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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.
3,589 approved · 317 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
2 Ffinch Close Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6ET
Received 7 Jan 20256 Cardinal Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 2EN
Received 7 Jan 2025Land North Of 351 Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 17 Dec 2024Little Rhoden Farm Land Bells Farm Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent
Received 6 Jan 2025Oaklands Back Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AU
Received 6 Jan 2025Green Space East Of The Haydens Tonbridge Kent
Received 6 Jan 2025Fircroft Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DT
Received 6 Jan 202536 Park Road Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5HP
Received 6 Jan 2025Fourwents House 1 Sweets Lane East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JF
Received 6 Jan 2025Ightham County Primary School Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DD
Received 6 Jan 20251 Grove Wood Cottages London Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NJ
Received 6 Jan 202560A Priory Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 2AW
Received 3 Jan 20259 Great Elms Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HS
Received 2 Jan 20259 Teddington Drive Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5FF
Received 2 Jan 20253 Park Avenue Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9DE
Received 2 Jan 202546 Old Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5ET
Received 31 Dec 2024Burham Water Supply Works Old Church Road Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3XZ
Received 31 Dec 2024Tonbridge Tennis Club Buildings Hugh Christie Technology College White Cottage Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4PU
Received 30 Dec 2024Oldbury Farm House Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DE
Received 30 Dec 2024Oldbury Farm House Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DE
Received 30 Dec 202452 Bradbourne Lane Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6PD
Received 30 Dec 202443 London Road Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5EU
Received 30 Dec 202426 Teapot Lane Aylesford Kent ME20 7JX
Received 30 Dec 2024Development Site At Oast Park Golf Club, Malling Road, Snodland, ME6 5LG
Received 24 Dec 2024Records 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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