Understanding planning · 13 min read
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3,565 approved · 315 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
3 Shields Cottages The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QW
Received 27 Mar 2025Hollybush House 11 The Haydens Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NS
Received 27 Mar 2025Mere House 54 The Street Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5NA
Received 27 Mar 20252 Cedar Crescent Tonbridge Kent TN10 3QW
Received 27 Mar 2025Stanley House 17 Dry Hill Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LU
Received 27 Mar 2025Manor Farm Easterfields East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BE
Received 27 Mar 2025Cobdown Sports Ground Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 27 Mar 202536 Forstal Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7AU
Received 27 Mar 2025Flat 3 The Old Power Station 26 The Slade Tonbridge Kent TN9 1HR
Received 27 Mar 2025Flat 3 The Old Power Station 26 The Slade Tonbridge Kent TN9 1HR
Received 27 Mar 20255 - 6 Railway Approach Tonbridge Kent TN9 2RQ
Received 27 Mar 202511 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AB
Received 27 Mar 202511 London Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3AB
Received 27 Mar 2025120 Malling Road Snodland Kent ME6 5ND
Received 27 Mar 2025Elm View Old School Lane Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5LP
Received 27 Mar 202554 Lapins Lane Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4LA
Received 26 Mar 202511 Beaulieu Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3TE
Received 26 Mar 2025Roughway Farm Roughway Lane Roughway Tonbridge Kent
Received 26 Mar 2025Rathlea London Road Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5PL
Received 26 Mar 2025Old Florence Place 152 - 154 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HW
Received 26 Mar 2025Manor Park Country Park St Leonards Street West Malling Kent
Received 26 Mar 2025Pinewood Depot Winterfield Lane East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 26 Mar 2025The Holmesdale School Malling Road Snodland Kent ME6 5HS
Received 26 Mar 202574 Greentrees Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NE
Received 26 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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