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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3,539 approved · 313 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Primrose Banks Church Hill Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QB
Received 28 Jul 202591 Lavender Hill Tonbridge Kent TN9 2AX
Received 28 Jul 2025Sparrowhawks Equine Crematorium Sevton Farm Powder Mills Leigh Kent
Received 28 Jul 202535 Correnden Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AU
Received 28 Jul 202548 Maple Close Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6NG
Received 28 Jul 2025Grimbles Ashes Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AN
Received 28 Jul 2025Grimbles Ashes Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AN
Received 28 Jul 2025Roughetts Coldharbour Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JX
Received 25 Jul 20259 Mill Stream Place Tonbridge Kent TN9 1QJ
Received 25 Jul 2025Smythe House 45 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AD
Received 25 Jul 202548 Walton Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4EF
Received 25 Jul 202512 Kenward Court Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0DX
Received 25 Jul 2025Hope Cottage Potash Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8NL
Received 25 Jul 202575 Offham Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RB
Received 25 Jul 2025Judde Cottage 8 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AH
Received 24 Jul 202582 Common Road Chatham Kent ME5 9RG
Received 24 Jul 20252 Smeeds Cottages Lower Haysden Lane Tonbridge Kent TN11 9BE
Received 23 Jul 202545 Hectorage Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2DH
Received 23 Jul 2025Deepdene Tower Hill Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NH
Received 23 Jul 2025Former Rear Of 78 To 80 High Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 23 Jul 20251A Cherry Grove Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NA
Received 23 Jul 202531 Addlestead Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5DR
Received 22 Jul 2025Home Farm Fairlawne School Lane Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9RT
Received 22 Jul 2025The Robin Hood 364 Common Road Chatham Kent ME5 9RJ
Received 22 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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