Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council is the district, borough or city council for Tonbridge and Malling. It collects bins and council tax, and decides planning applications. Schools, roads and social care here are run by the county council, Kent. ONS places 4,043 postcodes in use in Tonbridge and Malling, in 19 postcode districts across 3 postcode areas.
86% of homes and businesses in Tonbridge and Malling can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 3,270 homes and businesses in Tonbridge and Malling in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Its website
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
tmbc.gov.ukName and website as GOV.UK gives them.
Do it on Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council's own website
Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.
Bins and recycling
Council tax
Planning and building
Housing
Roads and parking
Report a problem
Councillors, voting and complaints
The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council. GOV.UK lists 19. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 1 page had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left it out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.
What broadband can you get in Tonbridge and Malling?
Across Tonbridge and Malling, 86% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 75% full fibre, Ofcom says.
For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How much is council tax in Tonbridge and Malling?
Band D for 2026‑27: £2,472 a year
Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is twice it.
| Band | A year |
|---|---|
| Band A | £1,648 |
| Band B | £1,923 |
| Band C | £2,197 |
| Band D | £2,472 |
| Band E | £3,021 |
| Band F | £3,570 |
| Band G | £4,120 |
| Band H | £4,944 |
Band D is the average across the area, including the county council, police, fire and combined authority charges, and parish or town council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.
Check one home's band on GOV.UKSource: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How many homes in Tonbridge and Malling are at risk of flooding?
Across Tonbridge and Malling, the Environment Agency puts 3,270 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 565 postcodes with any property at risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Surface water
In Tonbridge and Malling the Environment Agency counts 1,445 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (2.2% of all its properties), 1,283 at medium risk (1.9%) and 3,935 at low risk (5.9%). Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Schools, roads and care: Kent
Tonbridge and Malling has two councils. The county council, Kent, runs schools, roads, social care and libraries here.
Everything Kent County Council doesPostcode districts with postcodes in Tonbridge and Malling
- DA13 postcode district1 of its 377 postcodes in use is in Tonbridge and Malling.
- ME1 postcode district156 of its 893 postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- ME2 postcode district1 of its 950 postcodes in use is in Tonbridge and Malling.
- ME5 postcode district81 of its 1,003 postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- ME6 postcode districtAll 313 of its postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- ME16 postcode district23 of its 795 postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- ME18 postcode district132 of its 315 postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- ME19 postcode districtAll 787 of its postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- ME20 postcode district574 of its 589 postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- TN1 postcode district4 of its 397 postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- TN2 postcode district5 of its 817 postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- TN3 postcode district3 of its 567 postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- TN4 postcode district2 of its 781 postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- TN5 postcode district1 of its 411 postcodes in use is in Tonbridge and Malling.
- TN9 postcode districtAll 555 of its postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- TN10 postcode districtAll 396 of its postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- TN11 postcode district382 of its 594 postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- TN12 postcode district149 of its 1,262 postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
- TN15 postcode district478 of its 948 postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.
Its postcode areas
Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Tonbridge and Malling.
Towns and villages
Is an address in Tonbridge and Malling?
A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.
All councils, A to ZWhat Tonbridge and Malling covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
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