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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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St Georges Church of England School (Primary School Campus), Westcott Avenue, Gravesend, Kent DA11 7HP
Received Not publishedOffham Landfill, Teston Road, Offham, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5PF
Received Not publishedUnit 17, Ridham Dock, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Girls' Grammar School, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3EW
Received Not publishedHerne Bay High School, Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7NS
Received Not publishedWhitstable and Seasalter Endowed C Of E School, High Street, Whitstable, Kent CT5 1AY
Received Not publishedWilmington Academy, Common Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7DR
Received Not publishedBrook Community Primary School, Spelders Hill, Brook, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5PB
Received Not publishedOffham Landfill Site, Teston Road, Offham, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5PF
Received Not publishedLady Boswell's CEP School, Plymouth Drive, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3RW
Received Not publishedChilston Sand Pit, Sandway Road, Sandway, Maidstone, Kent ME17 2LU
Received Not publishedFive Acre Wood School, Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QL
Received Not publishedMeopham School, Wrotham Road, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent, DA13 0AH
Received Not publishedMayfield Grammar School, Pelham Road, Gravesend, Kent DA11 0JE
Received Not publishedSt Botolphs C Of E Primary School, Dover Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9PL
Received Not publishedCobbs Wood Industrial Estate, Brunswick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1EL
Received Not publishedRepton Manor Primary School, Repton Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3RX
Received Not publishedFormer Newington Primary School, Melbourne Avenue, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6JS
Received Not publishedLand on the South East side of Archers Court Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent CT16 3HU
Received Not publishedDover Grammar School For Boys, Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent CT17 0DQ
Received Not publishedIsle of Sheppey Academy, West Site, Jefferson Road, Sheerness, Kent
Received Not publishedMersham Primary School, Church Road, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6NU
Received Not publishedHawkenbury Farm, Hawkenbury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9AD
Received Not publishedKnightingales, Wittersham Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7HA
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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