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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Cornfields, Cranleigh Drive, Whitfield, Dover, CT16 3NW
Received Not publishedSandhurst Primary School, Rye Road, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 5JE
Received Not publishedChevening St Botolph's CE Primary School, Chevening Road, Chipstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 2SA
Received Not publishedDover Grammar School for Girls, Frith Road, Dover, Kent, CT16 2PZ
Received Not publishedThamesview School, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF
Received Not publishedKing Ethelbert School, Canterbury Road, Birchington, Margate, Kent
Received Not publishedSt James's CE Primary School, Sandrock Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3PR
Received Not publishedWater Meadows Primary School, Shaftesbury Road, Hersden, Canterbury, Kent CT3 4HS
Received Not publishedAll Souls' CEP School, Stanley Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4LG
Received Not publishedTunbridge Wells Girls Grammar School, Southfield Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9UJ
Received Not publishedParcel PS1 to the south of Mock Lane on the Chilmington Green development in Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedNorwood Farm Landfill Site, Lower Road, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3AJ
Received Not publishedLong Reach Sewage Treatment Works, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PP
Received Not publishedSalmestone Primary School, College Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 4DB
Received Not publishedWorth Primary School, The Street, Worth, Deal, Kent CT14 0DF
Received Not publishedSt Anthonys School, St Anthonys Way, Margate, Kent, CT9 3RA
Received Not publishedHigh Firs Primary School, Court Crescent, Swanley, Kent, BR8 8NR
Received Not publishedWestmeads Community Infant School, Cromwell Road, Whitstable, Kent CT5 1NA
Received Not publishedSt. Albans Road Infant School, St. Albans Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1TE
Received Not publishedHawkenbury Farm, Hawkenbury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9AD
Received Not publishedIfield School, Cedar Avenue, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5JT
Received Not publishedAssociated Asphalt Contracting Ltd, Land at East Peckham Rail Depot, Boyle Way, East Peckham, Kent TN12 5EY
Received Not publishedLand at Hooks Hole Farm, Chestnut Street, Borden, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8DA
Received Not publishedLullingstone Country Park Visitor Centre, Kingfisher Bridge, Castle Road, Eynsford, Dartford, Kent, DA4 0JF
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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