Understanding planning · 13 min read
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3,558 approved · 315 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Papion Grove Chatham Kent ME5 9BS
Received 30 Apr 2025Land East Of Town Hill West Malling Kent
Received 30 Apr 2025129 St Leonards Street West Malling Kent ME19 6PE
Received 30 Apr 2025Public Convenience The Ridgeway Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NL
Received 30 Apr 202550 Thorpe Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4PR
Received 30 Apr 202517 High Street Aylesford Kent ME20 7AX
Received 24 Apr 20254 And 5 Manor Farm Cottages, Oldbury Lane, Ightham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 9DG
Received 30 Apr 202516 Ragstone Court Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6AJ
Received 30 Apr 202564 Cork Street Eccles Aylesford Kent ME20 7HQ
Received 29 Apr 2025Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 29 Apr 2025Development Site Bushey Wood Phase 1 Bull Lane Eccles Aylesford Kent
Received 29 Apr 2025Heavers House Chapel Street Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5JU
Received 29 Apr 2025Land At Fairlawne Park Ightham Road Shipbourne Sevenoaks Kent
Received 29 Apr 2025The Wood House Upper Green Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PQ
Received 28 Apr 2025Development Site Land West Of Winterfield Lane East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 28 Apr 20253 Estridge Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JS
Received 28 Apr 202519 Fen Meadow Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HT
Received 28 Apr 2025Judd Place 9 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AB
Received 28 Apr 202519 Lunsford Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6HN
Received 28 Apr 2025Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 28 Apr 20259 Nutfields Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9EA
Received 28 Apr 2025Running Waters Coldharbour Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JX
Received 28 Apr 2025Wellington Cottage Long Mill Lane Dunks Green Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SB
Received 28 Apr 2025Phase 5 Worrall Drive Wouldham Rochester Kent
Received 28 Apr 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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