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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.
3,551 approved · 314 refused · 310 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Agricultural Building East Of Cage House Long Mill Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent
Received 11 Jun 2025High Hope The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QH
Received 11 Jun 2025Swallow Barn 30 Horns Lane Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5NG
Received 11 Jun 20253 Cornfield Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 3PT
Received 11 Jun 2025OTG Precision Engineering Ltd Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8JE
Received 11 Jun 2025Nizels Hoath Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NU
Received 11 Jun 202574 Knowsley Way Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LQ
Received 11 Jun 2025Nizels Hoath Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NU
Received 11 Jun 2025Cobdown House 548 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 11 Jun 202551 Cornwallis Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4ET
Received 11 Jun 20259 Woodview Crescent Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HD
Received 10 Jun 2025Blue Bell Hill Services Chatham Road Aylesford Kent
Received 10 Jun 2025Bluebells Manor Farm Easterfields East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BE
Received 10 Jun 2025Aylesford Priory High Street Aylesford Kent ME20 7BX
Received 9 Jun 2025Burham Hill Farm Common Road Chatham Kent ME5 9RJ
Received 9 Jun 2025Land South West Of 1-4 Dutts Cottages Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent
Received 9 Jun 2025Development Site South Of Hillberry Farm Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 9 Jun 20258 Busbridge Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BD
Received 6 Jun 2025Land Adjoining Heath Farmhouse Postern Lane Tonbridge Kent
Received 5 Jun 2025Development Site 1-3 Skinners Terrace And 13-17 Quarry Hill Road Tonbridge Kent
Received 5 Jun 2025Former Howlands Allotments Old London Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 5 Jun 202529 Gorse Crescent Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6ES
Received 5 Jun 202538 Laburnum Drive Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6LU
Received 5 Jun 2025114 Lunsford Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6HS
Received 5 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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