Understanding planning · 13 min read
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3,498 approved · 308 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
335 New Hythe Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6RL
Received 18 Nov 2025Commuter Car Park Lord Lees Grove Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent
Received 18 Nov 20253 Nutfields Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9EA
Received 18 Nov 202512 Church Walk East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AG
Received 18 Nov 202551 Fen Pond Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9JE
Received 18 Nov 202516A Chapman Way East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6RU
Received 18 Nov 202541 Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6JU
Received 18 Nov 2025130 Higham Lane Tonbridge Kent TN10 4BW
Received 17 Nov 2025Longmeadow Farm Land Crouch Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent
Received 17 Nov 2025Upper Brooms Common Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9ED
Received 17 Nov 2025The Paddock House 78 Crouch Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LU
Received 17 Nov 2025The Old School House Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS
Received 17 Nov 2025Three Post Boys High Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AA
Received 17 Nov 2025Three Post Boys High Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AA
Received 17 Nov 2025Hilden Grange School 62 Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BX
Received 6 Nov 20255 The Terrace Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0DL
Received 17 Nov 20251 Harvest Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3PH
Received 17 Nov 2025Land Adjoining Ivers Basted Lane Crouch Sevenoaks Kent
Received 14 Nov 2025Hadlow Rural Community School Tonbridge Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AU
Received 14 Nov 2025Hadlow Rural Community School Tonbridge Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AU
Received 14 Nov 2025Cob Trees Hatham Green Lane Stansted Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7PL
Received 13 Nov 20253 Ryarsh Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JW
Received 13 Nov 202522 Locksley Close Chatham Kent ME5 9BT
Received 13 Nov 2025218 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QB
Received 13 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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