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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.
3,760 approved · 341 refused · 330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Playing Fields Tonbridge School High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JP
Received 9 Feb 2024Wealden Hall 773 London Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6DE
Received 9 Feb 2024Rose Cottage Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8NB
Received 9 Feb 2024Woodford Old Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AH
Received 8 Feb 202436 Carpenters Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0EJ
Received 8 Feb 2024Stags Head 9 Stafford Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1HT
Received 8 Feb 2024Offham Quarry Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PD
Received 2 Feb 202448 Carpenters Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0EL
Received 8 Feb 2024The Coach House Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NZ
Received 8 Feb 202450 Carpenters Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0EL
Received 8 Feb 2024Unit 18 Mills Road Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent ME20 7XB
Received 8 Feb 20241 Caxton Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0EN
Received 8 Feb 2024Marlfield Cottage 48A Pembury Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2JE
Received 7 Feb 202413 Wood Close Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent ME20 7UB
Received 7 Feb 20243 Railway Approach Tonbridge Kent TN9 2RQ
Received 7 Feb 2024Potters Mead Borough Green Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RD
Received 7 Feb 2024Brambleside Upper Green Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PH
Received 7 Feb 20244 The Gables Lyons Crescent Tonbridge Kent TN9 1ES
Received 7 Feb 2024The Malling School Beech Road East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DH
Received 14 Dec 20239 Eagle Close Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6QF
Received 7 Feb 2024Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 7 Feb 202481 Cornwallis Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LL
Received 6 Feb 2024Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 6 Feb 2024Land Parcel 8 Hurst Hill Walderslade Chatham Kent
Received 6 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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