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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Rathmore Road Link, Land at and surrounding Rathmore Road, south of the Railway, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0HP
Received Not publishedCharing Quarry, Hook Lane, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AN
Received Not publishedSessions House, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XQ
Received Not publishedBritannia Refined Metals Ltd, Britannia Metal Refinery And Premises, Lower Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9BG
Received Not publishedStonecastle Farm Quarry, Whetsted Road, Five Oak Green, Tonbridge, Kent
Received Not publishedSheldwich Primary School, Lees Court Road, Sheldwich, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0LU
Received Not publishedSt Georges Church Of England School, Meadow Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7LS
Received Not publishedLand at Dunbrik Depot, Main Road, Sundridge, Kent TN14 6EP
Received Not publishedBlean Primary School, Whitstable Road, Blean, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 9ED
Received Not publishedNew Swan Valley Community School, Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0BZ
Received Not publishedSeal C of E Primary School, Zambra Way, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0DJ
Received Not publishedWrotham School, Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD
Received Not publishedSholden CEP School, London Road, Sholden, Deal, Kent, CT14 0AB
Received Not publishedGravesend Grammar School, Church Walk, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2PR
Received Not publishedJudd School Playing Field, Land off Lower Haysden Lane (Vizard 2), Tonbridge, Kent
Received Not publishedHerne Junior School, School Lane, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7AL
Received Not publishedShoreham Village School, Church Street, Shoreham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 7SN
Received Not publishedWilmington Academy, Wilmington Academy, Common Lane, Wilmington, Kent, DA2 7DR
Received Not publishedHarrietsham Church Of England Primary School, West Street, Harrietsham, Kent ME17 1JZ
Received Not publishedThamesview School, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF
Received Not publishedUnit 4, Apex Business Park, Queens Farm Road, Shorne, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 3HU
Received Not publishedThe North School, Essella Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8AL
Received Not publishedA28 Sturry Link Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT20
Received Not publishedDame Janet Community Junior School, Newington Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6QY
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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