Bourne planning approval rate
Bourne ward in Tonbridge & Malling has a 94.0% approval rate based on 383 planning decisions. Tonbridge & Malling overall: 90.7%.
Last updated: September 2026
94.0%
ward approval rate
383
Decisions
360
Approved
23
Refused
90.7%
Tonbridge & Malling average
Bourne sits slightly above the Tonbridge & Malling average, with a 3.3 point advantage. Planning outcomes here are generally favourable.
How Bourne compares
Bourne ward
94.0%
Tonbridge & Malling overall
90.7%
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Recent decisions in Bourne
Removal of existing outbuilding, and erection of a replacement outbuilding with · Tue 22 Sep 2026
Construction of three detached dwellings, with associated landscaping alteration · Wed 16 Sep 2026
Details of condition 4 (Shopfront treatment ) submitted pursuant to planning per · Wed 09 Sep 2026
Proposed extension to existing annexe · Tue 08 Sep 2026
Details of conditions 8 (boundary treatment), 10 (CEMP), 12 (refuse and recyclin · Tue 01 Sep 2026
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Other wards in Tonbridge & Malling
Hildenborough (88.2%)
East Malling West Malling And Offham (92.1%)
Pilgrims With Ightham (89.0%)
Aylesford South And Ditton (95.9%)
Borough Green And Long Mill (86.6%)
Wrotham, Ightham And Stansted (86.5%)
Kings Hill (91.2%)
West Malling And Leybourne (88.6%)
Downs And Mereworth (85.9%)
Judd (89.7%)
Cage Green And Angel (94.2%)