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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.
3,503 approved · 308 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of 351 Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 10 Nov 2025The Padwell Cottage Ismays Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NX
Received 10 Nov 2025Parking Area South Of Mellinges Close West Malling Kent
Received 10 Nov 20251 Cobbs Close Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5NJ
Received 10 Nov 202531 The Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7LQ
Received 10 Nov 202574 Knowsley Way Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LQ
Received 10 Nov 202516 East Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1HG
Received 7 Nov 2025Pippins The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QP
Received 7 Nov 2025Mote Farm Buildings And Land Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent
Received 7 Nov 20252 Church Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JL
Received 7 Nov 202552 St Bernards Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3NL
Received 7 Nov 2025Sites Within Dover District Council, Outside Borough, Tonbridge
Received 7 Nov 2025Land West Of Hermitage Lane And East Of Units 4A 4B And 4C Mills Road Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent
Received 7 Nov 202532 Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NY
Received 6 Nov 2025Tonbridge Mill Mill Lane Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PJ
Received 6 Nov 202524 Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DN
Received 6 Nov 2025Hilden Grange School 62 Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BX
Received 6 Nov 202528 Hilder Street Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5SR
Received 6 Nov 2025Weybread Common Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AY
Received 6 Nov 2025Gibson Building Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling ME19 4LZ
Received 6 Nov 2025Grasmere Borough Green Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HS
Received 6 Nov 202519 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Received 6 Nov 2025Development Site At Brunswick Yard Pound Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent
Received 5 Nov 2025The Dower House Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS
Received 5 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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