Planning permission in Tonbridge and Malling
Most single-storey rear extensions within the national permitted development limits don't need planning permission in Tonbridge and Malling. The rules are stricter in its 60 conservation areas, where side extensions, two-storey extensions and loft dormers need permission. Check your address to see which rules apply.
Tonbridge and Malling at a glance
- Conservation areas
- 60
- Article 4 areas
- Not published
- Protected landscapes
- High Weald, Kent Downs
- Planning decisions
- Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
How many conservation areas are there in Tonbridge and Malling?
Tonbridge and Malling has 60 conservation areas. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are reduced: side extensions, two-storey extensions, loft dormers and cladding all need planning permission, and many councils add Article 4 directions on top.
- Addington
- Aldon, Offham
- Aylesford
- Birling
- Birling Place
- Bradbourne, East Malling
- Budd's Green, Shipbourne
- Bullen Corner, East Peckham
- Butchers Lane, Mereworth
- Butts Hill, Wrotham
- Clare Park and Blacklands
- Claygate Cross, Plaxtol
- Cobdown Farm, Ditton
- Coldharbour, Hildenborough
- Ditton
- East Malling Village
- Fairlawne
- Fairseat
- Hadlow
- Haysden
- Hildenborough
- Holborough Mill, Snodland
- Holtwood, Aylesford
- Ightham
- Ightham Mote
- Ivy Hatch
- Larkfield Church
- Little Mill, East Peckham
- Merworth Castle
- Mill Street, East Malling
- New Barns and Broadwater Farm
- North Frith, Hadlow
- Offham
- Offham Church
- Oldbury
- Old Soar and Allen's, Plaxtol
- Oxen Hoath and Hamptons
- Paddlesworth, Snodland
- Pizien Well, Wateringbury
- Platt
- Plaxtol
- Quarry Hill, Tonbridge
- Roughway, Plaxtol
- Roydon, East Peckham
- Ryarsh Village
- Shipbourne
- Snodland
- Snoll Hatch, East Peckham
- Stansted
- The Freehold, Hadlow
- The Street, Mereworth
- Tonbridge
- Trottiscliffe
- Wateringbury
- Wateringbury Station
- West Malling
- West Peckham
- Wrotham
- Wrotham Water
- Yotes Court
Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.
Does Tonbridge and Malling have Article 4 directions?
Tonbridge and Malling hasn't published any Article 4 boundaries on planning.data.gov.uk. Most councils have at least one Article 4 direction, often in conservation areas, so check the council's website or ask its planning team before relying on permitted development.
What is an Article 4 direction?
Is any of Tonbridge and Malling in a national park, National Landscape or green belt?
- National Landscapes (Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty) in or bordering Tonbridge and Malling: High Weald, Kent Downs.
- There is green belt in or bordering Tonbridge and Malling. Householder permitted development rights apply as normal in the green belt, but if you need planning permission, green belt policy limits how much a home can be enlarged.
National parks and National Landscapes restrict permitted development in similar ways to conservation areas. Read more: extensions, loft dormers and garden rooms.
Listed buildings and protected trees in Tonbridge and Malling
Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Tonbridge and Malling doesn't publish listed building outlines, so where a listed building is recorded near an address, we ask the homeowner to check whether it's theirs.
Tonbridge and Malling doesn't publish its tree preservation orders as data. If there are mature trees near your project, ask the council whether any are protected before you start.
What planning data does Tonbridge and Malling publish?
| Data | Status | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Conservation area boundaries | Published | 60 |
| Article 4 direction boundaries | Not published | 0 |
| Listed building outlines | Not published | 0 |
| Tree preservation order areas | Not published | 0 |
| Protected trees | Not published | 0 |
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Data from planning.data.gov.uk, published by Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 30 October 2026. Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council website.