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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Long Reach Sewage Treatment Works, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PP
Received Not publishedMarsh Academy, Station Road, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8BB
Received Not publishedSissinghurst C of E (Aided) Primary School, Common Road, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2JR
Received Not publishedCage Green School, Cage Green Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN10 4PT
Received Not publishedManor Park Country Park, St Leonard's Street, West Malling, Kent, ME19 6PD
Received Not publishedLand South of Queenborough Business Park, Rushenden Road, Queenborough, Sheerness, Kent ME11 5DY
Received Not publishedThe Archbishops School, St Stephen's Hill, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7AP
Received Not publishedBethersden Primary School, School Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AH
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School, Barton Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7BT
Received Not publishedWestlands Primary School, Homewood Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1XN
Received Not publishedPortal House School, Sea Street, St Margarets At Cliffe, Kent, CT15 6SS
Received Not publishedKnole (east) Academy, Seal Hollow Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3SN
Received Not publishedForeland Fields School, Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6RH
Received Not publishedLenham School (formally Swadelands School), Ham Lane, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent ME17 2LL
Received Not publishedThe Wyvern School, Great Chart Bypass, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4ER
Received Not publishedBowles Lodge, All Saints Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 4HT
Received Not publishedTilmanstone Salads, Tilmanstone Salads, Millyard Way, Eythorne, Kent, CT15 4NL
Received Not publishedLand at Cryalls Lane, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1HN
Received Not publishedLand at Holborough Lakes, Polyfield Close, Snodland, Kent
Received Not publishedCommunity College Whitstable, Bellevue Road, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 1PX
Received Not publishedLand off Great Basin Road, Port of Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, Kent ME12 1SW
Received Not publishedApex Business Park, Unit 4, Queens Farm Road, Shorne, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 3HU
Received Not publishedSeal C Of E Primary School, Zambra Way, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0DJ
Received Not publishedRiver Primary School, Lewisham Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 0PP
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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