Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,572 approved · 316 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Farm Cottage Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LN
Received 21 Feb 2025Blue Bell Place Grange Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LD
Received 21 Feb 2025Old Allens Allens Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QZ
Received 19 Feb 2025Platt Industrial Estate Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent
Received 20 Feb 2025First Floor Gilbert House River Walk Tonbridge Kent TN9 1DT
Received 20 Feb 202514 Lawn Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2SU
Received 20 Feb 20256 Discovery Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4GA
Received 20 Feb 20254 Lawn Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2SU
Received 19 Feb 2025Land North Of M20 Known As Little Ryarsh Wood South Birling Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent
Received 19 Feb 2025Dux Farm Buildings Dux Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent
Received 19 Feb 202578 Simpson Road Snodland Kent ME6 5QJ
Received 19 Feb 2025St Marys Church Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent
Received 19 Feb 2025Redwell House Redwell Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9EE
Received 19 Feb 2025Land North East Of The Hurst Stan Lane West Peckham Maidstone Kent
Received 19 Feb 2025Redwell Redwell Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9EE
Received 10 Feb 2025177A High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BX
Received 18 Feb 2025177A High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BX
Received 18 Feb 2025Development Site South Of 1 And 2 Orwell Spike West Malling Kent
Received 18 Feb 2025Conservation Area Stumble Hill Shipbourne
Received 17 Feb 202574 Pippin Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4FQ
Received 17 Feb 2025South Lodge Shipbourne Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9NR
Received 17 Feb 2025St Georges Court West Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7DN
Received 17 Feb 202538 Gorse Crescent Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EX
Received 17 Feb 2025Unit 7 Orchard Business Centre Sanderson Way Tonbridge Kent
Received 17 Feb 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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