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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3,579 approved · 316 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of 351 Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 28 Jan 2025Wendings The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QL
Received 28 Jan 2025Oxen Hoath Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS
Received 28 Jan 2025Land South West Of London Road And West Of Castor Park Allington Maidstone Kent
Received 28 Jan 2025Pollards Yardley Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 1QA
Received 27 Jan 202512 Wells Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NW
Received 27 Jan 2025Farley Cottage Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DT
Received 27 Jan 2025Greenwood House Borough Green Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RA
Received 27 Jan 2025Walters Ismays Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NX
Received 27 Jan 2025Dux Farm Buildings Dux Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent
Received 27 Jan 2025216 Tonbridge Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5NU
Received 27 Jan 202568 Greentrees Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NE
Received 27 Jan 202523 Stevens Road Eccles Aylesford Kent ME20 7SH
Received 27 Jan 202533 Norton Crescent Tonbridge Kent TN10 3LT
Received 27 Jan 2025The Town House The Street Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HH
Received 27 Jan 20255 Haleys Place Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3TB
Received 27 Jan 202532 Fartherwell Avenue West Malling Kent ME19 6NQ
Received 27 Jan 2025Church Of St Peter And Paul Church Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent
Received 24 Jan 2025Land Rear Of 239 To 259 London Road West Malling Kent
Received 24 Jan 2025Land Rear Of 239 To 259 London Road West Malling Kent
Received 24 Jan 2025OTG Precision Engineering Ltd Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8JE
Received 24 Jan 202553 Swallow Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6LG
Received 24 Jan 2025Land Known As Meadow Crest Farm London Road Addington West Malling Kent
Received 24 Jan 202514 New Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6AD
Received 24 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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