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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.
3,814 approved · 348 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rare Breed Farm Malling Road Kings Hill West Malling Kent
Received 4 Jan 202417 Martin Hardie Way Tonbridge Kent TN10 4AE
Received 16 Nov 2023Waterside Lodge Bradford Street Tonbridge Kent
Received 16 Nov 202391 The Street Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5LU
Received 15 Nov 2023Cedar Grange 64A Sevenoaks Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8AP
Received 30 Oct 202318 Sedley Close Aylesford Kent ME20 7JG
Received 27 Oct 2023Thornley 395 London Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7QA
Received 27 Oct 2023Land North East Of Great East House, East Malling Research Station, New Road, East Malling, West Malling
Received 27 Oct 2023The Paddock Rochester Road Burham Rochester Kent ME1 3SQ
Received 27 Oct 2023Malvern House 51 Rectory Lane South Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5HA
Received 27 Oct 20232 Britten Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 4EG
Received 19 Oct 2023Old Orchard Lower Haysden Lane Tonbridge Kent TN11 9BB
Received 13 Oct 2023Shepherds Cottage Offham Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RG
Received 13 Oct 202350 Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4AF
Received 13 Oct 202343 Lavender Hill Tonbridge Kent TN9 2AT
Received 13 Oct 2023The Oast House Stocks Green Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 8LT
Received 12 Oct 20231 Greenways London Road Addington West Malling Kent ME19 5AN
Received 12 Oct 202342 Priory Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2AS
Received 12 Oct 2023Longmeadow Farm Crouch Lane Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QL
Received 12 Oct 20238 Malling Road Snodland Kent ME6 5NA
Received 12 Oct 2023Part Ground Floor Unit 1 Bourne Enterprise Centre Wrotham Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8DG
Received 12 Oct 2023Sub Station West Of Mereworth Castle Tonbridge Road Mereworth Maidstone Kent
Received 11 Oct 2023Sub Station West Of Mereworth Castle Tonbridge Road Mereworth Maidstone Kent
Received 11 Oct 2023Sunny Paddock 14 Birling Road Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5HT
Received 11 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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