Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Oakfield Primary School, Oakfield Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2SW
Received Not publishedWestlands Secondary School, Westlands Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1PF
Received Not publishedNewnham Court Farm, Bearsted Road, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5LH
Received Not publishedWhitfield & Aspen School, Mayfield Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 3LJ
Received Not publishedSeal C Of E Primary School, Zambra Way, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0DJ
Received Not publishedLand at St George's C of E Foundation School, Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2LH
Received Not publishedOff Stirling Way, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6NB
Received Not publishedLand North of Platinum Way, St Mary's Platt, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 8JE
Received Not publishedOakwood House, Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AE
Received Not publishedSt Georges Church of England Primary School, Chequers Road, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3QU
Received Not publishedStocks Green Primary School, Leigh Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 9AE
Received Not publishedSaint George's Church of England Foundation School, Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2LH
Received Not publishedCornwallis Academy, Hubbards Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 4HX
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Technology College, Colyer Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BG
Received Not publishedHeadcorn Primary School, Kings Road, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9QT
Received Not publishedSt. Peters Methodist Primary School, St. Peters Grove, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2DH
Received Not publishedSt Georges Church of England Foundation Primary School, Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 2LH
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Girls Grammar School, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3EW
Received Not publishedBlaise Farm Quarry, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4PN
Received Not publishedLand at Home Farm Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3UW
Received Not publishedThe Wyvern School, Clockhouse, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4YN
Received Not publishedLand at Finberry Village, Mersham, Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedFormer tramshed and part of rear garden of Westbrook House, 150 Canterbury Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 5DD
Received Not publishedSt. Stephen's Junior School, Hales Drive, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7AD
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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