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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.
3,535 approved · 313 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chez Nous 253 Malling Road Snodland Kent ME6 5JF
Received 13 Aug 2025Beechwood Springwood Park Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LZ
Received 13 Aug 202523 Mitchell Road West Malling Kent ME19 4RF
Received 13 Aug 2025Peters Village Hall Road Wouldham Rochester Kent
Received 6 Aug 202527 Quarry Hill Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8RQ
Received 13 Aug 2025Glebe Cottage Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DG
Received 12 Aug 20251 - 4 River Walk Tonbridge Kent
Received 11 Aug 2025Forge House 179 Tonbridge Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5JP
Received 11 Aug 202574 Martin Square Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6QN
Received 11 Aug 2025Conifer House School Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5EH
Received 8 Aug 2025Bradbourne Park Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 8 Aug 2025Land Formerly West Part Of Court Lane Nurseries Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 8 Aug 2025Tithe Barn 11 Castle Way Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5HF
Received 8 Aug 202513 Castle Way Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5HF
Received 8 Aug 2025Lytlewood Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 8 Aug 202524 The Freehold Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0ES
Received 8 Aug 2025Pooh Corner 6 Trafalgar Close Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3YF
Received 7 Aug 2025Land Part Of Paris Farm Between Four Acres And 193 The Rocks Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AX
Received 7 Aug 2025184 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QF
Received 7 Aug 202513 Firs Close Aylesford Kent ME20 7LH
Received 7 Aug 2025Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 7 Aug 2025The Royal Oak London Road Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RX
Received 7 Aug 2025Ivy Cottage 240 Tonbridge Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5NY
Received 7 Aug 2025180 Well Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JP
Received 7 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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