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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Elham CEP School, Vicarage Lane, Elham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6TT
Received Not publishedThamesview School, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF
Received Not publishedLady Boswell's CE Primary School, Plymouth Drive, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3RW
Received Not publishedBarham CE Primary School, Valley Road, Barham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6NX
Received Not publishedAppleton Lodge, Rumfields Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2PW
Received Not publishedSwan Valley Community School, Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0BZ
Received Not publishedRiver Primary School, Lewisham Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 0PP
Received Not publishedFaversham Library, Newton Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8DY
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School, Barton Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7BT
Received Not publishedThe Hayesbrook School, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PH
Received Not publishedHerne Bay Library, 124 High Street, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 5JY
Received Not publishedSutton At Hone CEP School, Church Road, Sutton At Hone, Dartford, Kent, DA4 9EX
Received Not publishedSkinners Kent Academy, Blackhurst Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PY
Received Not publishedPreston Primary School, Mill Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1HB
Received Not publishedSibertswold CEP School, Coldred Road, Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent, CT15 7LF
Received Not publishedIsle of Sheppey Academy (East Site), Minster Road, Sheerness, Kent
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas Primary School, Fairfield Road, New Romney, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN28 8BP
Received Not publishedAshford Social Education Centre, St. Stephens Walk, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5AD
Received Not publishedFormer Newington Primary School, Melbourne Avenue, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6JS
Received Not publishedA249 Grovehurst Road Junction, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 2FF
Received Not publishedSunny Bank Primary School, Sunny Bank, Murston, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 3QN
Received Not publishedDover Fastrack - Land to the north of Dover and to the south of Whitfield, Kent
Received Not publishedSlade Primary School, The Slade, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1HR
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Selsted Primary School, Stockham Lane, Selsted, Dover, Kent, CT15 7HH
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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