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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3,760 approved · 341 refused · 330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 The Ridgeway Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NH
Received 6 Feb 20247 The Links Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5RX
Received 6 Feb 20243 Nutfields Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9EA
Received 5 Feb 2024Sotts Hole Cottage Crouch Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QL
Received 5 Feb 2024The Granary Hawden Farm Hawden Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9BG
Received 5 Feb 20241 Reams Farm Cottages Lower Street Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8PT
Received 5 Feb 202424 Mount Pleasant Aylesford Kent ME20 7BE
Received 5 Feb 2024The White House 169 Tonbridge Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5NU
Received 1 Feb 2024Hareforest Estate Church Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5SU
Received 1 Feb 2024Little Tottington Court 360 Rochester Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7ED
Received 1 Feb 2024Applegarth Farm High Cross Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NN
Received 1 Feb 2024Tesco Leybourne Way Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6RJ
Received 31 Jan 2024The Spinney London Road Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7RS
Received 31 Jan 202415 Cherry Grove Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NA
Received 31 Jan 2024Development Site South Of 1 And 2 Orwell Spike West Malling Kent
Received 31 Jan 2024Nationwide Building Society 69 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6NA
Received 31 Jan 2024Nationwide Building Society 69 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6NA
Received 31 Jan 202427 Dry Hill Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LU
Received 31 Jan 202419 Audley Rise Tonbridge Kent TN9 1XU
Received 30 Jan 202463B The Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LS
Received 30 Jan 2024Sunnyfields 6C High Hilden Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DB
Received 30 Jan 2024Hollanden Park Oast Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LH
Received 30 Jan 2024Central Lodge Gravesend Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7JW
Received 30 Jan 2024The Eagle Pinesfield Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5EL
Received 30 Jan 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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