Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Whitfield Pumping Station, Sandwich Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent CT16 3LA
Received Not publishedShears Green Junior School, White Avenue, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7JB
Received Not publishedCleve Hill Farm, Cleve Hill, Graveney, Kent ME13 9EE
Received Not publishedSussex Road School, Sussex Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2TP
Received Not publishedLand SE of intersection of CTRL and North Kent Railway, Ebbsfleet
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School, Barton Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7BT
Received Not publishedDover Road Community Primary School, Dover Road, Northfleet East, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0RB
Received Not publishedCowells Yard, Ashford Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1NJ
Received Not publishedDunbrik Waste Transfer Station, Main Road, Sundridge, Sevenoaks, Kent
Received Not publishedHighview School, Moat Farm Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5DJ
Received Not publishedCranbrook School, Waterloo Road, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3JD
Received Not publishedThe Willows, Hilda May Avenue, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7BT
Received Not publishedGarlinge Primary School and Nursery, Westfield Road, Margate, Kent CT9 5PA
Received Not publishedSevenoaks Grammar Annexe/Trinity School site, Seal Hollow Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3SN
Received Not publishedBredgar C Of E Primary School, Bexon Lane, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8HB
Received Not publishedLand to the South of Bentley Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0HR
Received Not publishedHope Farm, Crete Road East, Folkestone, CT18 7EG
Received Not publishedSt. Marys C Of E Primary School, School Hill, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8DE
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School, Barton Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7BT
Received Not publishedBarham Pre School, C/o Barham CE Primary School, Valley Road, Barham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6NX
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Technology College, Colyer Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BG
Received Not publishedSt John's Primary School, St John's Place, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1BD
Received Not publishedCountrystyle Recycling Ltd, Ridham Dock Road, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedThe Craylands Primary School, Craylands Lane, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0LP
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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