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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.
3,809 approved · 346 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Police Station Road West Malling Kent
Received 1 Nov 202310 The Croft Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5QD
Received 1 Nov 2023Cafe At Leybourne Lakes Country Park Malling Road Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6AA
Received 1 Nov 2023Oak Tree Farm Watts Cross Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8NE
Received 1 Nov 202350 Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4AF
Received 31 Oct 202315 London Road East Royal British Legion Village Aylesford Kent ME20 7NN
Received 31 Oct 20237 Shakespeare Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2QH
Received 31 Oct 202345 Dowgate Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 2EJ
Received 31 Oct 202336 Rochester Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7BJ
Received 31 Oct 2023The Old Farmhouse Borough Green Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 31 Oct 2023The Old Farmhouse Borough Green Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent
Received 31 Oct 2023The Former Rectory The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QF
Received 30 Oct 2023Bourne House 163 Tonbridge Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5JP
Received 30 Oct 2023Oakhill House 130 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9DZ
Received 26 Oct 2023Former 78C High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1EE
Received 26 Oct 202317 Woodland Close West Malling Kent ME19 6RR
Received 26 Oct 202329 High Street Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8BT
Received 17 Oct 202343 Church Street Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3SB
Received 25 Oct 2023Unit 18 Mills Road Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent ME20 7XB
Received 25 Oct 20233 Oakhurst Park Gardens Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8BF
Received 24 Oct 2023Caravan Storage South Lodge Farm 380 Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 24 Oct 2023Stratton Beeches 4 Central Lodge Gravesend Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7JW
Received 24 Oct 2023249A London Road West Malling Kent ME19 5AD
Received 24 Oct 2023Golding Orchard The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QG
Received 23 Oct 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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