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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.
3,746 approved · 340 refused · 327 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
9 The Rushes Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6QU
Received 4 Apr 20245 Cornfield Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 3PT
Received 3 Apr 202447 Hopgarden Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4QT
Received 18 Mar 2024Ashbudd Oast 19 Snodland Road Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JF
Received 18 Mar 2024Lawn Farm Beech Road Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QT
Received 18 Mar 20245 Chatfield Way East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6QD
Received 11 Mar 2024Development Site Land East Of Kiln Barn Road And West Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 11 Mar 2024Grove Farm Maidstone Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 11 Mar 2024Trench Farm Coldharbour Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LE
Received 11 Mar 2024138 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1AX
Received 11 Mar 2024138 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1AX
Received 11 Mar 20246 Chatfield Way East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6QD
Received 11 Mar 2024Wateringbury Hotel 103 Tonbridge Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5NS
Received 11 Mar 2024Land East Of, Kingstanding Way, Royal Tunbridge Wells
Received 11 Mar 202428 West Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QX
Received 15 Feb 20241 Albion Drive Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6FG
Received 7 Mar 2024Land East Of, Kingstanding Way, Royal Tunbridge Wells
Received 11 Mar 2024The Sycamores London Road Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5DA
Received 11 Mar 20244 Stocks Green Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9AD
Received 11 Mar 20248 Old Hadlow Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4EZ
Received 11 Mar 2024Land Opposite The Paddocks Birling Road Leybourne West Malling Kent
Received 8 Mar 2024Wrotham Hill Park Fairseat Lane Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7PY
Received 8 Mar 20249 Higham Lane Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JB
Received 8 Mar 2024Park Cottage School Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QD
Received 8 Mar 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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