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East Malling planning approval rate

East Malling ward in Tonbridge & Malling has a 90.9% approval rate based on 143 planning decisions. Tonbridge & Malling overall: 89.0%.

Last updated: April 2026

90.9%
ward approval rate
143
Decisions
130
Approved
13
Refused
89.0%
Tonbridge & Malling average

East Malling is broadly in line with the Tonbridge & Malling average — neither notably strict nor notably permissive.

How East Malling compares

East Malling ward (143 decided)
90.9%
Tonbridge & Malling overall (3,432 decided)
89.0%
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Recent decisions in East Malling

21/02409/OA
Demolition of existing house, complex of barns and other structures and replacem · Mon 28 Nov 2022
Approved
22/02102/FL
Construction of garden store · Mon 21 Nov 2022
Approved
22/01942/FL
Demolition of range of existing commercial storage & workshop buildings and repl · Mon 21 Nov 2022
Approved
20/02754/FL
Retrospective Application: Erection of breeze house to rear garden · Fri 04 Nov 2022
Approved
22/00365/RD
Details of Condition 12 (landscaping and boundary treatment scheme) submitted pu · Mon 31 Oct 2022
Approved

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Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 3,432 decisions.

Other wards in Tonbridge & Malling

Borough Green And Long Mill (86.9%) Wrotham, Ightham And Stansted (88.8%) Downs And Mereworth (87.8%) West Malling And Leybourne (87.6%) Hadlow And East Peckham (85.2%) Castle (91.5%) Hildenborough (85.0%) Aylesford North And Walderslade (90.5%) Kings Hill (86.8%) Medway (94.0%) Aylesford South (91.8%)
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