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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.
3,722 approved · 333 refused · 326 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
10 Forest Drive Chatham Kent ME5 9NZ
Received 30 Apr 2024Three Post Boys High Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AA
Received 30 Apr 2024Three Post Boys High Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AA
Received 30 Apr 20243 Bramble Hall Cottages Comp Lane Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PN
Received 30 Apr 2024The Victorian House High Street Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0EF
Received 30 Apr 2024Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 26 Apr 202423 Alton Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4ND
Received 29 Apr 2024Rotary House Norman Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RL
Received 29 Apr 2024Land South Of St Andrews Close St Andrews Close Aylesford Kent
Received 29 Apr 2024The Old Dairy Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8JJ
Received 29 Apr 2024Land Adjoining Hazeldene Pilgrims Way Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent
Received 29 Apr 2024Town Malling Cricket Club Norman Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RL
Received 29 Apr 2024Former Cromar Nursery 39 Livesey Street Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5BQ
Received 26 Apr 2024Haymens Wharf High Street Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3TX
Received 26 Apr 2024Willow Tree Stables Vines Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LT
Received 26 Apr 2024Warren Wood Seven Mile Lane Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7SA
Received 25 Apr 2024Conservation Area Mill Street East Malling
Received 25 Apr 2024169 High Street Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3TY
Received 25 Apr 2024Land Adjoining Pumping Station Medway Meadows East Peckham Tonbridge Kent
Received 25 Apr 2024Land North Of 351 Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 25 Apr 2024Land North Of 351 Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 25 Apr 2024Land North Of 351 Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 25 Apr 2024Land North Of 351 Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 25 Apr 202460A Priory Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 2AW
Received 25 Apr 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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