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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Herne Bay High School, Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7NS
Received Not publishedLand on the South East side of Archers Court Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent CT16 3HU
Received Not publishedFormer Newington Primary School, Melbourne Avenue, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6JS
Received Not publishedEast Borough Primary School, Vinters Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5DX
Received Not publishedMascalls School, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 6LT
Received Not publishedHawkenbury Farm, Hawkenbury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9AD
Received Not publishedDane Court Grammar School, Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RT
Received Not publishedAberdeen House, Ellington Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 9ST
Received Not publishedThe Skinners Kent Academy, Land East of Blackhurst Lane, and between Sandown Park & Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PY
Received Not publishedSevenoaks Grammar Annexe/Trinity School site, Seal Hollow Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3SN
Received Not publishedThe Archbishops School, St Stephen's Hill, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7AP
Received Not publishedLand at Home Farm Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3UW
Received Not publishedMeadowfield School, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4NL
Received Not publishedBritannia Refined Metals Ltd, Britannia Metal Refinery and Premises, Lower Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9BG
Received Not publishedSissinghurst CEP School, The Street, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2JG
Received Not publishedPinden Quarry, Green Street Green Road, Longfield, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8DX
Received Not publishedHermitage Quarry, Hermitage Lane, Maidstone, Kent ME16 9NT
Received Not publishedRyarsh Primary School, Birling Road, Ryarsh, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5LS
Received Not publishedCountrystyle Recycling, Kemsley Fields Business Park, Ridham Dock, Ridham Dock Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedWickhambreaux C of E Primary School, The Street, Wickhambreaux, Kent CT3 1RN
Received Not publishedMarden Primary School, Goudhurst Road, Marden, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 9JX
Received Not publishedManston Road Depot, Half Mile Ride, Manston, Kent, CT9 4LX
Received Not publishedSouth Borough Primary School, Stagshaw Close, Postley Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6TL
Received Not publishedQueen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Abbey Place, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7BQ
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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