New housing in Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
We read Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 17,955 of its planning applications going back to 2015, and 143 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 63% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below the 75% at which national policy treats it as having an unmet need for housing.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 63% (2025): presumption
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 17,955
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 115 | 46 | 9 |
| 2025 | 112 | 73 | 9 |
| 2024 | 119 | 69 | 21 |
| 2023 | 127 | 64 | 18 |
| 2022 | 98 | 66 | 16 |
| 2021 | 132 | 76 | 24 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,300 | Development Site Land North And West Of Holborough Quarry Ladds Lane Snodland Kent Request for Screening Opinion under the Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 in respect of: Mixed-use development of 1,300 homes and supporting services and infrastructure 26/01508/HRSC | Decided | 12 Aug 2026 |
| 1,300 | Development Site Land East Of Kiln Barn Road And West Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent Outline planning application with all matters reserved (except for access, which is to include the Sustainable Movement Corridor from New Road East Malling to Kiln Barn Road) for development of land to west of Hermitage… 24/00372/OAEA | Awaiting decision | 11 Mar 2024 |
| 840 | Land South Of London Road And East Of Hermitage Lane Aylesford Kent Details of Phase 3 Affordable Housing Scheme (schedule 1, paragraph 2.1) submitted pursuant to S106 Agreement on Outline planning permission TM/17/01595/OAEA (Outline Application for erection of up to 840 dwellings… 26/00565/OB106D | Approved | 24 Mar 2026 |
| 520 | Sites Within Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Kent Consultation by Tunbridge Wells BC - EIA Scoping Opinion: Proposed development of up to 520 residential dwellings, a local centre, sports provision, play space, together with associated drainage, landscaping and… 25/01343/CNA | Decided | 12 Aug 2025 |
| 350 | Coblands Nursery Trench Road Tonbridge Kent TN11 9NG Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017: Request for Screening Opinion in connection with the proposed re-development of Coblands Nurseries for up to 350no. dwellings. 25/01688/EASC | Awaiting decision | 13 Oct 2025 |
| 314 | Land Part Of Manor Farm Lower Haysden Lane Tonbridge Kent Full planning application for the erection of 314 residential dwellings, commercial floor space (Use Class E) and additional car parking for Nexus School, together with associated access, open space, landscaping… 26/00338/FL | Awaiting decision | 24 Feb 2026 |
| 272 | Land At Badsell Farm Badsell Road Maidstone Road Paddock Wood Consultation by Tunbridge Wells BC: 26/01233/HYBRID.Hybrid Planning Application; Full application for 272 dwellings and access. Outline Application (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale reserved) for approx 248… 26/01123/CNA | Awaiting decision | 12 Jun 2026 |
| 230 | Development Site Land North Of Offham Road West Malling Kent Request for Screening Opinion under Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017: Request for Screening Opinion in connection with the proposed residential development of up to 230… 26/00262/EASC | Approved | 13 Feb 2026 |
| 225 | Lidsing Garden Community Land North Of The M2 Lidsing Lidsing Boxley Kent Consultation by Maidstone Borough Council: EIA Scoping Opinion - Proposed development for a hybrid planning application which will comprise a detailed application of 225 dwellings and an outline application for up to… 25/02137/CNA | Awaiting decision | 19 Dec 2025 |
| 200 | Land South West Of 372 Bull Lane Eccles Aylesford Kent Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017: Revised request for Scoping Opinion in connection with the provision of approximately up to 200 residential units, up to 100m2 of Local Area… 25/02151/EASP | Awaiting decision | 19 Dec 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.