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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.
3,570 approved · 316 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Paris House 133 The Rocks Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AU
Received 10 Mar 202511 Mabledon Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2TQ
Received 10 Mar 202523 Westwood Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5DE
Received 10 Mar 202520 Barchester Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4HR
Received 10 Mar 2025Land West Of 1 Church Farm Cottages Church Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5LB
Received 10 Mar 2025Land Between Oldbury Hatch And Oldbury House Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 9 May 202565 Annetts Hall Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8DY
Received 8 May 2025Land Between Oldbury Hatch And Oldbury House Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 8 May 20251 Dry Hill Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LT
Received 8 May 2025Birling Road Leybourne West Malling Kent
Received 7 May 2025Old London Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 7 May 2025Trinity Court Rochester Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7BQ
Received 24 Apr 2025Old School House Old School Lane Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5LP
Received 24 Apr 2025Philpots Cottage Philpots Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8PB
Received 24 Apr 2025228 Station Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7JH
Received 24 Apr 2025The Cedar Store Postern Lane Tonbridge Kent TN11 0QU
Received 24 Apr 2025Agricultural Land West Of Wingfield Bank Sandy Lane Ryarsh West Malling Kent
Received 23 Apr 202516 Hop Bine Close East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5JN
Received 7 Apr 2025Phase 5 Area 3C, Worrall Drive, Wouldham, Rochester
Received 7 Apr 2025Phase 5 Area 3C, Worrall Drive, Wouldham, Rochester
Received 7 Apr 2025Brackenwood Pine Tree Lane Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NJ
Received 7 Apr 2025Allington Waste Management Facility Laverstoke Road Allington Maidstone Kent ME16 0LE
Received 7 Apr 2025117 Higham Lane Tonbridge Kent TN10 4BX
Received 7 Apr 2025Juniper House 123 Teston Road West Malling Kent ME19 6PQ
Received 7 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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