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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.
3,804 approved · 345 refused · 336 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Dayroom Shared Facility Oak Tree Stable Vigo Road Fairseat Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7LR
Received 13 Nov 202326 The Ridgeway Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NH
Received 13 Nov 2023Poppins 147 Butchers Lane Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QD
Received 13 Nov 2023Elim Bungalow Busty Lane Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9HP
Received 13 Nov 20232 Keefe Close Chatham Kent ME5 9AG
Received 13 Nov 2023Stocketts Aldon Lane Offham West Malling Kent ME19 5PH
Received 10 Nov 2023Mallard House 12 Streamside Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6SY
Received 13 Nov 2023Units 2 And 3 Block F And Block C Larkfield Trading Estate New Hythe Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6SW
Received 9 Nov 2023Various Land Parcels East Of Malling Road Surrounding Meteor Road West Malling Kent
Received 10 Nov 2023Merryfield Court Waterloo Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2SL
Received 10 Nov 20231 Court Lodge Farm Cottages The Green West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JN
Received 10 Nov 2023115 St Leonards Street West Malling Kent ME19 6PE
Received 9 Nov 2023115 St Leonards Street West Malling Kent ME19 6PE
Received 9 Nov 2023115 St Leonards Street West Malling Kent ME19 6PE
Received 9 Nov 2023Development Site Land West Of Winterfield Lane East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 9 Nov 2023Green Space East Of The Haydens Tonbridge Kent
Received 9 Nov 202320 Acorn Grove Ditton Aylesford Kent ME20 6EW
Received 9 Nov 2023The Cottage Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NU
Received 8 Nov 2023182 Saltings Road Snodland Kent ME6 5HW
Received 8 Nov 2023Buildings At Trench Farm Coldharbour Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 8 Nov 2023164 St Marys Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2NN
Received 8 Nov 2023Green Leas Pilgrims Way Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7NN
Received 8 Nov 202336 And 38 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QR
Received 8 Nov 2023Nizels Ridge Farm Nizels Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NU
Received 8 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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