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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.
3,767 approved · 341 refused · 331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Bradbourne Lane Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 22 Feb 2024Park Farm Cottage Bradbourne Lane Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6PE
Received 22 Feb 20248 Mill Bank Tonbridge Kent TN9 1PY
Received 22 Feb 20246 Oldbury Close Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DJ
Received 5 Feb 2024Ightham Mote Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NT
Received 5 Feb 202451 Rochester Road Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3SP
Received 2 Feb 202418 Cromer Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1UP
Received 2 Feb 202410 Oakhurst Park Gardens Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8BF
Received 2 Feb 2024Orchard House Pepingstraw Close Offham West Malling Kent
Received 2 Feb 202423 Estridge Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JT
Received 2 Feb 202420 Legge Lane Birling West Malling Kent ME19 5JH
Received 1 Feb 2024St Saviours Church Dry Hill Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3BJ
Received 24 Jan 2024Land Part Of Coxs Wood Tumblefield Road Stansted Sevenoaks Kent
Received 22 Jan 2024Trees East Of Meteor Road West Malling Kent
Received 18 Jan 2024Land At Platt Woods Off Platt Common Platt Sevenoaks Kent
Received 18 Jan 20247 Castle Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BH
Received 24 Jan 2024Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 24 Jan 2024Land South Of Quarry Bank Quarry Bank Tonbridge Kent
Received 18 Jan 2024Land Parcel 1 Silver Close Tonbridge Kent
Received 18 Jan 2024Land Known As Priory Wood Vauxhall Lane Tonbridge Kent
Received 18 Jan 2024Land Parcel 1 Salisbury Road Tonbridge Kent
Received 18 Jan 202410 Fairfield Way Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9ET
Received 24 Jan 2024Cobwebs Cottage Long Mill Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8LZ
Received 24 Jan 2024Bow Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent
Received 23 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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