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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Court Lodge Farm, Stack Road, Horton Kirby, Dartford, Kent DA4 9DU
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas Primary School, Fairfield Road, New Romney, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN28 8BP
Received Not publishedDover Discovery Centre, Market Square, Dover, Kent, CT16 1PB
Received Not publishedTarmac Limited, Snodland Quarry, Hays Road, Ham Hill, Snodland, Kent, ME6 5LA
Received Not publishedWoodlands Junior School, Hunt Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN10 4BB
Received Not publishedKent Highway Depot, The Teardrop Centre, Farningham Hill Road, Swanley, Kent BR8 8TJ
Received Not publishedLand south of Rolvenden Road, Benenden, Kent, TN17 4DN
Received Not publishedBroomhill Bank School, Broomhill Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 0TB
Received Not publishedLand to the north and south of the A299 (Hengist Way) and to the east of the A256 (Richborough Way), including an existing railway line and part of the existing A299, Cliffsend, Kent (Thanet Parkway Station)
Received Not publishedThe Marsh Academy, Station Road, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8BB
Received Not publishedThe Norton Knatchbull School, Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0QJ
Received Not publishedLady Boswell's CE Primary School, Plymouth Drive, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3RW
Received Not publishedIde Hill Primary School, Sundridge Road, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6JT
Received Not publishedEclipse Business Park, Brunswick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1EL
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Grammar School For Girls, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3EW
Received Not publishedThe Wyvern School, Great Chart Bypass, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4ER
Received Not publishedLand south of Rolvenden Road, Benenden, Kent, TN17 4DN
Received Not publishedLands at, and to the North of Wrotham Quarry, Addington, Wrotham, Kent ME19 5DL
Received Not publishedClaremont Primary School, Banner Farm Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Received Not publishedCranbrook School, Waterloo Road, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3JD
Received Not publishedGravesend Grammar School, Church Walk, Gravesend, Kent DA12 2PR
Received Not publishedCanterbury Road Primary School, School Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4SE
Received Not publishedWoodleas Farm, Goldwell Lane, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7DX
Received Not publishedLady Boswell's CE Primary School, Plymouth Drive, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3RW
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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