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.
3,503 approved · 308 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
The Dower House Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS
Received 5 Nov 2025Land Adjoining Gibson Building Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 5 Nov 2025Premier Inn London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AN
Received 5 Nov 2025Swatlands Farm Lucks Lane Paddock Wood Kent
Received 5 Nov 2025Swatlands Farm Lucks Lane Paddock Wood Kent
Received 5 Nov 2025Vines Vines Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LT
Received 4 Nov 2025Former Rear Of 78 To 80 High Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 4 Nov 20255 Legge Lane Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JH
Received 4 Nov 2025Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 4 Nov 2025Barcombe 1A Woodfield Avenue Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9ES
Received 3 Nov 202519 Norton Crescent Tonbridge Kent TN10 3LT
Received 3 Nov 2025Selbys Farm Leigh Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9AQ
Received 3 Nov 2025Land West Of Court Lane Farmhouse Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 3 Nov 202522 Weald View Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2NG
Received 3 Nov 2025The Broom, The Brooms, Seal, Kent, TN15 0EU
Received 3 Nov 2025Barn North Of The Poult House Ashes Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 3 Nov 2025Barn North Of The Poult House Ashes Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 3 Nov 20254 Goldsmid Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2BT
Received 3 Nov 2025The Poult House Ashes Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QU
Received 3 Nov 20251 Leybank Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9EH
Received 3 Nov 202548 St Peters Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6PF
Received 3 Nov 20254 Kings Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2HD
Received 3 Nov 202522 Pepingstraw Close Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PB
Received 31 Oct 2025313 Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3ER
Received 31 Oct 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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