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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bredgar C Of E Primary School, Bexon Lane, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8HB
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Sports And Youth Centre, Hall Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent DA11 8AJ
Received Not publishedSweeep Kuusakoski, Gas Road, Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2QB
Received Not publishedBorough Green Sand Pit, Maidstone Road, Platt, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 8JL
Received Not publishedSt Georges Church of England Primary School, Chequers Road, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3QU
Received Not publishedTonbridge Wastewater Treatment Works, Sanderson Way, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1XX
Received Not publishedHampton Primary School, Fitzgerald Avenue, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 8NB
Received Not publishedLand at Tovil Green, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6RJ
Received Not published38-42, High Street, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1NL
Received Not publishedSwattenden Centre, Swattenden Lane, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3PR
Received Not publishedMaypole Primary School, Franklin Road, Seal, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7UZ
Received Not publishedThe Towers School, Faversham Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AL
Received Not publishedKings Hill School, Crispin Way, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4LS
Received Not publishedRoselands Pre-School, Woodlands School Grounds, Hunt Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN10 4BB
Received Not publishedThe Manor School, Keary Road, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0BU
Received Not publishedShepherd's Farm Quarry, Lenham, Kent
Received Not publishedJoy Lane Primary School, Joy Lane, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 4LT
Received Not publishedDover Grammar School for Boys, Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent CT17 0DQ
Received Not publishedChilmington Green Temporary School, Jemmett Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4QE
Received Not publishedLaleham Gap School, Ozengell Place, Eurokent Business Park, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6PB
Received Not publishedBlaise Farm Quarry, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4PN
Received Not publishedBroomhill Bank School (Northern Site), Rowhill Road, Swanley, Kent BR8 7RP
Received Not publishedEastern Quarry Wastewater Treatment Works, Watling Road, Swanscombe, Ebbsfleet, KENT, DA10 0BF
Received Not publishedJoydens Wood Junior School, Birchwood Drive, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7NE
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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