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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.
3,626 approved · 322 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
243 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QF
Received 23 Oct 2024Ightham Mote Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NT
Received 23 Oct 202447 Brookmead Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9DW
Received 22 Oct 202469 Nutfields Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9EA
Received 22 Oct 2024Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 22 Oct 2024251A New Hythe Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6PU
Received 22 Oct 2024Development Site South Of 1 And 2 Orwell Spike West Malling Kent
Received 22 Oct 202424 Yardley Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 1QA
Received 21 Oct 2024Platt Industrial Estate Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent
Received 21 Oct 2024Grass Verge Adjoining 115 Tonbridge Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent
Received 15 Oct 2024South East Water Ltd Rocfort Road Snodland Kent ME6 5NQ
Received 21 Oct 2024Cedar Grange 64A Sevenoaks Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8AP
Received 21 Oct 2024The Cottage The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QQ
Received 18 Oct 2024Bank Cottage 84 Ryarsh Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JR
Received 18 Oct 202443 Acorn Grove Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EL
Received 18 Oct 2024The Farmhouse 244 Bull Lane Eccles Aylesford Kent ME20 7HF
Received 17 Oct 2024106 Clare Lane East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JB
Received 17 Oct 2024The Quay Pottery 71 High Street Aylesford Kent ME20 7AY
Received 17 Oct 2024Former Agricultural Building East Of Cage House Long Mill Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent
Received 17 Oct 2024Land Rear Of Trinity Court Rochester Road Aylesford Kent
Received 17 Oct 2024Calobra 25 Hadlow Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HY
Received 17 Oct 2024Scout Campsite Buckmore Park Maidstone Road Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9QG
Received 16 Oct 20241 St Pauls Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4QG
Received 17 Oct 202435 Pear Tree Avenue Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EB
Received 16 Oct 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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