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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Oakwood House, Oakwood Park, Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 8AE
Received Not publishedSt Augustine Academy, Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AE
Received Not publishedA2 Activity Park, Land between the new A2 and the redundant A2 Watling Street, Pepper Hill, Gravesend, Kent
Received Not publishedIsle of Sheppey Academy, West Site Jefferson Road, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 2PU
Received Not publishedFormer Chaucer Technology College, Spring Lane, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1ST
Received Not publishedChilston Sand Pit, Sandway Road, Sandway, Maidstone, Kent ME17 2LU
Received Not publishedThe Skinners School, St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9PG
Received Not publishedPalm Bay Primary School, Palm Bay Avenue, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent, CT9 3PP
Received Not publishedBroadwater Down County Primary School, Broadwater Lane, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 5RP
Received Not publishedMeadowfield School, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4NL
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas Church Of England Primary School, Fairfield Road, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8BP
Received Not publishedRathmore Road Link, Land at and surrounding Rathmore Road, south of the Railway, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0HP
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Works, The Shore, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9AN
Received Not publishedLand off Sumpter Way, Lower Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7NY
Received Not publishedBack Sand Point Landfill Site, Pfizer Ltd, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9NJ
Received Not publishedShepherd's Farm Quarry, Lenham, Kent
Received Not publishedWrotham School, Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD
Received Not publishedStone Pit 1, Cotton Lane, Stone, Dartford, Kent DA9 9ED
Received Not publishedEast Peckham Quarry, Hale Street, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 5HL
Received Not publishedBeaver Green Infant School, Cuckoo Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5EA
Received Not publishedLullingstone Country Park, Kingfisher Bridge, Castle Road, Eynsford, Dartford, Kent, DA4 0JF
Received Not publishedLongreach Sewage Treatment Works, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent DA1 5PP
Received Not publishedSt Georges CofE Middle School, Chequers Road, Minster on Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3QU
Received Not publishedHever C Of E Primary School, Hever Road, Hever, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7NH
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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