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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hawkenbury Farm, Hawkenbury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9AD
Received Not publishedFrittenden CE Primary School, Frittenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2DD
Received Not publishedSt Gregorys Roman Catholic Comprehensive School, Reynolds Lane, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9XL
Received Not publishedNew Hythe Lane, Aylesford, Kent
Received Not publishedTunbridge Wells Library, Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1NS
Received Not publishedPalmarsh Primary School, St Georges Place, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6NE
Received Not publishedBorough Green Quarry, Wrotham Road, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent
Received Not publishedMilton Court Primary School, Brewery Road, Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2EE
Received Not publishedSt James' CEI School, Sandrock Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3PR
Received Not publishedLand between Ridham Avenue, Kemsley and Castle Road, Sittingbourne, Kent
Received Not publishedNonington CEP School, Church Street, Nonington, Dover, Kent CT15 4LB
Received Not publishedOffham Landfill, Teston Road, Offham, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5PF
Received Not publishedDover Christ Church Academy, Melbourne Avenue, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 2EG
Received Not publishedPinden Quarry, Green Street Green Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8DX
Received Not publishedWest Minster Primary School, St. Georges Avenue, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1ET
Received Not publishedThe Downs CEP School, Downs Road, Walmer, Deal, Kent, CT14 7TL
Received Not publishedBlaise Farm Quarry, Blaise Quarry Road, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4PN
Received Not publishedBorough Green Quarry, Wrotham Road, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks
Received Not publishedJoy Lane Primary School, Joy Lane, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 4LT
Received Not publishedTemple Ewell Primary School, 3 - 4, Brookside, Temple Ewell, Dover, Kent, CT16 3DT
Received Not publishedLand at Henwood adj to St Eanswythe's CEP School, The Bayle, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1SQ
Received Not publishedBean Primary School, School Lane, Bean, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8AW
Received Not publishedPaddock Wood Primary School, Old Kent Road, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 6JE
Received Not publishedBrockhill Country Park, Sandling Road, Saltwood, Hythe, Kent CT21 4HL
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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