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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.
3,643 approved · 324 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
17 Willow Lea Tonbridge Kent TN10 3RE
Received 23 Sept 2024Development Site At Shaw Hill House Aldon Lane Addington West Malling Kent
Received 20 Sept 2024The Woodman Sweets Lane East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JF
Received 20 Sept 2024262 Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JH
Received 20 Sept 2024Recreation Ground Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 20 Sept 2024Land Adjoining 24 Mount Pleasant Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 20 Sept 2024Land At West Wood Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 20 Sept 2024Long Meadow Ford Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5DP
Received 20 Sept 2024Great Hollanden Farm Mill Lane Underriver Sevenoaks Kent
Received 20 Sept 2024Limes Farm Oast Mill Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LX
Received 16 Sept 2024Unit 1 Wood Close Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent ME20 7UB
Received 19 Sept 2024Development Site At Shaw Hill House Aldon Lane Addington West Malling Kent
Received 19 Sept 20245 Lonewood Way Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JB
Received 19 Sept 2024Ightham Mote Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NT
Received 19 Sept 2024Oxen Hoath Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS
Received 18 Sept 20244 Bewlies Cottages Three Elm Lane Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AD
Received 19 Sept 202431 Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LF
Received 18 Sept 20248 Valley Rise Chatham Kent ME5 9DT
Received 18 Sept 202419 Manor Grove Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DT
Received 18 Sept 2024107 The Street Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5LU
Received 18 Sept 202420 Oakleigh Close Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9EW
Received 18 Sept 20248 Brook Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 2PJ
Received 17 Sept 2024Rodbourne 10 Yardley Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NE
Received 17 Sept 2024Thurland Mill Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LU
Received 17 Sept 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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