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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.
3,575 approved · 316 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Bickmore Way Tonbridge Kent TN9 1ND
Received 10 Feb 2025Loundmell Dux Hill Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QS
Received 10 Feb 20257 Ashden Walk Tonbridge Kent TN10 3RJ
Received 10 Feb 2025Nizels Golf Club Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NX
Received 10 Feb 2025Land East Of King Hill West Malling Kent
Received 10 Feb 2025Merrybrook Estate Land East Of Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 10 Feb 2025The Gatehouse Rectory Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AJ
Received 10 Feb 20258 Gransden Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6GQ
Received 10 Feb 2025Beechin Wood Farm Beechin Wood Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent
Received 10 Feb 202513 Quarry Bank Tonbridge Kent TN9 2QZ
Received 10 Feb 202560A Priory Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 2AW
Received 10 Feb 2025Woodview Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HR
Received 10 Feb 2025The Garden House Redwell Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9EE
Received 10 Feb 2025Park View 53 Mount Pleasant Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JJ
Received 10 Feb 2025Oakdene Eggpie Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8PE
Received 10 Feb 20252 Bateys Cottages Stumble Hill Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PE
Received 7 Feb 202525 Nevill Road Snodland Kent ME6 5HX
Received 7 Feb 202529 Barchester Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4HR
Received 7 Feb 2025Unit 1 Wood Close Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent ME20 7UB
Received 7 Feb 20257 Castle Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BH
Received 7 Feb 2025Fairlawne Tonbridge Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PT
Received 7 Feb 202596 Douglas Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2UB
Received 7 Feb 202516 Farm Road Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HD
Received 7 Feb 202538 Sandown Road West Malling Kent ME19 6NS
Received 7 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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