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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.
3,608 approved · 320 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1 Arundel Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 2UG
Received 25 Nov 2024Poppins London Road Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5DA
Received 25 Nov 202419 Bordyke Tonbridge Kent
Received 25 Nov 202456 Town Hill West Malling Kent ME19 6QN
Received 25 Nov 202455 Cobdown Close Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6SZ
Received 25 Nov 2024121 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1DB
Received 22 Nov 2024Bullen House 88 Bullen Lane East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5LX
Received 22 Nov 202441 Western Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8AL
Received 22 Nov 2024Land South Of Hermitage Court Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 22 Nov 2024Smallholding At The Hutchings Leigh Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 22 Nov 2024Aylesford Priory High Street Aylesford Kent ME20 7BX
Received 21 Nov 2024Stumble Hill Cottage Stumble Hill Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PB
Received 21 Nov 2024Aylesford Recreation Ground Forstal Road Aylesford Kent
Received 21 Nov 2024589 Maidstone Road Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9QX
Received 21 Nov 2024Development Site Between 1 Tower View And 35 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 21 Nov 202413 Dry Hill Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LU
Received 20 Nov 2024191 Tunbury Avenue Chatham Kent ME5 9HY
Received 20 Nov 2024Plot 4 Aylesford Newsprint Bellingham Way Larkfield Aylesford Kent
Received 20 Nov 2024Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 20 Nov 202421 Stacey Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AP
Received 20 Nov 2024Land At Bradbourne Lane Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 20 Nov 2024141 Butchers Lane Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QD
Received 20 Nov 2024Wheelers Cottage 97 The Street Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5LU
Received 20 Nov 2024Lady Vane Close Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent
Received 19 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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