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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3,539 approved · 313 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Westfield Basted Lane Crouch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8PZ
Received 18 Jul 2025Premier Inn Castle Way Leybourne West Malling Kent
Received 17 Jul 2025Woodbury Road Walderslade Chatham Kent
Received 16 Jul 2025146 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BB
Received 16 Jul 2025David Lloyd Leisure 21 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4UA
Received 16 Jul 202527 Normanhurst Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HU
Received 16 Jul 202527 Normanhurst Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HU
Received 16 Jul 2025The Russets Kiln Barn Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BQ
Received 16 Jul 2025Clements Oast Forge Lane West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JP
Received 15 Jul 2025Oxen Hoath Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS
Received 15 Jul 202533 Orchard Grove Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6BY
Received 15 Jul 2025Paris Farm Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 15 Jul 2025Land And Buildings Known As Goldhill Farm Hartlake Road Golden Green Tonbridge Kent
Received 15 Jul 2025Clements Oast Forge Lane West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JP
Received 15 Jul 202523 Quarry Hill Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2RN
Received 15 Jul 2025313 Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3ER
Received 15 Jul 2025Heavers House Chapel Street Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5JU
Received 14 Jul 2025Oakfield House Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DU
Received 14 Jul 2025Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 14 Jul 202527 Churchfields West Malling Kent ME19 6RJ
Received 14 Jul 2025Little Nepicar Cottage London Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RR
Received 14 Jul 2025Playing Fields Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JP
Received 11 Jul 2025Pembroke Lodge 162 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HP
Received 14 Jul 2025Land Adjacent Orchard House Pepingstraw Close Offham West Malling Kent
Received 11 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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