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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land through the chalk spine under the B255 Bean Road, Bluewater Shopping Centre and Eastern Quarry, Dartford, Greenhithe, Kent DA9 9ST
Received Not publishedOffham Primary School, Church Road, Offham, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5NX
Received Not publishedTunbridge Wells Boys Grammar School, St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9XB
Received Not publishedUnit 18, Henwood Industrial Estate, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DH
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Nursery School, 140, London Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9JS
Received Not publishedSt James' CEI School, Sandrock Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3PR
Received Not publishedLand at Home Farm Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3UW
Received Not publishedDarenth Community Primary School, Green Street Green Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8DH
Received Not publishedHolywell Primary School, Forge Lane, Upchurch, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7AE
Received Not publishedStone Pit 2, St James Lane, Greenhithe, Dartford, Kent, DA9 9LT
Received Not publishedSt Simon Stock Catholic School, Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0JP
Received Not published106, Cheriton Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2QN
Received Not publishedLand at the former Millstream School, Mill Street, East Malling, Kent
Received Not publishedWilmington Academy, Common Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7DR
Received Not publishedLamberhurst St Marys CofE School, Pearse Place, Lamberhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 8EJ
Received Not publishedCapel Primary School, Five Oak Green Road, Five Oak Green, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 6RP
Received Not publishedSnodland C E Primary School, Roberts Road, Snodland, Kent, ME6 5HL
Received Not publishedWorth School, The Street, Worth, Kent, CT14 0DF
Received Not publishedHoly Trinity & St Johns C of E Primary School, St Johns Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 1LU
Received Not publishedPreston Primary School, Mill Lane, Preston, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1HB
Received Not publishedBean Primary School, School Lane, Bean, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8AW
Received Not publishedWrotham Quarry, Trottiscliffe Road, Addington, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5DL
Received Not publishedLeeds WTW, Penfold Hill, Leeds, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1RR
Received Not publishedSt Stephens Infant School, Hales Drive, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7AB
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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