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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.
3,583 approved · 316 refused · 315 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church Place Church Street Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0DB
Received 21 Jan 2025Land North Of M20 Known As Little Ryarsh Wood South Birling Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent
Received 21 Jan 202541 Lavender Hill Tonbridge Kent TN9 2AT
Received 21 Jan 2025Highlands House 121 Willow Wents Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5NF
Received 20 Jan 2025Highlands House 121 Willow Wents Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5NF
Received 20 Jan 20255 Waghorn Road Snodland Kent ME6 5BQ
Received 20 Jan 2025Slade County Primary School The Slade Tonbridge Kent TN9 1HR
Received 10 Dec 202443 Dowgate Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 2EH
Received 20 Jan 2025Ferox Hall High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JX
Received 20 Jan 2025Ferox Hall High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JX
Received 20 Jan 2025Ightham Mote Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NT
Received 20 Jan 2025223 High Street Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3TY
Received 20 Jan 2025Tonbridge Cottage Hospital Vauxhall Lane Tonbridge Kent TN11 0NE
Received 20 Jan 2025Land At West Wood Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 20 Jan 2025Ivy Lodge 1 High Street Snodland Kent ME6 5DG
Received 20 Jan 202545 Quincewood Gardens Tonbridge Kent TN10 3LP
Received 20 Jan 2025Orchard House Park Drive Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7BZ
Received 20 Jan 2025North Frith North Frith Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 20 Jan 2025Hilden Oaks School 38 Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BU
Received 17 Jan 202533 Lucas Road Snodland Kent ME6 5PY
Received 17 Jan 2025River Medway Tonbridge And Malling Bc Kent
Received 17 Jan 2025Ightham County Primary School Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DD
Received 17 Jan 202512 Cromer Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1UP
Received 16 Jan 202518 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4AE
Received 16 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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