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.
3,597 approved · 318 refused · 318 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Kendal Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LZ
Received 25 Feb 2025Whipsiderry 31 Ryarsh Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JR
Received 12 Feb 202570 Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BX
Received 12 Feb 2025Oxen Hoath Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS
Received 12 Feb 2025Oxen Hoath Oxenhoath Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SS
Received 12 Feb 2025Great Hollanden Farm Mill Lane Underriver Sevenoaks Kent
Received 11 Feb 2025Rowan Cottage Lower Haysden Lane Tonbridge Kent TN11 9BD
Received 11 Feb 2025115 Fairfield Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8DN
Received 20 Jan 202588 Birling Road Snodland Kent ME6 5DZ
Received 17 Jan 2025Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 17 Jan 2025Manor Farm Riding Stables Sweets Lane East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BE
Received 17 Jan 20252 Bryce Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6GL
Received 17 Jan 202514 Westwood Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5DE
Received 17 Jan 20257 Morris Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6SS
Received 31 Dec 202411 Priory Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2AQ
Received 31 Dec 202419 Gorham Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 2DU
Received 30 Dec 2024S Smith And Sons Builders Yard 4 Orchard Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LU
Received 18 Dec 2024Land At Warren Road Chatham Kent
Received 18 Dec 202431 Queens Avenue Snodland Kent ME6 5BL
Received 18 Dec 2024Land Adjacent To Car Park Hilltop Tonbridge Kent
Received 17 Dec 2024Ashwell Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0PG
Received 17 Dec 2024Land North West Of A228 Junction With Kent Street Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QR
Received 17 Dec 2024Land West Of Station Road North West Malling Kent
Received 17 Dec 202470 The Lakes Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6GL
Received 17 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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