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Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates6,875Searchable applications
860Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 4,109 approved or refused records
341Refused applications
3,768 approved · 341 refused · 331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Local planPre-application advice Pre-application planning adviceConservation areas Protected trees, listed buildings and conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.applications@tmbc.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01732876230Council source
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- General council enquiriesplanning.enforcement@tmbc.gov.ukCouncil source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas60 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Unknown24/00077/TPOC
1 x triple stemmed Birch Birch (shown in applicants photos - one stem failed failed and decay apparent at the base of the other two) - Remove. Standing in Woodland W6 of Tree Preservation Order
10 Chippendale Close Chatham Kent ME5 9EF
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Unknown24/00076/TPOC
1 x fallen Ash - Remove. T1 of Tree Preservation Order
Land At Malling Court Mill Street East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00081/LB
Listed Building Application: Replace the 1960/1970s ground floor single glazed picture window and door from the dining room to the garden side on the rear of the single storey extension and replace with aluminium bifold doors
14A Bordyke Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NN
Received 18 Jan 2024 - Unknown24/00080/LDP
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: extended dropped kerb
1 The Cherry Orchard Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HU
Received 18 Jan 2024 - Unknown24/00079/PDVDAS
Prior notification: The enlargement of a dwellinghouse by the construction of additional storeys: Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended): Removal of existing roof, construction of new walls up above existing walls to form new first floor walls. Erection of new roof.
Cedar Grange 64A Sevenoaks Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8AP
Received 18 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00082/TPOC
T752 (Applicant's ref.)- Sweet Chestnut:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Dead stems within falling distance of garden to north. Standing in Woodland W3 of Tree Preservation Order 88/10084/TPO (small area of coppice woodland to the rear and south of 34, 36, 38 and 38A Bradbourne Lane).T812 (Applicant's ref.)- Sweet Chestnut:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Dead stem over 150mm diameter over footpath. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order 80/10069/TPO (Deadman Wood).T813 (Applicant's ref.)- Sweet Chestnut:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Dead stem over 150mm diameter over footpath. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order 80/10069/TPO (Deadman Wood). T814 (Applicant's ref.)- Sweet Chestnut:- Fell to ground Level. Reasons for work: Dead stems over 150mm diameter over footpath. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order 80/10069/TPO (Deadman Wood).T815 (Applicant's ref.)- Common Ash:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Advanced ash dieback symptoms. Dead/heavily declining stems over 150mm diameter over low use footpath. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order 80/10069/TPO (Deadman Wood).T824 (Applicant's ref.)- Sweet Chestnut:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Multi stem tree. Stem heavily declined from upper crown. Large diameter and over low use footpath. Cause of dieback not known (possibly P. ramorum) Tree unlikely to recover. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order 80/10069/TPO (Deadman Wood).T825 (Applicant's ref.)- Sweet Chestnut:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Stem heavily declined from upper crown. Large diameter stems within falling distance of low use footpath. Cause of dieback not known.(possibly P. ramorum) Tree unlikely to recover. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order 80/10069/TPO (Deadman Wood).T847 (Applicant's ref.)- Atlas Cedar:- Fell to 8m monolith. Reasons for work: Dead tree within falling distance footpath to west. Stand
East Malling Research Station New Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 18 Jan 2024 - Unknown24/00078/FL
Removal of soil bund and erection of 1x 3 bedroom detached dwelling with associated parking and landscaping
Land South Of 119 Windmill Hill Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7SX
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00075/TPOC
4 x Sweet chestnut clusters (1 of applicants plan) - Coppice the trees to let them re-generate as per how they would have been normally managed. Standing in Woodland W2 of Tree Preservation Order
25 Avion Gardens Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4RH
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Unknown24/00066/TPOC
1 x Oak (applicants ref. T3) - Crown raise to 3m. T1 of Tree Preservation Order
Addington Green Addington West Malling Kent
Received 4 Dec 2023 - Unknown24/00074/TNCA
1. Remove Ash Tree with die back at the front of the property 2. Remove small Silver Birch tree at the front of the property3. Remove large Eucalyptus at the rear of the property.
Meadow House Mereworth Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JH
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Unknown24/00072/FL
Proposed first floor side extension over existing
18 Foalhurst Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4HA
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00070/TPOC
T1, twin stemmed Ash (marked as red circle on sketch plan) standing close to rear boundary within rear garden and T2, single Ash (marked as green circle on sketch plan) standing close to rear boundary, also within rear garden. Proposed re-pollarding to previous points, from existing height of 13m to 7m. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order
24 Acorn Grove Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EW
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00073/FL
Change of use of land from agricultural to residential
Comp Corner Seven Mile Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QZ
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00069/RD
Details of Condition 4 (Archaeological Report) submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/23/01185/FL (Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (Plans list) and 22 (Boundary and acoustic fences) of planning permission TM/20/02239/FL and allowed planning appeal ref. APP/H2265/W/21/3279132 (Construction of 9 detached dwellings together with associated access, landscaping and drainage works). Changes to the design and layout of plots 1, 2, 3 and 6, plus boundary treatment)
Development Site South Of 1 And 2 Orwell Spike West Malling Kent
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00067/NMA
Non- Material Amendment to planning permission TM/23/01470/FL to allow the omission of the proposed basement and consequential minor replanning of the internal ground floor, the minor replanning of the internal first and second floors, the addition of 2 no. rooflights to the north elevation pitched roof, minor alterations to the ground floor fenestration to the north and east elevations and applicant selected recycled vintage feature entrance door
Park View 53 Mount Pleasant Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JJ
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00068/AT
Advertisement Consent for: 1 off set of illuminated 'LR' letters. 1 off illuminated 'LR' logo. 1 off non illuminated Welcome totem sign. 1 off non illuminated Parking totem sign. 1 off non illuminated Customer Promise totem sign. 1 off illuminated 'LR' totem sign. 1 off illuminated 'LR' logo. 1 off set of illuminated 'Approved Used' letters. Signage to cover both units 1 and 3 Wood Close
Unit 1 Wood Close Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent ME20 7UB
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Unknown24/00060/MIN
Consultation by KCC: Detailed management plan for the final restoration of the the site pursuant to Condition 38 of planning permission TM/22/2292 (KCC reference 0175/2023)
Borough Green Sand Pit Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8AR
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Unknown24/00063/TNCA
T1 cherry standing upon the front lawn of the applicant's garden. Proposed is the crown reduction/shaping, from 7m (height) x 6m (lateral spread) to 5m x 5m respectively, with a crown raise to 2m. 10% int thinning & removal of deadwood as found.
Cuttings Cottage Green Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5DX
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Unknown24/00061/TNCA
T1, copper beech. To have crown reduction of approx 30% from current height/lateral spread of 12m and 5m to 8m & 4m respectively. Internal thinning of 10% & removal of deadwood as found.
Long Gore Cottage West Green Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5DX
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00062/RD
Details of condition 5 (landscaping) pursuant to planning permission TM/23/01194/FL (Extension of an outbuilding to create new accommodation)
Rose Cottage North Down Plaxdale Green Road Stansted Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7PB
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Unknown24/00059/TNCA
Vegetation (tree(s)) to side of house 26 by lamp post: cut back as specified in KCC Highways Guidelines
Upper Mill East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BF
Received 23 Nov 2023 - Decided24/00058/RD
Details of condition 24 (Acoustic Mitigation) pursuant to planning permission TM/18/03034/OAEA (Outline Application: Redevelopment to provide up to 210 Class C3 residential units, together with landscaping, open space and other associated works. All matters reserved for future approval except for access (site 5.2-5.3)
Development Site North And East Of Jubilee Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Unknown24/00056/TNCA
1 x Sycamore (T1 applicants plan). This fairly mature, single stemmed tree stands along the fence line and within the applicant's boundary, at 17m high and with lateral spread of 8m. Proposed is the crown reduction of 30% to a height of 12m and lateral spread of 6m. Internal thinning of 10% and removal of deadwood as found.1 x Beech (T2 applicants plan). This mature multi-stemmed tree straddles the fence line but stands wholly within the boundary of the applicant's garden. Current height and spread is 18m and 9m and proposed is a 30% crown reduction to 12m and 7m respectively, with 10% internal thinning and removal of deadwood as found.1 x Larch (T3 applicants plan). Proposed is the removal of the single lower north facing branch, leaving a 1m peg where it reaches across the public footpath. [AMENDED PROPOSAL WITH CORRECT SPECIES FOR T3]
Nevill Lodge 2 Town Hill West Malling Kent ME19 6TF
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/00057/FL
Demolish existing shed and replace with a timber frame outbuilding as office and gym space
31 Baker Lane Tonbridge Kent TN11 0FA
Received 15 Jan 2024
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