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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3,558 approved · 315 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The White Cottage 171 Tonbridge Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5NU
Received 12 May 2025South Lodge Tonbridge Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AP
Received 12 May 2025Ragstone Cottage School Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QD
Received 12 May 202531 Grainger Walk Tonbridge Kent TN10 4DL
Received 12 May 2025477 Station Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QR
Received 9 May 202541 Yardley Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NB
Received 9 May 20253 Romney Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4PG
Received 9 May 2025Land East Of Callis Court Bungalow London Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent
Received 7 May 202543 Mitchell Road West Malling Kent ME19 4RE
Received 8 May 202516 Elm Crescent East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DE
Received 7 May 2025Land Part Of Boormans Farm West Of Yew Tree Cottage, Bells Farm Road, Hadlow, Tonbridge
Received 7 May 202517 Willow Lea Tonbridge Kent TN10 3RE
Received 7 May 202515 Lansdowne Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JB
Received 7 May 2025Land Formerly West Part Of Court Lane Nurseries Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 7 May 2025Great Fish Hall Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AA
Received 2 May 2025Great Fish Hall Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AA
Received 2 May 20254 Malling Court Mill Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6TB
Received 7 May 2025Castle Court Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1QU
Received 6 May 202521 High Street Snodland Kent ME6 5AF
Received 6 May 202533 Manley Boulevard Snodland Kent ME6 5SD
Received 6 May 2025Land Rear Of 239 To 259 London Road West Malling Kent
Received 6 May 202535 Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6JU
Received 6 May 2025Roughetts Coldharbour Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JX
Received 6 May 2025Warren Edge 109 The Heath East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JN
Received 6 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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