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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.
3,790 approved · 344 refused · 331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Woodfield Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LG
Received 13 Dec 202315 Fartherwell Avenue West Malling Kent ME19 6NQ
Received 13 Dec 202345 Acorn Grove Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EL
Received 13 Dec 2023Development Site Land North Of Lower Haysden Lane Tonbridge Kent
Received 13 Dec 2023Development Site Land And Buildings North And West Of St Marys Church Old Church Road Burham Rochester Kent
Received 13 Dec 2023Development Site Land And Buildings North And West Of St Marys Church Old Church Road Burham Rochester Kent
Received 13 Dec 2023Elmhurst Bates Hill Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HB
Received 12 Dec 2023Eaglehurst Bates Hill Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HB
Received 12 Dec 202314 Smithers Close Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0LU
Received 12 Dec 2023675 London Road Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6DF
Received 12 Dec 2023Land Northwest Of Bell Lane Burham Rochester Kent
Received 12 Dec 2023The Barn Ightham Court Fen Pond Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9JF
Received 12 Dec 2023Titheward Three Elm Lane Golden Green Tonbridge Kent TN11 0BA
Received 12 Dec 2023Titheward Three Elm Lane Golden Green Tonbridge Kent TN11 0BA
Received 12 Dec 2023Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 8 Dec 2023The Old Rectory Aldon Lane Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PH
Received 8 Dec 20232 Bream Close Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6FW
Received 13 Nov 202370 Greentrees Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NE
Received 7 Dec 2023Land South Of Barming Station And East Of, Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Received 27 Sept 20235 Ascot Close Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8HL
Received 7 Dec 20239 Godden Road Snodland Kent ME6 5HF
Received 7 Dec 2023Bray Cottage St Marys Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AP
Received 7 Dec 2023The Judd School Brook Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 2PN
Received 23 Nov 2023Judd School Sports Pavilion Lower Haysden Lane Tonbridge Kent
Received 16 Nov 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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