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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.
3,736 approved · 338 refused · 326 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 West Of Cedar House Crouch Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent
Received 25 Mar 2024Holly Lodge Oldbury Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DE
Received 25 Mar 2024Blaise Farmhouse Tower Hill Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5NH
Received 25 Mar 2024Land Rear Of 27 High Street Aylesford Kent
Received 25 Mar 20247 Railway Approach Tonbridge Kent TN9 2RQ
Received 25 Mar 2024The Barn Ightham Court Fen Pond Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9JF
Received 22 Mar 20243 Cage Green Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4PS
Received 22 Mar 2024Land Adjoining Red Hill Wateringbury Maidstone Kent
Received 22 Mar 2024Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 21 Mar 2024Dove Cottage Lower Street Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8PT
Received 20 Mar 202411 Uridge Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 3EA
Received 22 Mar 2024Flat 3 Hamptons Park Road Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9SR
Received 22 Mar 2024North Frith North Frith Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent
Received 22 Mar 2024Accommodation At 47 Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6JU
Received 22 Mar 2024Accommodation At 47 Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6JU
Received 22 Mar 202432 Gorse Crescent Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EX
Received 21 Mar 2024The Garage Cuckoo Lane Tonbridge Kent TN11 0AG
Received 21 Mar 202411 Priory Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2AQ
Received 21 Mar 2024St Georges House High Street Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AA
Received 21 Mar 2024Development Site Between 1 Tower View And 35 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 21 Mar 2024Development Site Between 1 Tower View And 35 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 21 Mar 20246 Ffinch Close Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6ET
Received 21 Mar 202451 Garner Drive East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6NF
Received 20 Mar 202412 Oaks Dene Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HN
Received 20 Mar 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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