Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bean Primary School, School Lane, Bean, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8AW
Received Not publishedHighworth Grammar School, Quantock Drive, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8UD
Received Not publishedBirchington Primary School, Park Lane, Birchington, Kent, CT7 0AS
Received Not publishedMaypole Primary School, Franklin Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7UZ
Received Not publishedLand at Henwood adjacent to, St Eanswythe's CE Primary School, The Bayle, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1SQ
Received Not publishedShorne Wood Country Park, Brewers Road, Shorne, Kent, DA12 3HX
Received Not publishedHarcourt Primary School, Biggins Wood Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4NE
Received Not publishedOak Trees Community School, Oaktree Avenue, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9AX
Received Not publishedLand within The Bridge Primary School, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PF
Received Not publishedSir Geoffrey Leigh Academy, Green Street, Green Road, Dartford, Kent DA1 1QE
Received Not publishedUnit 4, Apex Business Park, Queens Farm Road, Shorne, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 3HU
Received Not publishedThe Pinnacles, The Teardrop Centre, London Road, Swanley, BR8 8TS
Received Not publishedSchool House Nursery, School Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9HS
Received Not publishedRoss Way Depot, Military Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3SP
Received Not publishedEdenbridge Wastewater Treatment Works, Skinners Lane, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 6LW
Received Not publishedOtterpool Quarry, Ashford Road, Sellindge, Kent, TN25 6DD
Received Not publishedDambridge Wingham Wastewater Treatment Works, Off Staple Road, Wingham, Kent, CT3 1LU
Received Not publishedSouthborough C of E Primary School, Broomhill Park Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 0JY
Received Not publishedBorden Grammar School, Avenue Of Remembrance, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4DB
Received Not publishedBluewater Shopping Centre, Bluewater Parkway, Dartford, Greenhithe, Kent DA9 9ST
Received Not publishedHermitage Quarry, Hermitage Lane, Aylesford, Kent, ME20
Received Not publishedWrotham School, Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD
Received Not publishedPlatts Heath Primary School, Headcorn Road, Platts Heath, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 2NH
Received Not publishedCountrystyle Recycling Ltd, Ridham Dock Road, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
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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