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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.
3,532 approved · 313 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pole Barn Charcott Holm Farm Tonbridge Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 27 Aug 2025Dunsmore 10 Hadlow Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HX
Received 26 Aug 2025Wrotham Secondary School Borough Green Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RD
Received 26 Aug 2025Rumney Farm House South Ash Road Ash Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7ER
Received 26 Aug 2025Olde Timbers 4 Holtwood Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7QJ
Received 26 Aug 202558 Salisbury Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4PE
Received 26 Aug 202597 Offham Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RD
Received 26 Aug 202535 The Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7LQ
Received 26 Aug 202521 Marlow Copse Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9DR
Received 26 Aug 2025Land South Of 477 Maidstone Road And 46, Hallsfield Road, Chatham
Received 22 Aug 2025Car Park To Rear Of Lansdowne Mews Lansdowne Road Tonbridge Kent
Received 22 Aug 2025Greenacre Comp Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8NR
Received 21 Aug 202553 Keats Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6TR
Received 21 Aug 2025The Old Palace Bull Lane Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RF
Received 21 Aug 2025The Old Palace Bull Lane Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RF
Received 21 Aug 2025Dunsmore 10 Hadlow Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HX
Received 21 Aug 2025The Old Palace Bull Lane Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RF
Received 21 Aug 2025The Old Palace Bull Lane Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RF
Received 21 Aug 202597 Marlowe Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6TU
Received 20 Aug 2025Development Site South Of Hillberry Farm Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 20 Aug 20254 Hurst Hill Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9BX
Received 20 Aug 20251 Bourne Vale Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QT
Received 19 Aug 2025Development Site At Keepers Lodge Common Road Chatham Kent
Received 19 Aug 2025Rocks Farmhouse 118 The Rocks Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AU
Received 19 Aug 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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