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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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White Cliffs Primary College For The Arts, St Radigunds Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 0LB
Received Not publishedStocks Green Primary School, Leigh Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 9AE
Received Not publishedDowns View Infant School, Ball Lane, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4PJ
Received Not publishedEllington and Hereson School, Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6RH
Received Not publishedTemple Hill Primary Infants School, St Edmunds Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5ND
Received Not publishedDover Grammar School For Boys, Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent, CT17 0DQ
Received Not publishedSpires Academy, Bredlands Lane, Sturry, CT2 0HD
Received Not publishedWrotham Quarry, Addington, West Malling, Kent ME19 5DL
Received Not publishedWentworth County Primary School, Wentworth Drive, Dartford, DA1 3NG
Received Not publishedLangdon Primary School, The Street, East Langdon, Dover, Kent, CT15 5JQ
Received Not publishedCoxheath Primary School, Stockett Lane, Coxheath, Maidstone, Kent ME17 4PS
Received Not publishedBlaise Farm Quarry, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4PN
Received Not publishedSaltwood C Of E Primary School, Grange Road, Saltwood, Hythe, Kent, CT21 4QS
Received Not publishedSt Stephen's (Tonbridge) Primary School, Royal Rise, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2DQ
Received Not publishedPinden Quarry, Green Street, Green Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8EB
Received Not publishedLand to the rear of Highways Depot, Canterbury Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8NA
Received Not publishedSevenoaks Primary School, Bradbourne Park Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3LB
Received Not publishedSwadelands School, Maidstone Road, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 2QJ
Received Not publishedPalm Bay Primary School, Palm Bay Avenue, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent, CT9 3PP
Received Not publishedWhitstable and Seasalter Endowed C Of E School, High Street, Whitstable, Kent CT5 1AY
Received Not publishedNewnham Court Shopping Village, Bearsted Road, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5LH
Received Not publishedKings Farm Family Centre, Windsor Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5BW
Received Not publishedWrotham School, Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD
Received Not publishedWestgate School/Dartford Campus, Heath Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2LY
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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