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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.
3,761 approved · 341 refused · 331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church House 137 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6ND
Received 30 Jan 202432 Pound Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5BE
Received 30 Jan 2024Hanover Green Springfield Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6HG
Received 29 Jan 2024Marlfield Cottage 48A Pembury Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2JE
Received 29 Jan 2024Rose Cottage 210 Canon Lane Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PJ
Received 29 Jan 20247 Preston Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1UH
Received 29 Jan 2024Strawberry Fields Long Mill Lane Crouch Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QB
Received 29 Jan 2024Cedar House St Marys Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AJ
Received 29 Jan 202443 Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6HF
Received 26 Jan 2024Land Adjacent To Cobbetts 8 Warren Road Chatham Kent
Received 26 Jan 2024Annexe At 229 Canon Lane Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PJ
Received 26 Jan 20247 Pen Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JN
Received 26 Jan 2024Land Rear Of 239 To 259 London Road West Malling Kent
Received 26 Jan 202443 Church Street Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3SB
Received 25 Jan 2024Farley Cottage Copt Hall Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DT
Received 25 Jan 2024East Malling Research Station New Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 18 Jan 2024Development Site At Keepers Lodge Common Road Chatham Kent
Received 25 Jan 2024North Frith North Frith Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 25 Jan 202422 Papion Grove Chatham Kent ME5 9BS
Received 25 Jan 2024Park House 7 North Frith Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QW
Received 25 Jan 20246 Mill Lane Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent ME5 9RB
Received 6 Mar 2024Crouch Farm House Long Mill Lane Crouch Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QD
Received 1 Mar 202434 Quarry Bank Tonbridge Kent TN9 2QZ
Received 6 Mar 202467 Baltic Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LT
Received 5 Mar 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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