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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.
3,753 approved · 341 refused · 329 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Wroxton Lodge 8 Saxon Close Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4SA
Received 15 Feb 2024Little Rhoden Farm Bells Farm Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5NA
Received 15 Feb 202417 Coldharbour Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JT
Received 14 Feb 202463 Cherry Orchard Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6QS
Received 13 Feb 202425 Fosse Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1HX
Received 14 Feb 202414 Dryland Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8SG
Received 14 Feb 202451 Waterloo Walk Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4QS
Received 13 Feb 2024Cherry Tree Farmhouse Pilgrims Way Aylesford Kent ME20 7DD
Received 13 Feb 20241 Helen Keller Close Royal West Kent Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NY
Received 12 Feb 2024Land Eastern Part Of Former Aylesford Newsprint South Of Invicta Park New Hythe Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent
Received 12 Feb 2024Oakhill House 130 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9DZ
Received 12 Feb 2024Land To The East Of 14 Park Road Leybourne West Malling Kent
Received 12 Feb 20244 Brindles Field Tonbridge Kent TN9 2YS
Received 12 Feb 202443 St Marys Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LE
Received 12 Feb 202411 Millbrook Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5QJ
Received 12 Feb 2024The Spitfire 1 Liberty Square Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4AU
Received 12 Feb 20248 Laurie Gray Avenue Chatham Kent ME5 9DF
Received 12 Feb 202434 Chestnut Close Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4FP
Received 9 Feb 20242 Britten Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4EG
Received 9 Feb 20242 Britten Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4EG
Received 9 Feb 2024Stocketts Aldon Lane Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PH
Received 9 Feb 20242 Truro Walk Tonbridge Kent TN10 4QH
Received 9 Feb 2024Ruffits Farm House Fen Pond Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9JF
Received 9 Feb 2024Preston Fields Tonbridge Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AN
Received 9 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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