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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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KCC Highways Services, Double Day House, St Michaels Close, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7BU
Received Not publishedLand at Kingsmead Coach Park, off Kingsmead Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT2
Received Not publishedJudd School Playing Field, Land off Lower Haysden Lane (Vizard 1 & 2), Tonbridge, Kent
Received Not publishedLong Reach Sewage Treatment Works, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PP
Received Not publishedFurley Park Primary School, Reed Crescent, Kingsnorth, Kent, TN23 3PA
Received Not publishedThistley Hill, Former Melbourne CP School, Melbourne Avenue, Dover, Kent, CT16 2JH
Received Not publishedStema Shipping UK Ltd, Red Lion Wharf, Crete Hall Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9AA
Received Not publishedChallock Primary School, Church Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BU
Received Not publishedOffham Landfill Site, Teston Road, Offham, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5PF
Received Not publishedLand off Great Basin Road, Port of Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, Kent ME12 1SW
Received Not publishedChurch Marshes Household Waste Recycling Centre, Gas Road, Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2QE
Received Not publishedHighworth Grammar School For Girls, Quantock Drive, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8UD
Received Not publishedWest Hill Primary School, Dartford Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 3DZ
Received Not publishedThe Foreland School, Lanthorne Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 3NX
Received Not publishedGypsy & Traveller Caravan Site, Coldharbour Lane, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7NZ
Received Not publishedPinden Quarry, Green Street Green Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8EB
Received Not publishedLong Reach Sewage Treatment Works, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PP
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Girls Grammar School, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3EW
Received Not publishedNonington CEP School, Church Street, Nonington, Dover, Kent CT15 4LB
Received Not publishedHever C of E Primary School, Hever Road, Hever, Kent TN8 7NH
Received Not publishedStonecastle Farm Quarry, Whetsted Road, Five Oak Green, Tonbridge, Kent TN12 6SE
Received Not publishedTunbridge Wells Library, Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1NS
Received Not publishedLittlebourne C Of E Primary School, Church Road, Littlebourne, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1XS
Received Not publishedWest Hill Primary School, Dartford Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 3DZ
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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