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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.
3,579 approved · 316 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Development Site At 154 And 156 New Hythe Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6PS
Received 3 Feb 202557 The Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LS
Received 3 Feb 202573 Denbeigh Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 3PS
Received 3 Feb 2025Unit 5 Burnt Ash Road Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent ME20 7XB
Received 3 Feb 202540 Nursery Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JJ
Received 3 Feb 2025North Lodge Dene Park Shipbourne Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9NS
Received 3 Feb 2025St John The Baptist Church Tonbridge Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PA
Received 3 Feb 2025Development Site South Of Hillberry Farm Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 30 Jan 202523 Orchard Way Snodland Kent ME6 5EW
Received 30 Jan 2025335 Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3EU
Received 30 Jan 2025Gate House Wood Touring Park Ford Lane Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent
Received 30 Jan 2025Development Site At Shaw Hill House Aldon Lane Addington West Malling Kent
Received 30 Jan 202526 Cedar Close Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EN
Received 30 Jan 2025The Bull Pen 54 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DH
Received 30 Jan 20255 Brook Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 2PP
Received 30 Jan 2025Teston Cottage Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NG
Received 30 Jan 2025Westbury Quarry Gardens Tonbridge Kent TN9 2SG
Received 29 Jan 20251 Crow Hill Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HH
Received 29 Jan 20254 Russett Close Aylesford Kent ME20 7PL
Received 29 Jan 2025Land North And West Of 260 Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 29 Jan 2025Cullercoats Long Mill Lane Dunks Green Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SD
Received 29 Jan 2025108 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9EL
Received 29 Jan 20255 Bramley Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5BN
Received 28 Jan 20251 Lord Lees Grove Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9PE
Received 28 Jan 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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