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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.
3,817 approved · 350 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
54 New Hythe Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6PN
Received 29 Sept 2023Pippins 11 Tilton Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8RS
Received 29 Sept 2023Oakhill House 130 Tonbridge Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9DZ
Received 12 Oct 202335 Quarry Bank Tonbridge Kent TN9 2QZ
Received 28 Sept 2023Corner Lodge 6D High Hilden Close Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DB
Received 28 Sept 202314A, Bordyke, Tonbridge, TN9 1NN
Received 28 Sept 2023Merrybrook Estate Land East Of Riding Lane Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent
Received 28 Sept 202325 Mcdermott Road Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent TN15 8SA
Received 28 Sept 2023Units 3 To 4, Wood Close, Quarry Wood Industrial Estate, Aylesford, ME20 7UB
Received 28 Sept 2023187, High Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1BX
Received 28 Sept 2023Street Record, North Frith Park, Hadlow, Tonbridge, TN11 9QW
Received 2 Oct 2023Land South Of Barming Station And East Of, Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Received 2 Oct 20233, The Old Stable, Granary Place, Stansted, Sevenoaks, TN15 7DZ
Received 2 Oct 2023136 Lunsford Lane Larkfield Aylesford Kent ME20 6HS
Received 29 Sept 202319 Gladstone Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1UE
Received 29 Sept 2023Hillview School For Girls, Brionne Gardens, Tonbridge, TN9 2HE
Received 29 Sept 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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