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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Holy Trinity CE Primary School, Chatsworth Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5AF
Received Not publishedThe Skinners Kent Academy, Blackhurst Lane, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PY
Received Not publishedMvv Environment Ridham, Lord Nelson Road, Ridham Dock, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8FQ
Received Not publishedSandling Primary School, Ashburnham Road, Penenden Heath, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 2JG
Received Not publishedArchbishop Courtenay Primary School, Eccleston Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6RU
Received Not publishedLand at Thistle Hill, Aspen Drive, Thistle Hill, Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent
Received Not publishedThe Foreland School, Lanthorne Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 3NX
Received Not publishedSholden CEP School, London Road, Sholden, Deal, Kent, CT14 0AB
Received Not publishedThe Towers School, Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AL
Received Not publishedHolborough Quarry, Holborough Road, Snodland, Kent, ME6 5PH
Received Not publishedBearsted Library, Station House, Ware Street, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent ME14 4PH
Received Not publishedBapchild and Tonge CEP School, School Lane, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 9NL
Received Not publishedPalmarsh Primary School, St. Georges Place, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6NE
Received Not publishedParcel PS1 to the south of Mock Lane on the Chilmington Green development in Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedCrispe House, Minnis Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9SF
Received Not publishedRoseacre Junior School, The Landway, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 4BL
Received Not publishedNewington Primary School, Princess Margaret Avenue, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6HX
Received Not publishedSittinbourne Northern Relief Road, Church Marshes Country Park, Saffron Way, Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2EX
Received Not publishedNorthdown Primary School, Tenterden Way, Margate, Kent, CT9 3RE
Received Not publishedWoodlands Junior School, Hunt Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN10 4BB
Received Not publishedWrotham Quarry, Addington, West Malling, Kent ME19 5DL
Received Not publishedSittingbourne Community College, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4NL
Received Not publishedSt Anthonys School, St Anthonys Way, Margate, Kent, CT9 3RA
Received Not publishedCockering Farm, Cockering Road, Thanington Without, Kent CT1 3UR
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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