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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.
3,750 approved · 341 refused · 328 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Nutfield House 66 Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BX
Received 8 Mar 2024West Green Farm Hildenborough Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PU
Received 7 Mar 2024High Hilden House 6G High Hilden Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DB
Received 7 Mar 2024Barons Place 215 Willow Wents Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5NF
Received 7 Mar 202421 Busbridge Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BD
Received 7 Mar 20246 Redhouse Gardens Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PN
Received 7 Mar 202428 Estridge Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JT
Received 7 Mar 2024North Frith North Frith Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 7 Mar 2024Leathercote House Fen Pond Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9JD
Received 7 Mar 202456 Town Hill West Malling Kent ME19 6QN
Received 6 Mar 2024Peters Barn 3 St Marys View Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3ZS
Received 6 Mar 202419 Hartfield Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JP
Received 6 Mar 2024Development Site At 84 And 86 Mill Hall Aylesford Kent
Received 6 Mar 20241 The Birches Tonbridge Kent TN9 2UR
Received 4 Mar 2024South East Water Ltd Rocfort Road Snodland Kent ME6 5NQ
Received 4 Mar 2024Rose Cottage 491 Station Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QR
Received 4 Mar 2024176 Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3EL
Received 4 Mar 202450 Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4AF
Received 4 Mar 202450 Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4AF
Received 4 Mar 2024Crouch Farm House Long Mill Lane Crouch Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QD
Received 1 Mar 2024Land Rear Of 182 High Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 1 Mar 2024Oakhill House 130 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9DZ
Received 1 Mar 2024Oakhill House 4 Langdon Down Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9FE
Received 1 Mar 2024Oakhill House 4 Langdon Down Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9FE
Received 1 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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