Which ward in Tonbridge & Malling has the highest planning approval rate?

Snodland East And Ham Hill at 96.8% based on 93 decisions.

Which ward in Tonbridge & Malling has the lowest planning approval rate?

Burham And Wouldham at 81.4% based on 86 decisions.

How much do planning approval rates vary across Tonbridge & Malling?

There is a 15.4% gap between Snodland East And Ham Hill and Burham And Wouldham. Your postcode significantly affects outcomes.

Planning Approval Rates by Ward in Tonbridge & Malling

Planning outcomes in Tonbridge & Malling are highly localised. The gap between the most and least permissive wards is 15.4% — that's not noise, it's a fundamentally different planning environment depending on where you live.

7,950 real decisions·35 wards·Updated May 2026

All 35 wards ranked

#	Ward	Decisions	Approved	Refused	Rate
1	Snodland East And Ham Hill	93	90	3	96.8%
2	Aylesford South And Ditton	344	330	14	95.9%
3	Medway	205	194	11	94.6%
4	Vauxhall	230	216	14	93.9%
5	Bourne	288	270	18	93.8%
6	Cage Green And Angel	227	213	14	93.8%
7	Larkfield North	47	44	3	93.6%
8	East & West Peckham Mereworth And Wbury	210	195	15	92.9%
9	Higham	222	205	17	92.3%
10	Aylesford North And North Downs	204	188	16	92.2%
11	Walderslade	73	67	6	91.8%
12	Ditton	178	163	15	91.6%
13	Aylesford South	165	151	14	91.5%
14	East Malling West Malling And Offham	400	365	35	91.2%
15	Castle	271	247	24	91.1%
16	Larkfield	84	76	8	90.5%
17	Kings Hill	323	292	31	90.4%
18	Borough Green And Platt	148	133	15	89.9%
19	Birling Leybourne And Ryarsh	104	93	11	89.4%
20	East Malling	184	164	20	89.1%
21	Pilgrims With Ightham	372	331	41	89.0%
22	Trench	90	80	10	88.9%
23	Judd	267	237	30	88.8%
24	West Malling And Leybourne	324	287	37	88.6%
25	Wateringbury	76	67	9	88.2%
26	Aylesford North And Walderslade	234	206	28	88.0%
27	Cage Green	117	103	14	88.0%
28	Hildenborough	542	476	66	87.8%
29	Hadlow And East Peckham	284	247	37	87.0%
30	Borough Green And Long Mill	440	381	59	86.6%
31	Wrotham, Ightham And Stansted	377	326	51	86.5%
32	Downs And Mereworth	313	269	44	85.9%
33	Snodland West And Holborough Lakes	93	79	14	84.9%
34	Larkfield South	65	54	11	83.1%
35	Burham And Wouldham	86	70	16	81.4%

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What the data tells us

A 15.4% gap separates the best and worst wards. Snodland East And Ham Hill approves 96.8% of applications while Burham And Wouldham approves just 81.4%. That's a fundamentally different planning environment.

High volume doesn't mean high approval. Some of the busiest wards aren't the most permissive. The number of applications a ward processes tells you nothing about how likely yours is to succeed.

Ward averages are a starting point, not a guarantee. Your specific outcome depends on your property, your neighbours, your proposal type and the comparable decisions near your address.

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Methodology: Covers 7,950 planning decisions in Tonbridge & Malling, January 2020 to present. Approval rate = approved / (approved + refused). Pending, withdrawn and invalid excluded. Ward boundaries reflect current electoral divisions. Data from Tonbridge & Malling Council's public planning portal. Full methodology →