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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.
3,526 approved · 311 refused · 303 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 2023 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Tassell Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6QB
Received 3 Oct 202584 The Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7LF
Received 3 Oct 2025Land Adjoining Red Hill Wateringbury Maidstone Kent
Received 3 Oct 202546 Maple Close Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6NG
Received 2 Oct 20254 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AE
Received 2 Oct 20251 - 4 River Walk Tonbridge Kent
Received 2 Oct 2025Communigrow Land South Of Park Farm Bradbourne Lane Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 2 Oct 2025Oxen Hoath Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS
Received 2 Oct 20254 Hayes Walk Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4HJ
Received 2 Oct 20251 Lord Lees Grove Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9PE
Received 2 Oct 202521 Bradbourne Lane Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6PA
Received 1 Oct 202519 Dame Kelly Holmes Way Tonbridge Kent TN9 2FB
Received 1 Oct 2025Oldbury Place Spring Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DR
Received 1 Oct 2025Cedar Grange 64A Sevenoaks Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8AP
Received 1 Oct 2025Little Holt Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DU
Received 1 Oct 2025Land Adjoining The Bungalow 139 Offham Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RE
Received 1 Oct 20259 Holtwood Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7QH
Received 1 Oct 2025Oakdene Eggpie Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8PE
Received 1 Oct 20257 Yardley Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NE
Received 1 Oct 20259 Nelson Road Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3YE
Received 1 Oct 202536 High Street Snodland Kent ME6 5DA
Received 1 Oct 2025Land West Of Hermitage Lane And East Of Units 4A 4B And 4C Mills Road Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent
Received 1 Oct 2025159A Beacon Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4FX
Received 30 Sept 2025Development Site At 84 And 86 Mill Hall Aylesford Kent
Received 30 Sept 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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