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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.
3,715 approved · 332 refused · 326 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 And Building East Of Rose Cottage 440 Lunsford Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent
Received 14 May 2024Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 14 May 2024Gardeners Cottage 29 Keepers Cottage Lane Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3FH
Received 14 May 202442 Nursery Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JJ
Received 14 May 2024Downs View King Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QU
Received 14 May 2024Mount Pleasant Court Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JP
Received 14 May 2024Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 14 May 2024Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 14 May 2024Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 14 May 2024Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 14 May 2024Ightham Warren Tonbridge Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AP
Received 14 May 20241 Elim Cottages Busty Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HP
Received 14 May 202487 Hallsfield Road Chatham Kent ME5 9RT
Received 14 May 2024Bower Cottage Rectory Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9AJ
Received 14 May 2024Land Rear Of 239 To 259 London Road West Malling Kent
Received 14 May 2024185 Willowmead Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5RB
Received 13 May 202412 Crown Acres East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5HB
Received 13 May 2024Tamarinda London Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5AW
Received 13 May 2024Oakhill House 4 Langdon Down Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9FE
Received 13 May 20249 The Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LP
Received 13 May 2024Wilcot 209 Lower Warren Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7EH
Received 13 May 20241 Grove Wood Cottages London Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NJ
Received 13 May 20249 Papion Grove Chatham Kent ME5 9BS
Received 10 May 2024Development Site South Of Hillberry Farm Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 10 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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