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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.
3,572 approved · 316 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
31 Castle Way Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5HF
Received 5 Mar 2025Green Leas Pilgrims Way Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7NN
Received 5 Mar 2025Royal British Legion Industries Hall Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7NX
Received 4 Mar 20255 The Terrace Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0DL
Received 4 Mar 202515 Lucas Road Snodland Kent ME6 5PY
Received 4 Mar 2025The Courtyard Vigo Road Fairseat Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7LU
Received 4 Mar 2025Little Holt Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DU
Received 4 Mar 2025Little Cluny The Street Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HE
Received 4 Mar 202570 The Lakes Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6GL
Received 4 Mar 202514 Quindell Place Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4GQ
Received 3 Mar 2025178 Butchers Lane Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QE
Received 3 Mar 2025Church House 137 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6ND
Received 3 Mar 2025Upland 130 Maidstone Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HQ
Received 3 Mar 2025Little Barns Goose Green Farm Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JJ
Received 3 Mar 2025Land East Of Courtyard Gardens West Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AR
Received 3 Mar 202510 Sycamore Drive Aylesford Kent ME20 7LD
Received 3 Mar 2025The Roses Dunks Green Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9RU
Received 3 Mar 2025The Roses Dunks Green Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9RU
Received 3 Mar 20257 Castle Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BH
Received 3 Mar 2025Hugh Christie Technology College White Cottage Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4PU
Received 3 Mar 2025Olive Tree Cottage 17 Windmill Lane East West Malling Kent ME19 6HS
Received 3 Mar 202552 Marston Close Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9BY
Received 3 Mar 2025Malling Well House The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QL
Received 3 Mar 202532 Springfield Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6JE
Received 3 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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