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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.
3,530 approved · 312 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Highway Verges Adjacent To And Opposite 4 Walsham Road Walderslade Chatham Kent
Received 3 Sept 2025Valley Rise Chatham Kent
Received 3 Sept 2025Bells Farm 501 Bells Farm Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JR
Received 15 Sept 2025Bells Farm 501 Bells Farm Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JR
Received 15 Sept 2025Cricket Ground School Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QD
Received 15 Sept 2025Yopps Green Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent
Received 15 Sept 2025Primrose Banks Church Hill Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QB
Received 15 Sept 2025South View Fen Pond Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9JF
Received 15 Sept 2025Leavers Barn Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JH
Received 15 Sept 2025West Malling Taxis Station Approach West Malling Kent ME19 6HJ
Received 12 Sept 202527 Portman Park Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LW
Received 12 Sept 2025Trevalia Ridge Swanton Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JY
Received 12 Sept 2025Allens Oast 4B Old Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5ER
Received 12 Sept 202527 Quarry Hill Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8RQ
Received 12 Sept 2025Land Around Dark Hill Farm Borough Green Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 12 Sept 2025Technology House Mount Pleasant Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JG
Received 11 Sept 2025Technology House Mount Pleasant Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JG
Received 11 Sept 20258 Platt House Lane Fairseat Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7LX
Received 11 Sept 20259 Mill Stream Place Tonbridge Kent TN9 1QJ
Received 11 Sept 2025Conservation Area Ditton Court Close Ditton
Received 11 Sept 2025Elpatos Pilgrims Way Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5EP
Received 11 Sept 2025The Lodge 245 Tonbridge Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent
Received 9 Sept 2025Talbot Cottage 78 Old School Lane Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5LP
Received 10 Sept 202533 Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LF
Received 10 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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