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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Proposed Victoria Way, Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedFour Elms Primary School, Bough Beech Road, Four Elms, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 6NE
Received Not publishedBapchild and Tonge Primary School, School Lane, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 9NL
Received Not publishedBraethorpe, Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8QF
Received Not publishedWickhambreaux C of E Primary School, The Street, Wickhambreaux, Kent CT3 1RN
Received Not publishedNewington Library, Newington Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6PX
Received Not publishedSibertswold Church of England Primary School, Coldred Road, Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent, CT15 7LF
Received Not publishedElms School, Elms Vale Road, Dover, Kent CT17 9PS
Received Not publishedCartwright & Kelsey Primary School, School Road, Ash, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 2JD
Received Not publishedRegis Manor Primary School, Middletune Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 2HT
Received Not publishedThe Abbey School, The Abbey School, London Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8RZ
Received Not publishedThe John Wallis Church Of England Academy, Millbank Road, Kingsnorth, Kent, TN23 3HG
Received Not publishedSt James the Great Primary and Nursery School, Chapman Way, East Malling, Kent, ME19 6DH
Received Not publishedLympne Primary School, Octavian Drive, Lympne, Hythe, Kent, CT21 4JG
Received Not publishedForeland Fields School, Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6RH
Received Not publishedPortal House School, Sea Street, St. Margarets-At-Cliffe, Dover, Kent, CT15 6SS
Received Not publishedLand south of Rolvenden Road, Benenden, Kent, TN17 4DN
Received Not publishedThe Marsh Academy, Station Road, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8BB
Received Not publishedSWEEEP Kuusakoski Ltd, Gas Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2QB
Received Not publishedKing Ethelbert School, Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9BL
Received Not publishedStudd Hill Household Waste Recycling Centre, Westbrook Lane and Thanet Way, Herne Bay, Kent
Received Not publishedHerne Bay High School, Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7NS
Received Not publishedChatham House Grammar School, Chatham Street, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 7PS
Received Not publishedHadlow Primary School, School Lane, Hadlow, Kent, TN11 0EH
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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