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.
3,584 approved · 316 refused · 315 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 7 South Aylesford Retail Park Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent ME20 7TP
Received 16 Jan 2025Rory Cottage Taylors Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5DS
Received 16 Jan 2025Rory Cottage Taylors Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5DS
Received 16 Jan 202524 Mill Lane Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PE
Received 16 Jan 2025Holt Lodge 222 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QB
Received 16 Jan 20257 Dodd Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4AB
Received 15 Jan 20253 Tulip Tree Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 2SH
Received 15 Jan 202575 Thorpe Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4PR
Received 15 Jan 2025Travel Lodge The Hilden Manor 109 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AN
Received 15 Jan 2025149 The Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7RF
Received 15 Jan 2025Station House Rings Hill Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8LX
Received 15 Jan 202512 Sandy Ridge Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HP
Received 15 Jan 2025Kiln Barn Farm Kiln Barn Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 15 Jan 2025Fairlawne Tonbridge Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PT
Received 15 Jan 2025Langold House 285 Snodland Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JQ
Received 15 Jan 20258 Cottenham Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BZ
Received 15 Jan 20254 Rochester Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NU
Received 15 Jan 2025177 The Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7RF
Received 15 Jan 2025St Georges Court West Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7DN
Received 14 Jan 2025Taddington Valley Walderslade Woods Chatham Kent
Received 14 Jan 202524 The Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LP
Received 14 Jan 202521 Nursery Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JH
Received 14 Jan 202510 Grange Close Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5HU
Received 14 Jan 2025Oxen Hoath Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS
Received 13 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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