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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.
3,607 approved · 320 refused · 319 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 2023 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Eastern Part Of Former Aylesford Newsprint South Of Invicta Park New Hythe Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent
Received 29 Nov 2024The Street Ightham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 26 Nov 2024Land East Of 60 Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 28 Nov 2024547 Maidstone Road Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9QP
Received 28 Nov 2024The Cottage Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NU
Received 27 Nov 202413 Brookfield Avenue Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6RU
Received 26 Nov 202411A Higham Avenue Snodland Kent ME6 5SY
Received 26 Nov 202412 Church Walk East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AG
Received 26 Nov 2024Stocketts Aldon Lane Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PH
Received 26 Nov 2024Development Site Between 1 Tower View And 35 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 26 Nov 2024Little Holt Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DU
Received 26 Nov 2024Little Budds Mote Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QD
Received 26 Nov 2024Bells Farm 501 Bells Farm Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JR
Received 26 Nov 202424 Saltings Road Snodland Kent ME6 5JA
Received 26 Nov 2024Thurland Mill Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LU
Received 26 Nov 202454A Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BX
Received 25 Nov 2024Comp Corner Cottage Seven Mile Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QT
Received 25 Nov 2024Comp Corner Cottage Seven Mile Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QT
Received 25 Nov 202438 Offham Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RA
Received 25 Nov 2024Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 25 Nov 2024Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 25 Nov 2024The Coach House Upper Brooms Common Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9ED
Received 25 Nov 2024302 Robin Hood Lane Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9QR
Received 25 Nov 2024Tea Room At Hill Top Farm The Heath East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 25 Nov 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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