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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Joy Lane Primary School, Joy Lane, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 4LT
Received Not publishedLongfield Academy, Main Road, Longfield, Kent, DA3 7PH
Received Not publishedUnit 3e, Priory Park, Mills Road, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7PP
Received Not publishedOak Trees Community School, Oaktree Avenue, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9AX
Received Not publishedLawn Primary School, High Street, Northfleet, Kent, DA11 9HB
Received Not publishedTesco Stores Ltd, Hythe Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0YE
Received Not publishedLand off Sumpter Way, Lower Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7NY
Received Not publishedAylesford Quarry, Rochester Road, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7DX
Received Not publishedSt John's CEP School, St. Johns Place, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1BD
Received Not publishedThe Hayesbrook School, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PH
Received Not publishedWilmington Grammar School for Boys, Common Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7DA
Received Not publishedThe John Wesley C of E Methodist Primary School, Wesley School Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5LW
Received Not publishedSouth Borough Primary School, Stagshaw Close, Postley Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6TL
Received Not publishedStone Bay School, Stone Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 1EB
Received Not publishedPumping Station 2, Ashford Road, New Romney, Kent
Received Not publishedThe Brent County Primary Junior and Infant School, London Road, Stone, DA2 6BA
Received Not publishedDowns View Infant School, Ball Lane, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4PJ
Received Not publishedHorsmonden Primary School, Back Lane, Horsmonden, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 8NJ
Received Not publishedSt Peter In Thanet C Of E Junior School, Grange Road, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 3EP
Received Not publishedOtterpool Quarry, Ashford Road, Sellindge, Kent, TN25 6DA
Received Not publishedStaplehurst School, Gybbon Rise, Staplehurst, Kent, TN12 0LZ
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School, Barton Road, Maidstone, Kent ME15 7BT
Received Not publishedIsle of Sheppey Academy, West Site, Jefferson Road, Sheerness, Kent
Received Not publishedEastern Quarry Wastewater Treatment Works, Watling Road, Swanscombe, Ebbsfleet, KENT, DA10 0BF
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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