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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Unit D2, Springhead Enterprise Park, Springhead Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8HH
Received Not publishedNorwood Farm Quarry and Landfill Site, Lower Road, Minster on Sea, Sheerness, Kent ME12 3AJ
Received Not publishedAllington Waste Management Facility, Laverstoke Road, Allington, Maidstone, Kent ME16 0LE
Received Not publishedThe Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RL
Received Not publishedRyarsh Primary School, Birling Road, Ryarsh, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5LS
Received Not publishedLand at Little Hill, Wayside, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6DF
Received Not publishedLittlebourne Primary School, Church Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1XS
Received Not publishedSellindge Primary School, Main Road, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent TN25 6JY
Received Not publishedSite A - Richborough Hall &, Site B - Land north of Stevens & Carlotti, Ramsgate Road, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent, CT13
Received Not publishedHermitage Quarry, Hermitage Lane, Aylesford, ME20 7PX
Received Not publishedSt Gregorys Roman Catholic Comprehensive School, Reynolds Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9XL
Received Not publishedPinden Quarry, Green Street Green Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8EB
Received Not publishedSt Mary's Playing Field, Warren Way, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6DT
Received Not publishedBapchild and Tonge CEP School, School Lane, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 9NL
Received Not publishedHerne Bay Junior School, Kings Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 5DA
Received Not publishedFormer Dunkirk Primary School, London Road, Dunkirk, Faversham, Kent, ME13 9LF
Received Not publishedDover Grammar School For Boys, Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent CT17 0DQ
Received Not publishedLympne Primary School, Octavian Drive, Lympne, Hythe, Kent, CT21 4JG
Received Not publishedRolvenden Primary School, Hastings Road, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LS
Received Not publishedOspringe C Of E School, Water Lane, Ospringe, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8TX
Received Not publishedCliftonville Primary School, Northumberland Avenue, Margate, Kent, CT9 3LY
Received Not publishedSenacre Wood Primary School, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8QQ
Received Not publishedLuddenham School, Luddenham, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0TE
Received Not publishedSt. Gregorys Comprehensive School, Reynolds Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9XL
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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