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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.
3,504 approved · 309 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 1 Midsummer Meadow Sevenoaks Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 31 Oct 202511 Hawthornden Close Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4GD
Received 31 Oct 202510 Hawthornden Close Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4GD
Received 31 Oct 2025Unit 4 Lake Road Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent ME20 7TQ
Received 31 Oct 20255 Sweets Lane East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JF
Received 31 Oct 2025Dunsmore 10 Hadlow Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HX
Received 31 Oct 2025No 1 Area Traffic Headquarters London Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7SL
Received 31 Oct 202525 Priory Grove Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6BA
Received 30 Oct 2025Land At Douces Manor St Leonards Street West Malling Kent
Received 30 Oct 2025Charities Aid Foundation 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4TA
Received 30 Oct 20256 Woodlea Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5QY
Received 30 Oct 2025Highfield 1 Woodlands Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2NE
Received 30 Oct 2025The Hideaway Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8JH
Received 30 Oct 20252 Grange Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8NF
Received 30 Oct 2025St Giles Church Stumble Hill Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PE
Received 30 Oct 2025Burham Water Supply Works Old Church Road Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3XZ
Received 30 Oct 2025Park House 110 - 112 Mill Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BU
Received 30 Oct 2025Nepicar Sand Quarry Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7SJ
Received 30 Oct 202519 Bordyke Tonbridge Kent
Received 30 Oct 2025Nepicar Sand Quarry Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7SJ
Received 29 Oct 202563 The Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LS
Received 29 Oct 20251 Cherry Grove Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NA
Received 29 Oct 2025Land Opposite 9 High Street West Malling Kent
Received 28 Oct 2025Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6LP
Received 28 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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