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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.
3,554 approved · 315 refused · 310 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Gorse Crescent Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EX
Received 30 May 20256 South Frith London Road Southborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 0UQ
Received 30 May 2025Tydeman Cottage Kiln Barn Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6AP
Received 30 May 20251B The Freehold East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5AA
Received 30 May 2025Dunsmore 10 Hadlow Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HX
Received 29 May 202534 Holtwood Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7QJ
Received 29 May 202527 Quarry Hill Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8RQ
Received 29 May 2025Kings Hill Primary School, Crispin Way, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4LS
Received 29 May 2025The Nursery London Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5AS
Received 29 May 202519 Upper Mill Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PD
Received 28 May 2025Crown Building Bradford Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1DX
Received 28 May 2025Development Site Northern Fields Bull Lane Eccles Aylesford Kent
Received 28 May 2025Orchard Place Cottage Comp Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QU
Received 28 May 2025The Brambles East Street Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5DE
Received 28 May 20251 Stevens Road Eccles Aylesford Kent ME20 7SH
Received 28 May 2025Land West Of Station Road North West Malling Kent
Received 28 May 2025Land Adjoining Easterfield Farm Three Elm Lane Golden Green Tonbridge Kent
Received 28 May 202546 Woodbury Road Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HS
Received 27 May 2025Railway Line From London Victoria To Maidstone West Malling Kent
Received 27 May 2025Land West Of Station Road North West Malling Kent
Received 27 May 2025Midsummer Meadow Sevenoaks Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AD
Received 27 May 2025Unit 2 Newsprint Avenue Panattoni Park Aylesford Kent ME20 7XH
Received 27 May 202535 Framley Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4HS
Received 27 May 202534 Bramble Close Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HQ
Received 27 May 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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