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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3,750 approved · 341 refused · 329 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Orchard The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QG
Received 28 Feb 202461 Lavender Hill Tonbridge Kent TN9 2AU
Received 27 Feb 2024Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 27 Feb 2024Development Site South And West Of Cobdown House Station Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 27 Feb 2024Development Site North And East Of Jubilee Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 27 Feb 20242 Meadow Walk Snodland Kent ME6 5EP
Received 27 Feb 202446 Old Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5ET
Received 27 Feb 2024Newlands The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QH
Received 26 Feb 202469 Cobdown Close Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6SZ
Received 26 Feb 202432 St Bernards Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3NL
Received 26 Feb 202436 Rocks Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AE
Received 26 Feb 202489 Discovery Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4DJ
Received 26 Feb 2024408 Lunsford Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6HY
Received 26 Feb 2024Platt Common House Platt Common Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8JX
Received 26 Feb 2024Buildings At Trench Farm Coldharbour Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 26 Feb 2024Brackenhill Service Station 82 - 106 Maidstone Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HG
Received 26 Feb 2024Trogmarsh Leigh Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9AH
Received 26 Feb 202419 Cheviot Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NH
Received 26 Feb 2024Land Rear Of 239 To 259 London Road West Malling Kent
Received 23 Feb 202412 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Received 23 Feb 2024Church Of The Good Shepherd Quarry Hill Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8SH
Received 21 Feb 2024Munsukh House 3 Orwell Spike West Malling Kent ME19 4PB
Received 21 Feb 202413 The Rocks Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AT
Received 21 Feb 2024Land East Of Heronshaw Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 21 Feb 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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