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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.
3,547 approved · 314 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Ditton Place Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6SX
Received 3 Sept 2025Larkfield Mill Bellingham Way Larkfield Aylesford Kent
Received 3 Sept 2025Sites Within Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Kent
Received 12 Aug 20254 Uridge Crescent Tonbridge Kent TN10 3EB
Received 12 Aug 2025Land Part Of Manor Farm Lower Haysden Lane Tonbridge Kent
Received 12 Aug 2025SEW Site Mill Hall Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 12 Aug 2025The Lodge Nizels Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NU
Received 11 Aug 20257 Walton Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4EE
Received 12 Aug 2025Land Parcel 1 Woodlea Leybourne West Malling Kent
Received 11 Aug 202511 Hornbeam Close Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6LY
Received 11 Aug 2025Lytlewood Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 11 Aug 2025Lytlewood Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LR
Received 11 Aug 20253 Garden Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4FH
Received 11 Aug 20258 Swanland Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 2RA
Received 10 Jul 2025Land At Junction Of Mereworth Road And Seven Mile Lane Mereworth Maidstone Kent
Received 10 Jul 2025The Retreat Comp Lane Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PP
Received 10 Jul 202518 Chatfield Way East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6QD
Received 10 Jul 20253 Evergreen Close Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5PY
Received 25 Jun 2025Roughetts Coldharbour Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JX
Received 25 Jun 2025141 Butchers Lane Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QD
Received 25 Jun 2025Fox House Hadlow Stair Tonbridge Kent TN10 4HD
Received 25 Jun 2025St Marys Church Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent
Received 25 Jun 2025Blossom House 133B Butchers Lane Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QD
Received 25 Jun 20258 Frank Woolley Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LE
Received 25 Jun 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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