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.
3,814 approved · 348 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South Of Hermitage Court Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent
Received 11 Oct 2023Development Site South Of 1 And 2 Orwell Spike West Malling Kent
Received 11 Oct 202355 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1SD
Received 11 Oct 202310, Dunsmore, Hadlow Park, Hadlow, Tonbridge, TN11 0HX
Received 29 Sept 2023Gibson Building Gibson Drive Kings Hill West Malling ME19 4LZ
Received 11 Oct 2023Residential Amenity Land At Old Parsonage Court West Malling Kent
Received 11 Oct 2023The Cottage 244 Tonbridge Road Wateringbury Maidstone Kent ME18 5NY
Received 10 Oct 202340 St Marys Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LE
Received 10 Oct 202336 Nelson Avenue Tonbridge Kent TN9 1XA
Received 10 Oct 2023Park Cottage Roydon Hall Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5NH
Received 10 Oct 2023Mereworth Castle Estate North Tonbridge Road Mereworth Maidstone Kent
Received 10 Oct 202310A Swan Street West Malling Kent
Received 10 Oct 202310A Swan Street West Malling Kent
Received 10 Oct 2023Arundel House 88 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6NE
Received 10 Oct 2023Arundel House 88 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6NE
Received 10 Oct 202341 The Hawthorns Aylesford Kent ME20 7LJ
Received 10 Oct 202321 Medway View Three Elm Lane Golden Green Tonbridge Kent TN11 0BG
Received 9 Oct 20236 Lime Tree Close Tonbridge Kent TN9 1LR
Received 9 Oct 2023Broadwater Hall 52 Broadwater Road West Malling Kent ME19 6HX
Received 9 Oct 2023Holy Trinity Church New Hythe Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent
Received 9 Oct 20232 Fairview Cottages Long Mill Lane Crouch Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QD
Received 9 Oct 202324 Blackthorn Drive Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6NR
Received 6 Oct 2023Forward Nurseries Borough Green Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9JA
Received 6 Oct 2023Former Ryarsh Place Farm Birling Road Ryarsh West Malling Kent
Received 6 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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