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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Darenth Community Primary School, Green Street Green Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8DH
Received Not publishedCovers Quarry, Westerham, Kent
Received Not publishedThe Westlands School, Westlands Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1PF
Received Not publishedLand off an un-named road, South west of Puckland Wood, (between the A2 and Westcourt Lane), Shepherdswell, Kent, CT15 7PZ
Received Not publishedIsle of Sheppey Academy, Jefferson Road, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 2PU
Received Not publishedCrockenhill Primary School, The Green, Crockenhill, Swanley, Kent, BR8 8LT
Received Not publishedMVV Environment, Ridham Dock Biomass Facility, Lord Nelson Road, Iwade, Sittingbourne ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedLenham Quarry (Shepherds Farm), Forstal Road, Lenham, Kent, ME17 2JB
Received Not publishedManor Community Primary School, Keary Road, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0BU
Received Not publishedConghurst Barn, Conghurst Lane, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 4RW
Received Not publishedThurnham Primary School, The Landway, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 4BL
Received Not publishedHope Farm, Crete Road East, Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 7EG
Received Not publishedValley Park Community School, Huntsman Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5DT
Received Not publishedSt Gregorys Roman Catholic Comprehensive School, Reynolds Lane, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9XL
Received Not publishedDitton Infant School, Pear Tree Avenue, Ditton, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 6EB
Received Not publishedThe Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RL
Received Not publishedThe Trinity School, Seal Hollow Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3SL
Received Not publishedIsle of Sheppey Academy West, Marine Parade, Sheerness, ME12 2BE
Received Not publishedEthelbert Road Primary School, Ethelbert Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8SQ
Received Not publishedSlade Primary School, The Slade, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1HR
Received Not publishedGreat Chart Primary School, Hoxton Close, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5LB
Received Not publishedCanterbury Wastewater Treatment Works, Sturry Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0AA
Received Not publishedLand to the South of Stonar Cut, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent
Received Not publishedLangdon Primary School, The Street, East Langdon, Dover, Kent, CT15 5JQ
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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