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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.
3,771 approved · 341 refused · 331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Park House 7 North Frith Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QW
Received 8 Jan 2024Ightham Mote Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NT
Received 8 Jan 202450 Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4AF
Received 8 Jan 20242 Lionel Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2TD
Received 8 Jan 202425 Hilden Park Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9BL
Received 8 Jan 20241 Blacklands Drive East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6DT
Received 8 Jan 2024Honeycomb Cottage 46 High Street Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3UT
Received 8 Jan 2024Downlands Taylors Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5DR
Received 8 Jan 2024Ford Villa Scarborough Lane Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3XU
Received 29 Dec 2023Nizels Golf Club Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NX
Received 4 Jan 20247 Chatfield Way East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6QD
Received 4 Jan 202424 Deakin Leas Tonbridge Kent TN9 2JU
Received 21 Dec 2023153 Woodlands Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6HB
Received 21 Dec 2023Alans Hectare Cemetery Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0LT
Received 15 Dec 202361 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6NA
Received 4 Jan 2024Woodland Open Space Rear Of 23 To 33 Woodbury Road Walderslade Chatham Kent
Received 30 Nov 2023Dove Cottage Lower Street Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8PT
Received 15 Dec 2023Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 14 Dec 20238 Estridge Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JT
Received 14 Dec 2023Orpin Avenue Leybourne West Malling Kent
Received 3 Jan 202497 Rochester Road Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3SG
Received 11 Dec 2023Glebe Lodge Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8JR
Received 11 Dec 2023Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 1 Nov 20234 - 6 New Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6AD
Received 5 Dec 2023Records 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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