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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Longfield Academy, Main Road, Longfield, Kent, DA3 7PH
Received Not publishedDungeness A Power Station, Dungeness Road, Romney Marsh, Kent TN29 9PP
Received Not publishedSt. Crispins CP Infant School, St. Crispins Road, Westgate-On-Sea, Kent, CT8 8EB
Received Not publishedLand off Lower Haysden Lane, Tonbridge, Kent
Received Not publishedKings Farm Primary School, Cedar Avenue, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5JT
Received Not publishedRoseacre Junior School, The Landway, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 4BL
Received Not publishedInvicta House, Sessions House Square, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XX
Received Not publishedLand at Claxfield Farm, London Road, Teynham, Sittingbourne, Kent
Received Not publishedBorden C Of E Primary School, School Lane, Borden, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8JS
Received Not publishedSittingbourne Community College, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4NL
Received Not publishedGround Floor Business Premises, 14 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1DP
Received Not publishedBlaise Farm Quarry, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4PN
Received Not publishedBluewater Shopping Centre, Bluewater Parkway, Dartford, Greenhithe, Kent DA9 9ST
Received Not publishedSt Johns Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochester Road, Gravesend, Kent DA12 2SY
Received Not publishedKing Ethelbert School, Canterbury Road, Birchington, Margate, Kent
Received Not publishedSt Clements Way, Greenhithe, Kent DA9 9AE
Received Not publishedEast Peckham Quarry, Hale Street, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 5HL
Received Not publishedLand at Leybourne Chase, London Road, Ryarsh, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5AT
Received Not publishedFive Acre Wood School, Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QF
Received Not publishedHartsdown Technology College, George V Avenue, Margate, Kent, CT9 5RE
Received Not publishedGypsy and Traveller Caravan Site, Coldharbour Lane, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7NZ
Received Not publishedCharing Quarry/Burleigh Farm, Hook Lane, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AN
Received Not publishedSpires Academy, Bredlands Lane, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent CT2 0HD
Received Not publishedOtterpool Quarry, Ashford Road, Sellindge, Kent TN25 6DA
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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