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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.
3,565 approved · 315 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 And 38 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QR
Received 9 Apr 2025Conservation Area Clare Park And Blacklands East Malling
Received 7 Apr 202514 Masefield Way Tonbridge Kent TN9 2PU
Received 9 Apr 202551 Barden Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1UG
Received 9 Apr 2025Lytlewood Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LR
Received 7 Apr 2025496 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6BZ
Received 8 Apr 2025496 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6BZ
Received 8 Apr 2025496 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6BZ
Received 8 Apr 2025St Georges Court West Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7DN
Received 8 Apr 2025Land Between M20 And M26 East Of Ford Lane Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent
Received 8 Apr 202533 Haydens Mews Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PZ
Received 8 Apr 202517 High Street Aylesford Kent ME20 7AX
Received 8 Apr 202514 Quindell Place Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4GQ
Received 8 Apr 2025Land At Finches Farm, Five Oak Green Road, Five Oak Green, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 6RP
Received 8 Apr 202580 Willowmead Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5RE
Received 8 Apr 20256 Dry Hill Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LX
Received 7 Apr 2025Grove Farm Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 7 Apr 202532 Papion Grove Chatham Kent ME5 9BS
Received 7 Apr 20251 Ezel Villas Borough Green Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HU
Received 4 Apr 2025South Half Of Main Building Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 4 Apr 202519 Cheviot Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NH
Received 4 Apr 20251 Elstar Place Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4EL
Received 4 Apr 2025Redwell Redwell Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9EE
Received 4 Apr 2025Nizels Golf Club Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NX
Received 4 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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