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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 publishedBirchington Primary School, Park Lane, Birchington, Kent, CT7 0AS
Received Not publishedColdharbour Gypsy & Traveller Unit, Coldharbour Lane, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7NZ
Received Not publishedEbbsfleet Green Primary School, Ackers Drive, Weldon, Ebbsfleet Valley, Kent, DA10 1AL
Received Not publishedBarming Primary School, Belmont Close, Barming, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 9DY
Received Not publishedArnolds Lodge Farm, East Peckham Quarry, Hale Street, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 5HL
Received Not publishedElham CEP School, Vicarage Lane, Elham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6TT
Received Not publishedGravesend Grammar School For Boys, Church Walk, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2PR
Received Not publishedThe Downs CEP School, Downs Road, Walmer, Deal, Kent, CT14 7TL
Received Not publishedStone Pit 1, Cotton Lane, Stone, Dartford, Kent, DA9 9ED
Received Not publishedLuddenham CP School, Luddenham, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0TE
Received Not publishedDover Discovery Centre, Market Square, Dover, Kent, CT16 1PH
Received Not publishedArchbishop Courtenay CE (Aided) Primary School, Eccleston Road, Tovil, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6QN
Received Not publishedAshford Wastewater Treatment Works, Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 9QB
Received Not publishedPlots D & E, Lakesview Business Park, Hersden, Nr Canterbury, Kent, CT3 4GP
Received Not publishedEdenbridge County Primary School, High Street, Edenbridge, TN8 5AB
Received Not publishedAdvisory Service Kent, Shepway Centre, Oxford Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8AW
Received Not publishedSt Matthew's High Brooms CEP School, Powder Mill Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9DY
Received Not publishedSt Lawrence CEP School, Stone Street, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0LN
Received Not publishedEdenbridge Wastewater Treatment Works, Skinners Lane, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 6LW
Received Not publishedWoodchurch CEP School, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3QJ
Received Not publishedThe East Malling Centre, Chapman Way, East Malling, Kent ME19 6SD
Received Not publishedCraylands Primary School, Craylands Lane, Swanscombe, Kent DA10 0LP
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas Primary School, Fairfield Road, New Romney, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN28 8BP
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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