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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Kent County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land at Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0GB
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Technology College, Colyer Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BG
Received Not publishedBennett Memorial Diocesan School, Culverden Down, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9SH
Received Not publishedRay Allen Children's Centre, Stanhope Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5RN
Received Not publishedSt Margaret's School, Collier Street, Marden, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 9RR
Received Not publishedSeabrook Primary School, Seabrook Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5RL
Received Not publishedSpeldhurst CE Primary School, Langton Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0NP
Received Not publishedCountrystyle Recycling Ltd, Ridham Dock Road, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedHerne Bay Junior School, Kings Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 5DA
Received Not publishedChrist Church CEP School, Brockman Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1DJ
Received Not publishedWoodlands Infant School, High School Road, Tonbridge, TN10 4BB
Received Not publishedNepicar Sand Quarry, Maidstone Road, Wrotham Heath, Kent, TN15 7SR
Received Not publishedRidham Dock Industrial Complex, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedThe Marsh Academy, Station Road, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8BB
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Technology College, Colyer Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BG
Received Not publishedAylesham Primary School, Attlee Avenue, Aylesham, Kent, CT3 3BS
Received Not publishedLawn Primary School, High Street, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9HB
Received Not publishedApex Business Park, Unit 4, Queens Farm Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 3HU
Received Not publishedLand at Little Hill, Wayside, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6DF
Received Not publishedLand at Manor Way Business Park, Swanscombe, Kent
Received Not publishedHever CEP School, Hever Road, Hever, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7NH
Received Not publishedLand to the north and south of the A299 (Hengist Way) and to the east of the A256 (Richborough Way), including an existing railway line and part of the existing A299, Cliffsend, Kent (Thanet Parkway Station)
Received Not publishedKing Ethelbert School, Canterbury Road, Birchington, Margate, Kent, CT7 9BL
Received Not publishedSwanscombe Works, Manor Way, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0LL
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Kent County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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