided24/00924/FL
Erection of plant on the roof of existing foodstore consisting of 3 no. air source heat pumps, 2 no. gas coolers, and 2 norefrigeration packs.
Sainsburys And Beales Angel Lane Tonbridge Kent TN9 1SF
Received 7 Jun 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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