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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.
3,712 approved · 332 refused · 326 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land East Of A229 And West Of Chatham Road Aylesford Kent
Received 20 May 202419 West Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QX
Received 20 May 202460A Priory Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 2AW
Received 17 May 202412A Brookmead Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9DL
Received 17 May 202410 Walnut Tree Court London Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6HQ
Received 17 May 2024Land North Of 351 Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 17 May 2024Land North Of Lodge Farmhouse High Street Aylesford Kent
Received 17 May 202429 Primrose Drive Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EG
Received 17 May 2024Merlins Brook Park Road Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5BQ
Received 17 May 2024Land Rear Of 21 To 31 Avion Gardens Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4RH
Received 17 May 202426 High Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AL
Received 16 May 202426 High Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AL
Received 16 May 2024Development Site South Of Brampton Field Between Bradbourne Lane And Kiln Barn Road Ditton Aylesford Kent
Received 16 May 20243 Mill Lane Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5PE
Received 15 May 20244 Hollandbury Park Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4BZ
Received 15 May 202453 Albert Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2SR
Received 15 May 2024Land South West Of London Road And West Of Castor Park Allington Maidstone Kent
Received 15 May 2024Land South West Of London Road And West Of Castor Park Allington Maidstone Kent
Received 15 May 2024Former Heathcote House Windmill Hill Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7SX
Received 15 May 2024Platt Industrial Estate Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent
Received 15 May 202447 Lambourne Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4FN
Received 15 May 2024130 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1DE
Received 14 May 20244 Hillside Court Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5DF
Received 14 May 2024Development Site Southern Part Of Former Aylesford Quarry Rochester Road Aylesford Kent
Received 14 May 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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