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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Portal House School, Sea Street, St Margarets At Cliffe, Kent, CT15 6SS
Received Not publishedEast Kent Access Phase 2, Port Richborough Business Park, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9PQ
Received Not publishedWaterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0GB
Received Not publishedLydd Quarry, Jurys Gap Road, Lydd, Kent, TN29 9JW
Received Not publishedSt Georges Church of England School (Primary School Campus), Westcott Avenue, Gravesend, Kent DA11 7HP
Received Not publishedThe Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RL
Received Not publishedTunbury Primary School, Tunbury Avenue, Chatham, Kent, ME5 9HY
Received Not publishedEastchurch C Of E Primary School, Warden Road, Eastchurch, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 4EJ
Received Not publishedSt. George's C Of E School, Meadow Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7LS
Received Not publishedChrist Church CEJ School, London Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 0ZZ
Received Not publishedLand at Dunbrik Depot, Main Road, Sundridge, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6EP
Received Not publishedBorough Green Sand Pits, Platt Industrial Estate, St Marys Platt, Borough Green, Kent, TN15 8JL
Received Not publishedLand at Leybourne Chase, London Road, Ryarsh, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5AT
Received Not publishedThamesview School, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF
Received Not publishedSite Offices, King Edward Road, Greenhithe, Kent, DA9 9AE
Received Not publishedAylesham Primary School, Attlee Avenue, Aylesham, Kent, CT3 3BS
Received Not publishedCowden Exploration Site, Field No. 0002 Claydene Farm, Off Hartfield Road, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent
Received Not publishedDavington Primary School, Priory Row, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7EQ
Received Not publishedFormer Chaucer Technology School, Spring Lane, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1SU
Received Not publishedSpeldhurst CEP School, Langton Road, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0NP
Received Not publishedIden Green Wastewater Treatment Works, Woodcock Lane, Iden Green, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4HD
Received Not publishedSt Mary's Playing Field, Warren Way, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6DT
Received Not publishedFormer Newington Primary School Site, Melbourne Avenue, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6JS
Received Not publishedFive Acre Wood School, Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QF
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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