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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.
3,739 approved · 340 refused · 326 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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 2024The Shire 131 Offham Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RE
Received 25 Apr 2024Wallside Upper Green Road Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PL
Received 24 Apr 202432 Marshall Gardens Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HQ
Received 24 Apr 202424 High Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AL
Received 24 Apr 2024Courtyard Cottage 21 North Frith Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 9QW
Received 11 Apr 202460 Garner Drive East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6NF
Received 10 Apr 2024Braddan Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9LR
Received 10 Apr 2024The Oast House Stocks Green Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8LT
Received 10 Apr 202412 Oakhurst Park Gardens Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8BF
Received 10 Apr 2024Ightham Mote Mote Road Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0NT
Received 10 Apr 202442 Nursery Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4JJ
Received 10 Apr 20243 St Marys Close Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8NH
Received 10 Apr 2024Medway Green School 2 School Lane Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3TS
Received 26 Mar 2024Clarevale Teston Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PD
Received 26 Mar 2024Former Anchor And Hope South Ash Road Ash Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7ER
Received 15 Mar 2024Land South Of Barming Station And East Of Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent
Received 15 Mar 202412A - 14 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1EJ
Received 15 Mar 2024Coldharbour Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 15 Mar 2024Land At Junction Of Clare Wood Drive And Clare Lane East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 20 Feb 2024Leybourne Grange Development Site Birling Road Leybourne West Malling Kent
Received 15 Mar 2024Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6LP
Received 20 Feb 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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