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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3,558 approved · 315 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Blackland Mews 104 Blacklands East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DS
Received 15 May 2025Land Rear Of 178 Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent
Received 14 May 202515 Hopgarden Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4QS
Received 14 May 2025185 Woodlands Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6HA
Received 14 May 202542 Pembury Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2HX
Received 14 May 2025South Lodge Shipbourne Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9NR
Received 14 May 2025Farm Buildings Part Of Birling Place Farm Stangate Road Birling West Malling Kent
Received 14 May 2025Click Aylesford Frank Sando Way Aylesford Kent
Received 14 May 202535 Ashbee Close Snodland Kent ME6 5HQ
Received 14 May 2025Ringshill Farm, Wouldham Road, Borstal, Rochester, Medway
Received 14 May 2025144 Woodlands Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EZ
Received 14 May 2025Land West Of Court Lane Farmhouse Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 14 May 202531 Lyons Crescent Tonbridge Kent TN9 1EY
Received 13 May 20258 Barden Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1XD
Received 13 May 2025Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 13 May 2025Lytlewood Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LR
Received 13 May 2025Land Formerly West Part Of Court Lane Nurseries Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 13 May 2025Farley Cottage Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DT
Received 12 May 2025624 Tonbridge Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PU
Received 12 May 2025Bank Wood Bank Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NR
Received 12 May 2025Land South West Of London Road And West Of Castor Park Allington Maidstone Kent
Received 12 May 2025Oaktree Farm Hatham Green Lane Stansted Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7PL
Received 12 May 202527 Portman Park Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LW
Received 12 May 2025The Old Vicarage 126 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6NE
Received 12 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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