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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.
3,745 approved · 340 refused · 327 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 2023 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Post Office Church Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JL
Received 12 Mar 2024The Old Post Office Church Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JL
Received 12 Mar 2024Development Site Between 1 Tower View And 35 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 12 Mar 2024The Old Farmhouse Hartlake Road Golden Green Tonbridge Kent TN11 0BL
Received 12 Mar 2024The Old Farmhouse Hartlake Road Golden Green Tonbridge Kent TN11 0BL
Received 12 Mar 202426 The Rocks Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AT
Received 12 Mar 2024130 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1DE
Received 12 Mar 2024Bells Farm 501 Bells Farm Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0JR
Received 9 May 2024Hadlow Village Hall Marshall Gardens Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HQ
Received 8 May 2024The Brambles Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
Received 8 May 202439 Elmshurst Gardens Tonbridge Kent TN10 3QT
Received 8 May 2024Development Site Land West Of Winterfield Lane East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 22 Apr 2024Downlands Taylors Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5DR
Received 22 Apr 20244 Oslin Walk Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4GE
Received 22 Apr 2024Hamptons Park Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SR
Received 16 Apr 2024The Portreeves House East Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1HP
Received 22 Apr 2024235 Woodlands Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QF
Received 22 Apr 202410 Toddington Crescent Chatham Kent ME5 9QT
Received 22 Apr 202424B Hollow Lane Snodland Kent ME6 5LR
Received 22 Apr 20246 Griggs Way Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HW
Received 22 Apr 202436 Hilden Park Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9BL
Received 19 Apr 2024Land Northwest Of Bell Lane Burham Rochester Kent
Received 19 Apr 2024156 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HW
Received 4 Apr 2024Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 4 Apr 2024Records 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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