Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,798 approved · 345 refused · 331 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 2023 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Church Road Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PA
Received 27 Nov 202324B Hollow Lane Snodland Kent ME6 5LR
Received 27 Nov 2023Fosse Bank School Noble Tree Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8ND
Received 27 Nov 20231 Town Hill Close West Malling Kent ME19 6QW
Received 27 Nov 202310 Windmill Hill Wrotham Heath Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7SU
Received 27 Nov 20236 Bell Crescent Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3SZ
Received 24 Nov 2023Owenden London Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent ME19 5AJ
Received 24 Nov 2023Ramblers Sandy Lane Ivy Hatch Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0PB
Received 24 Nov 202312 Oaks Dene Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HN
Received 24 Nov 2023Townlock House Lockside Tonbridge Kent TN9 1EA
Received 24 Nov 202337 Drage Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5DA
Received 23 Nov 202341 Gainsborough Gardens Tonbridge Kent TN10 4AD
Received 23 Nov 202315 Ashden Walk Tonbridge Kent TN10 3RJ
Received 23 Nov 2023Bordyke Cottage Bordyke Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NN
Received 23 Nov 20239 Quarry Hill Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2RH
Received 23 Nov 2023Paper Mills Mill Street Snodland Kent ME6 5AX
Received 23 Nov 2023The Laurels 97 Mill Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BU
Received 23 Nov 202342 Woodbury Road Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9HS
Received 22 Nov 2023Plot Adjoining Snodland Cemetery Former Holborough Quarry And Adjoining Land Parcel Holborough Road Snodland Kent
Received 22 Nov 20238 Darwin Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4SB
Received 22 Nov 20233 Birch Crescent Aylesford Kent ME20 7QE
Received 22 Nov 2023Fosse Bank School Noble Tree Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8ND
Received 22 Nov 202317 Lancer Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4QR
Received 22 Nov 2023Castle Field The Slade Tonbridge Kent
Received 22 Nov 2023Records 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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