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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Wittersham CEP School, The Street, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7EA
Received Not publishedCallis Grange Nursery and Infant School, Beacon Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 3DG
Received Not publishedSt Georges Church of England Primary School, Chequers Road, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3QU
Received Not publishedRiverhead Infants School, Worships Hill, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2AS
Received Not publishedMaypole Primary School, Franklin Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7UZ
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Langton Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7AS
Received Not publishedMVV Environment Ridham, Lord Nelson Road, Ridham Dock, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8FQ
Received Not publishedLand opposite Brickmakers Arms, Maidstone Road, Platt, Sevenoaks, Kent
Received Not publishedLand on the South East side of Archers Court Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent CT16 3HU
Received Not publishedLand at Ridham Dock, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedSalmestone Primary School, College Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 4DB
Received Not publishedSouthborough C of E Primary School, Broomhill Park Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 0JY
Received Not publishedThe Sittingbourne Community College, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4NL
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School for Girls, Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SF
Received Not publishedBennett Memorial Diocesan School, Culverden Down, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9SH
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School, Barton Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7BT
Received Not publishedLand at St George's C of E Foundation School, Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2LH
Received Not publishedBallast Pheonix Ltd, Ridham Dock Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Technology College, Colyer Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BG
Received Not publishedManor Community Primary School, Keary Road, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0BU
Received Not publishedKnole (east) Academy, Seal Hollow Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3SN
Received Not publishedCharing CofE School, School Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0JN
Received Not publishedDover Grammar School For Boys, Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent CT17 0DQ
Received Not publishedPent Valley Leisure Centre, Tilekiln Lane, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4PB
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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