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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3,539 approved · 313 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thompsons Oast Hartlake Road Golden Green Tonbridge Kent TN11 0BL
Received 23 Oct 2025Land South West Of Claygate House Winfield Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent
Received 23 Oct 20251 Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LE
Received 23 Oct 2025The Old Forge Sevenoaks Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AA
Received 23 Oct 202510 Whistler Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4RD
Received 23 Oct 2025Development Site South Of Brampton Field Between Bradbourne Lane And Kiln Barn Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 10 Oct 2025Hookwood Farm Puttenden Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QY
Received 10 Oct 2025Land West Of Station Road North West Malling Kent
Received 10 Oct 202519 Bordyke Tonbridge Kent
Received 10 Oct 2025Land Rear Of 159 Pizien Well Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5HX
Received 10 Oct 202539 Livesey Street Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5BQ
Received 10 Oct 2025121 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1DB
Received 1 Sept 2025Manor Park Country Park St Leonards Street West Malling Kent
Received 1 Sept 202531 Mabledon Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2TG
Received 1 Sept 202537 The Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7LQ
Received 1 Sept 20251 Easterfield Cottages Three Elm Lane Golden Green Tonbridge Kent TN11 0BA
Received 1 Sept 2025Stocks Green County Primary School Leigh Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9AE
Received 1 Sept 20256 Brick Gardens Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5GT
Received 1 Sept 2025Bow Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent
Received 30 Jul 20257 Goldfinch Close Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6QD
Received 29 Jul 2025Nexus School Upper Hayesden Lane Tonbridge Kent TN11 8AA
Received 29 Jul 2025Oldbury House Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DE
Received 29 Jul 2025Fourwents House 1 Sweets Lane East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JF
Received 18 Jul 20258 Walter Burke Avenue Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3YG
Received 18 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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