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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3,565 approved · 315 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Hurst Hill Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9BX
Received 4 Apr 2025Allens Lodge Allens Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QZ
Received 3 Apr 20256 Common Road Chatham Kent ME5 9RG
Received 3 Apr 20256 Common Road Chatham Kent ME5 9RG
Received 3 Apr 2025The Former Rectory The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QF
Received 3 Apr 2025Fourwents House 1 Sweets Lane East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JF
Received 3 Apr 202519 Mountfield Park Tonbridge Kent TN9 2DE
Received 3 Apr 202558 Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BX
Received 2 Apr 2025Dux Farm Buildings Dux Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent
Received 2 Apr 20256 Chippendale Close Chatham Kent ME5 9EF
Received 2 Apr 2025125 Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1QE
Received 2 Apr 2025Shell Garage Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3ED
Received 2 Apr 2025Unit 1 Wood Close Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent ME20 7UB
Received 2 Apr 202591 The Street Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5LU
Received 1 Apr 2025St Marys St Marys Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AN
Received 1 Apr 2025Cedar House St Marys Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AJ
Received 1 Apr 2025The Studio 2 Granary Place Stansted Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7DZ
Received 1 Apr 2025The Lodge 1 Granary Place Stansted Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7DZ
Received 1 Apr 202552 Forest Grove Tonbridge Kent TN10 3ES
Received 1 Apr 20253 Hadlow Castle High Street Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0EG
Received 1 Apr 2025Gate Lodge Cottage 2 New Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DD
Received 1 Apr 2025Marley Site London Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RW
Received 31 Mar 202552 Forest Grove Tonbridge Kent TN10 3ES
Received 31 Mar 2025Thurland Mill Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LU
Received 31 Mar 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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