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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3,565 approved · 315 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
4 Little Oxley Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5QU
Received 26 Mar 2025245 Robin Hood Lane Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9QU
Received 26 Mar 2025Chance Cottage Bates Hill Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HB
Received 26 Mar 202568 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9BT
Received 26 Mar 20252 Woodview Crescent Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HD
Received 26 Mar 20252 Woodview Crescent Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HD
Received 26 Mar 2025Former Caradon Doors And Windows Ltd College Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 7SX
Received 25 Mar 2025Hadlow Rural Community School Tonbridge Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AU
Received 25 Mar 202537 Avion Gardens Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4RH
Received 25 Mar 2025Land Part Of Mill Farm North Of 39, Mill Lane, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5PE
Received 25 Mar 2025High Weald House Stocks Green Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8LT
Received 25 Mar 2025High Weald House Stocks Green Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8LT
Received 25 Mar 2025Land Northeast Of Stable Villa Maidstone Road Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent
Received 25 Mar 2025Hamptons Park Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SR
Received 20 Mar 2025Hamptons Park Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SR
Received 20 Mar 20251 Oak Drive Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6NN
Received 25 Mar 20253 Seabrook Close Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4UZ
Received 24 Mar 202571 Estridge Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JX
Received 24 Mar 202513 Lyons Crescent Tonbridge Kent TN9 1EX
Received 24 Mar 2025Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 12 Feb 2025Postern Park Quarry, Postern Lane, Tonbridge, Kent
Received 24 Mar 202524 Deakin Leas Tonbridge Kent TN9 2JU
Received 24 Mar 202524 Estridge Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JT
Received 24 Mar 202547 Barden Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1UG
Received 24 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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