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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3,809 approved · 346 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Park View 53 Mount Pleasant Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JJ
Received 23 Oct 2023Park View 53 Mount Pleasant Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9JJ
Received 23 Oct 2023The Hurst Swanton Road West Peckham Maidstone Kent ME18 5JY
Received 23 Oct 2023Vacant Plot Adjoining Site 6 Mills Road Quarry Wood Industrial Estate Aylesford Kent
Received 23 Oct 2023Areas 4 To 8 Kings Hill Phase 3 Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 23 Oct 202355 Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6LW
Received 23 Oct 202314 Fen Pond Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9JE
Received 23 Oct 202323 Brookmead Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9DN
Received 23 Oct 202315 Booth Close Snodland Kent ME6 5SG
Received 23 Oct 2023Fairoaks 2 Tebbs Way Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9BJ
Received 20 Oct 2023Land Adjoining Aylesford Rugby Club Ferryfield Hall Road Aylesford Kent
Received 20 Oct 2023Development Site Land Opposite Grange Road At Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent
Received 20 Oct 202331 Orchard Way Snodland Kent ME6 5EW
Received 10 Oct 2023Hilden Park School Noble Tree Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8ND
Received 20 Oct 2023Graylings 2 Taylors Place Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5BS
Received 20 Oct 2023Ridgeway 162 Maidstone Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8JD
Received 20 Oct 2023Orchard House Addington Lane Trottiscliffe West Malling Kent ME19 5DW
Received 20 Oct 2023Development Site South Of 1 And 2 Orwell Spike West Malling Kent
Received 20 Oct 2023Land East Of 66A Sevenoaks Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent
Received 20 Oct 2023Spring Cottage Comp Lane Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8NP
Received 20 Oct 2023Kildonan St Marys Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7AP
Received 19 Oct 2023Development Site South Of 1 And 2 Orwell Spike West Malling Kent
Received 19 Oct 202318 Sandow Place Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4NZ
Received 19 Oct 2023Ringshill Farm Wouldham Road Rochester Kent
Received 12 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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