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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.
3,752 approved · 341 refused · 329 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
565 Maidstone Road Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9QP
Received 21 Feb 2024The Farmhouse The Street Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5LS
Received 21 Feb 2024South Aylesford Retail Park Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent
Received 20 Feb 2024130 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1DE
Received 19 Feb 2024Crimmond The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QQ
Received 19 Feb 2024268 Shipbourne Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3EX
Received 19 Feb 20241 Caxton Mews Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BZ
Received 19 Feb 202424 Fairview Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 2UU
Received 19 Feb 20242 Garden Mews Garden Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PT
Received 19 Feb 2024Ightham Mote Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NT
Received 19 Feb 2024Click Aylesford Frank Sando Way Aylesford Kent
Received 19 Feb 20243 Gilletts Lane East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AS
Received 19 Feb 2024Cedar House St Marys Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AJ
Received 19 Feb 202487 Pippin Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4FQ
Received 19 Feb 2024The Coach House 285 Broadwater Road West Malling Kent ME19 6HT
Received 19 Feb 2024Court Lodge Plaxdale Green Road Stansted Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7PG
Received 19 Feb 2024Plaxtol Church Church Hill Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent
Received 19 Feb 2024The Firs Tonbridge Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AT
Received 19 Feb 202424 Lingfield Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HJ
Received 16 Feb 202454 Carpenters Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0EL
Received 16 Feb 2024Teston Cottage Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NG
Received 16 Feb 2024Teston Cottage Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NG
Received 16 Feb 20248 Chapel Close Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5LT
Received 15 Feb 202411 Arundel Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 2UG
Received 15 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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