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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.
3,788 approved · 342 refused · 331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Houselands Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1JJ
Received 15 Dec 2023Land Part Of Style Place Farm Court Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 15 Dec 2023The Cottage Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NU
Received 15 Dec 2023Three Elm Service Station Hadlow Road East Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AE
Received 15 Dec 202329 Dry Hill Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LU
Received 14 Dec 202313 Appletons Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0DT
Received 23 Nov 2023Michaelmas Cottage Stan Lane West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JT
Received 14 Dec 2023Old Forge Cottage Forge Lane West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JP
Received 10 Nov 2023Great Budds House Mote Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QD
Received 10 Nov 2023Peregrine Road Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 1 Nov 20238 The Mead Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5QZ
Received 5 Dec 2023Old Allens Allens Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QZ
Received 14 Dec 2023Old Allens Allens Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QZ
Received 14 Dec 202314 Hardwick Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LA
Received 14 Dec 2023Chestnuts 2 Holtwood Avenue Aylesford Kent ME20 7QJ
Received 14 Dec 20236 Lancer Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4QR
Received 14 Dec 202351 Maidstone Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HE
Received 13 Dec 20235 Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HX
Received 13 Dec 2023Farriers Pinesfield Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5EN
Received 13 Dec 2023Ashwell Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0PG
Received 13 Dec 2023Grimbles Ashes Lane Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AN
Received 13 Dec 2023Copthall Ismays Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9BB
Received 17 Nov 20236 Lancer Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4QR
Received 13 Dec 2023Barfield House Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PD
Received 13 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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