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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land at Ridham Dock, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedKent Highway Depot, The Teardrop Centre, Farningham Hill Road, Swanley, BR8 8TJ
Received Not publishedBower Grove School, Fant Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8NL
Received Not publishedLand at Upper Haysden Lane, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 8AA
Received Not publishedThe John Wallis Academy, Millbank Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3HG
Received Not publishedOffham Landfill Site, Teston Road, Offham, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5PF
Received Not publishedUnit 15B, Ridham Dock Industrial Estate, Ridham Dock Road, Ridham, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedSissinghurst C of E (Aided) Primary School, Common Road, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2JR
Received Not publishedLand annexed from Garlinge Primary School and Nursery, Westfield Road, Margate, Kent, CT19 5PA
Received Not publishedGarage block off Brymore Road, Brymore Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1JF
Received Not publishedManor Way Business Park, Swanscombe, Dartford, Kent, DA10 0PP
Received Not publishedBowles Lodge, All Saints Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 4HT
Received Not publishedLady Boswell's CEP School, Plymouth Drive, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3RW
Received Not publishedUrsuline College, 225 Canterbury Road, Westgate On Sea, Kent CT8 8LX
Received Not publishedChrist Church CEP School, Brockman Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1DJ
Received Not publishedIghtham Primary School, Oldbury Lane, Ightham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 9DD
Received Not publishedCastle Hill Primary School, Sidney Street, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6HG
Received Not publishedConghurst Farm, Conghurst Lane, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 4RW
Received Not publishedHermitage Quarry, Hermitage Lane, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7PX
Received Not publishedAylesford Quarry, Rochester Road, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7DX
Received Not publishedGreatstone Primary School, Baldwin Road, Greatstone, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8SY
Received Not publishedThe Gateway Primary School, Milestone Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 6DW
Received Not publishedHermitage Quarry, Hermitage Lane, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7PQ
Received Not publishedShears Green Junior School, White Avenue, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent DA11 7JB
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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