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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.
3,539 approved · 313 refused · 307 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 2023 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Royal Oak London Road Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RX
Received 7 Aug 202532 Uridge Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3EA
Received 6 Aug 202513 Ffinch Close Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6ET
Received 6 Aug 2025Conservation Area Fairlawne Tonbridge Road Shipbourne
Received 5 Aug 2025154 The Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7RW
Received 6 Aug 20256 South Frith London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0UQ
Received 6 Aug 2025High Dapple Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DT
Received 6 Aug 2025Three Birches Common Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DY
Received 5 Aug 2025Land Between Old Manor Cottage And Littlefields, Plaxdale Green Road, Stansted, Sevenoaks
Received 5 Aug 2025Land South West Of 372 Bull Lane Eccles Aylesford Kent
Received 5 Aug 2025Merlin House Seven Mile Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QY
Received 5 Aug 2025Tesco Distribution Centre Hays Road Snodland Kent ME6 5TQ
Received 5 Aug 2025Tesco Distribution Centre Hays Road Snodland Kent ME6 5TQ
Received 5 Aug 20253 Park Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4XX
Received 4 Aug 20256 Clacketts Farm Ryarsh Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JR
Received 4 Aug 2025Kings Hill Golf Club Fortune Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4GF
Received 4 Aug 2025Woodland Open Space Rear Of 23 To 33 Woodbury Road Walderslade Chatham Kent
Received 4 Aug 20258 Busbridge Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BD
Received 4 Aug 2025Ivy Cottage 5 Rock Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8RD
Received 4 Aug 20252 Thorn Close Chatham Kent ME5 9RW
Received 4 Aug 202527 Hawden Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JN
Received 4 Aug 2025Fairhill Court Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QL
Received 1 Aug 2025Hillview School For Girls Brionne Gardens Tonbridge Kent TN9 2HE
Received 1 Aug 2025Hanginghill Wood Holly Hill Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 31 Jul 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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