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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.
3,558 approved · 315 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Retreat Comp Lane Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PP
Received 28 Apr 20251 Abbey Wood Road Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4YT
Received 28 Apr 202513 Arundel Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 2UG
Received 28 Apr 20259 Mill Stream Place Tonbridge Kent TN9 1QJ
Received 28 Apr 2025Willowdale Ford Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5DP
Received 28 Apr 2025Court House Vigo Road Fairseat Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7LU
Received 25 Apr 202514 High Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AL
Received 25 Apr 202514 High Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AL
Received 25 Apr 2025Land At Douces Manor St Leonards Street West Malling Kent
Received 24 Apr 2025Unit 1B Tonbridge Retail Park Cannon Lane Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PN
Received 24 Apr 2025Meadow View Court 16 The Orpines Wateringbury Maidstone Kent
Received 23 Apr 2025Three Post Boys High Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AA
Received 9 Apr 20257 Hall Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QU
Received 23 Apr 202587A Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1QD
Received 23 Apr 2025Blue Bell Hill Aylesford Kent
Received 23 Apr 2025Development Site Units 1 3 5 And 6 The Pavilion And 13 And 15 High Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 22 Apr 20251 Great Elms Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HS
Received 23 Apr 202521 Stacey Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AP
Received 22 Apr 20258 Keswick Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LP
Received 22 Apr 2025Land Rear Of Woodbury Road Walsham Road And Falkland Place Chatham Kent
Received 22 Apr 20255 Henham Gardens East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5PD
Received 22 Apr 20253 Rectory Lane South Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5HA
Received 22 Apr 2025Land North Of Fir Tree Farm Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 22 Apr 2025Ightham Mote Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NT
Received 22 Apr 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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