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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.
3,567 approved · 315 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
85 Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3EG
Received 24 Mar 202516 Hawden Close Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9BP
Received 24 Mar 2025Coldrum House Coldrum Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5EG
Received 24 Mar 2025Bulawayo House Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PD
Received 24 Mar 2025Cherry Hay Philpots Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8PB
Received 24 Mar 202553 Pembury Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2JB
Received 24 Mar 202529 The Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7LQ
Received 24 Mar 2025102 Snoll Hatch Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5DX
Received 24 Mar 2025The Spinney London Road Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RS
Received 21 Mar 2025Little Holt Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DU
Received 21 Mar 2025Gate Lodge Cottage 2 New Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DD
Received 21 Mar 2025The Woodman Sweets Lane East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JF
Received 21 Mar 2025Gate Lodge Cottage 2 New Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DD
Received 21 Mar 2025235 Rochester Road Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3SE
Received 21 Mar 2025Church Of St James Church Walk East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AG
Received 21 Mar 2025Gate Lodge Cottage 2 New Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DD
Received 20 Mar 2025Former Ryarsh Place Farm Birling Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent
Received 20 Mar 202554 Hall Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QY
Received 20 Mar 2025Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 20 Mar 202512 Brockway Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HS
Received 20 Mar 202518 Aviator Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4ZF
Received 20 Mar 2025Budds Oast Mote Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QD
Received 20 Mar 2025Bank House 74 Ryarsh Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JR
Received 19 Mar 2025Bank House 74 Ryarsh Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JR
Received 19 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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