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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.
3,545 approved · 313 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Walnuts London Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5AS
Received 11 Jul 2025Rose Cottage Pinesfield Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5EL
Received 11 Jul 20255 Ritch Road Snodland Kent ME6 5PU
Received 11 Jul 20256 Braeburn Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4EP
Received 11 Jul 2025Warren Edge 109 The Heath East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JN
Received 10 Jul 2025Downs Farm Pilgrims Way Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3RB
Received 10 Jul 2025Oaklands 172A Maidstone Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8JD
Received 10 Jul 20259 Tyler Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6SW
Received 10 Jul 2025Primrose Paddock Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PE
Received 9 Jul 2025Land Rear Of 119 And 121 Teston Road West Malling Kent
Received 9 Jul 2025St Giles Church Stumble Hill Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PE
Received 9 Jul 2025Homestead Sandy Lane Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 6TG
Received 9 Jul 202510 Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BN
Received 9 Jul 202521 Nursery Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JH
Received 8 Jul 2025Aylesford Priory High Street Aylesford Kent ME20 7BX
Received 8 Jul 2025147 Norman Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RW
Received 8 Jul 2025147 Norman Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RW
Received 8 Jul 2025Hallsfield St Marys Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AJ
Received 8 Jul 20257 The Old Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6GY
Received 8 Jul 2025Development Site Between 23 Kings Hill Avenue And 8 Abbey Wood Road Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 8 Jul 20251 Blacklands Drive East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DT
Received 8 Jul 2025The Malt House 115 The Street Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5LU
Received 8 Jul 2025Quintain Cottage Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NQ
Received 7 Jul 2025Church Of St George High Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 7 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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