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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3,530 approved · 312 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hunters Lodge Hadlow Castle High Street Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0EG
Received 8 Sept 2025St Georges Court West Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7DN
Received 5 Sept 2025Land Rear Of 182 High Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 5 Sept 202528 Wye Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8DX
Received 5 Sept 2025Development Site At 180 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BE
Received 5 Sept 202514 Hilden Avenue Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9BY
Received 5 Sept 20259 Nutfields Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9EA
Received 4 Sept 2025The Swan The Green West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JW
Received 5 Sept 202551 Town Hill West Malling Kent ME19 6XD
Received 5 Sept 202511 Ffinch Close Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6ET
Received 5 Sept 20252 Marlow Copse Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9DP
Received 4 Sept 2025The Chemists Shop High Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AA
Received 4 Sept 2025Parking Area South Of Mellinges Close West Malling Kent
Received 4 Sept 20253 Keyes Gardens Tonbridge Kent TN9 2QD
Received 4 Sept 2025Land Opposite Masefield Way Upper Hayesden Lane Tonbridge Kent
Received 29 Aug 2025Yotes Court Farm Mereworth Road Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5JQ
Received 4 Sept 2025Bordyke Cottage Bordyke Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NN
Received 3 Sept 202576 Teapot Lane Aylesford Kent ME20 7JT
Received 3 Sept 20251 Ezel Villas Borough Green Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HU
Received 2 Sept 2025Cobtree Cottage Claygate Lane Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9RN
Received 2 Sept 2025Lytlewood Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 2 Sept 20252 Rowan Mews Tonbridge Kent TN10 3EE
Received 2 Sept 2025Rhs Storage Land Sortmill Road Snodland Kent
Received 1 Sept 2025Callis Court Farm London Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5AH
Received 1 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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