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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Maidstone Grammar School, Barton Road, Maidstone, Kent ME15 7BT
Received Not publishedSeal Recreation Ground Car Park, High Street, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0AF
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Grammar School For Boys, Nackington Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7AS
Received Not publishedConningbrook Quarry, Willesborough Road, Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedPalm Bay Primary School, Palm Bay Avenue, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent, CT9 3PP
Received Not publishedOffham Landfill Site, Teston Road, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5PF
Received Not publishedCulverstone Green Primary School, Wrotham Road, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent, DA13 0RF
Received Not publishedWhitfield & Aspen School, Mayfield Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 3LJ
Received Not publishedGreatness Quarry, Bat & Ball Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 5BP
Received Not publishedJudd School Playing Fields, Land off Lower Haysden Lane, Tonbridge, Kent
Received Not publishedTenterden Infants School, Recreation Ground Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RA
Received Not publishedKCC Highway Services, St Michaels Close, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7BU
Received Not publishedWhitehill Primary School, Sun Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5HN
Received Not publishedDover Fastrack - Land to the north of Dover and to the south of Whitfield, Kent
Received Not publishedHawkenbury Farm, Hawkenbury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9AD
Received Not publishedEast Kent Access - Phase 2, Minster Roundabout (A299) and Lord of the Manor Junction at Cliffsend, Thanet, Kent
Received Not publishedNew Line Learning Academy (Oldborough Manor School), Boughton Lane, Loose, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QF
Received Not publishedOldridge Wood Lagoons, Swanton Lane, Off Canterbury Road, Littlebourne, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 4AX
Received Not publishedChevening (St Botolph's) CEP School, Chevening Road, Chipstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 2SA
Received Not publishedCraylands Primary School, Craylands Lane, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0LP
Received Not publishedUnit 3, Canterbury Industrial Park, Island Road, Hersden, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 4HQ
Received Not publishedKnole (east) Academy, Seal Hollow Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3SN
Received Not publishedNew Line Learning Academy, Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QF
Received Not publishedMeadowfield School, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4NL
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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