Understanding planning · 13 min read
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3,545 approved · 313 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
6 Vauxhall Gardens Tonbridge Kent TN11 0LZ
Received 7 Jul 202542 New Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6AD
Received 7 Jul 20253 Culand Cottages Pilgrims Way Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3SN
Received 7 Jul 2025Premier Inn Castle Way Leybourne West Malling Kent
Received 7 Jul 2025Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 7 Jul 2025228 Bull Lane Eccles Aylesford Kent ME20 7HF
Received 7 Jul 20258 Cobham Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4EH
Received 7 Jul 202524 Fartherwell Avenue West Malling Kent ME19 6NQ
Received 7 Jul 2025Lympstone Grange Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8ND
Received 4 Jul 2025Pond Paddocks London Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 4 Jul 2025147 Norman Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RW
Received 4 Jul 2025147 Norman Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RW
Received 4 Jul 2025The Green West Peckham Maidstone Kent
Received 4 Jul 2025Lynden Brook Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QL
Received 4 Jul 202516 Great Elms Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HT
Received 4 Jul 20255 Holtwood Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7QH
Received 30 Jun 20252 New Barns Oast 146 Lavenders Road West Malling Kent ME19 6HR
Received 3 Jul 202570 Greentrees Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NE
Received 3 Jul 202518 Battlefields Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7BY
Received 3 Jul 2025High Spinney Old Coach Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7NR
Received 2 Jul 2025High Spinney Old Coach Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7NR
Received 2 Jul 202546 Darwin Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4SD
Received 2 Jul 2025Unit 4 Arnolds Business Park Branbridges Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5LG
Received 2 Jul 20252 Elim Cottages Busty Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HP
Received 2 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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