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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.
3,558 approved · 315 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4AF
Received 20 May 2025South Lodge Farm Bungalow Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JJ
Received 20 May 2025Laurel Cottage 87 - 89 The Street Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5LZ
Received 19 May 20251 St Pauls Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4QG
Received 19 May 2025Former Scout Hall Holborough Road Snodland Kent
Received 19 May 2025Viewlands Jubilee Crescent Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AE
Received 19 May 2025112H Barden Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1UJ
Received 19 May 2025112H Barden Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1UJ
Received 19 May 2025Field House Pilgrims Way Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7NN
Received 19 May 2025663 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DJ
Received 16 May 2025Redstone Stables Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LH
Received 16 May 2025The Old Vicarage Borough Green Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RA
Received 16 May 202513 Victoria Road Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9EN
Received 16 May 2025Welldon House 49 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AD
Received 16 May 2025Ground Floor Part And First Floor And Second Floor 64 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1EH
Received 16 May 2025Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 16 May 2025Land East Of Callis Court Bungalow London Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent
Received 16 May 20257 Old Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4EY
Received 16 May 202549 Hallsfield Road Chatham Kent ME5 9RS
Received 15 May 2025Great Oaks House Puttenden Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9RX
Received 15 May 2025Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 15 May 202566 Park Road Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5HP
Received 15 May 2025Ken Francis Butchers School Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QD
Received 15 May 2025Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 15 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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