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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Dunbrik Depot, Main Road, Sundridge, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6EP
Received Not publishedThe Folkestone School For Girls, Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3RB
Received Not publishedBluewater Shopping Centre, Bluewater Parkway, Dartford, Greenhithe, Kent DA9 9ST
Received Not publishedLand at Allens Bank, off Dennes Lane, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN29 9PU
Received Not publishedHampton Primary School, Fitzgerald Avenue, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 8NB
Received Not publishedKent County Council, Westlands Primary School, Homewood Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1XN
Received Not publishedLand to the north & south of A299 (Hengist Way), including existing railway line and part of the existing A299 (Hengist Way), Cliffsend, Kent (Thanet Parkway Station)
Received Not publishedGoat Lees School Site, Between Hurst Rd & Guernsey Way, Kennington, Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedNewnham Court Shopping Village, Bearsted Road, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5LH
Received Not publishedThe Community College Whitstable, Bellevue Road, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 1PX
Received Not publishedSittingbourne Northern Relief Road, Land between Ridham Avenue, Kemsley, & Castle Road, Sittingbourne, Kent
Received Not publishedHeadcorn Primary School, Kings Road, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9QT
Received Not publishedClifton Road Site Compound, Clifton Road, Gravesend, Kent DA11 0AH
Received Not publishedBlaise Farm Quarry, Offham, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4PN
Received Not publishedLand off Barge Way, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent
Received Not publishedBorough Green Quarry, Wrotham Road, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent
Received Not publishedOldridge Wood Lagoons, Swanton Lane, Off Canterbury Road, Littlebourne, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 4AX
Received Not publishedChevening (St Botolph's) CEP School, Chevening Road, Chipstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 2SA
Received Not publishedHope Farm, Crete Road East, Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 7EG
Received Not publishedSandling Primary School, Ashburnham Road, Penenden Heath, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 2JG
Received Not publishedDartford Technology College, Heath Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2LP
Received Not publishedWestlands Secondary School, Westlands Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1PF
Received Not publishedSt George's CE Foundation School, Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2LH
Received Not publishedTunstall C E Primary School, Tunstall, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8DX
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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