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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.
3,816 approved · 350 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Camomile House Common Road Ightham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 9DY
Received 6 Oct 202317 Heather Walk Tonbridge Kent TN10 3NB
Received 6 Oct 2023Former Grimbles Long Mill Lane Crouch Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8QB
Received 6 Oct 202312 Roberts Road Snodland Kent ME6 5HN
Received 5 Oct 202340 The Drive Tonbridge Kent TN9 2LR
Received 5 Oct 202340 The Ridgeway Tonbridge Kent TN10 4NJ
Received 5 Oct 20237 Busbridge Close East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6BD
Received 4 Oct 2023Land West Of Stickens Lane Mill Street And Southwest Of Clare Lane East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 4 Oct 202313 Orchard Drive Tonbridge Kent TN10 4LT
Received 4 Oct 2023Pooh Corner 6 Trafalgar Close Wouldham Rochester Kent ME1 3YF
Received 4 Oct 202397 - 101 High Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 1DR
Received 4 Oct 202311 Braeburn Way Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4BN
Received 3 Oct 2023Merryfield Court Waterloo Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 2SL
Received 3 Oct 2023Development Site Eastern Part Of Former Aylesford Quarry Rochester Road Aylesford Kent
Received 3 Oct 202321 Upper Green Lane Shipbourne Tonbridge Kent TN11 9PW
Received 3 Oct 2023Ightham Mote, Mote Road, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, TN15 0NT
Received 3 Oct 20238, Cromer Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1UP
Received 3 Oct 2023Esso Service Station, London Road, Larkfield, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 6HJ
Received 3 Oct 20238 Rectory Lane South Leybourne West Malling Kent ME19 5HB
Received 3 Oct 2023Land North Of Lodge Farmhouse High Street Aylesford Kent
Received 3 Oct 20234 Handel Walk Tonbridge Kent TN10 4DG
Received 2 Oct 2023Vauxhall Inn Vauxhall Lane Tonbridge Kent TN11 0NA
Received 20 Dec 2023The Victorian House High Street Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0EF
Received 20 Dec 2023Garner Drive East Malling West Malling Kent
Received 20 Dec 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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