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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.
3,498 approved · 308 refused · 303 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Welldon House 49 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AD
Received 24 Nov 2025228 Tonbridge Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5LB
Received 24 Nov 2025Breven Long Mill Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QR
Received 24 Nov 2025141 The Heath East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JN
Received 24 Nov 2025Hawkwood Common Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AY
Received 21 Nov 202562A Mackenders Lane Eccles Aylesford Kent ME20 7JA
Received 21 Nov 202537 Quarry Bank Tonbridge Kent TN9 2QZ
Received 21 Nov 2025Atcost Barn East Side Broadfield Complex Old Soar Road Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent
Received 21 Nov 2025Hamptons Cottage Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS
Received 21 Nov 2025Land Adjacent 52 Hallsfield Road Chatham Kent
Received 20 Nov 202511 Mount Pleasant Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JQ
Received 20 Nov 202510 Kendal Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LZ
Received 20 Nov 202572 Kingfisher Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6RB
Received 20 Nov 2025Craigmillar 170 Maidstone Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8JD
Received 19 Nov 202595 Whistler Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4RQ
Received 19 Nov 2025Hayward Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JA
Received 19 Nov 2025Tonbridge Chambers Pembury Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2HZ
Received 19 Nov 202550 Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4AF
Received 19 Nov 2025Ground Floor Part And First Floor And Second Floor 64 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1EH
Received 19 Nov 2025Little Knoll Common Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DY
Received 19 Nov 2025Former Rear Of 78 To 80 High Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 19 Nov 20251 Hilden Avenue Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9BX
Received 18 Nov 202523 The Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LR
Received 18 Nov 2025Orchard Mains Coldharbour Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JX
Received 18 Nov 2025Records 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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