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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Former Rowcroft & Templer Barracks, Templer Way, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3RT
Received Not publishedAllington Integrated Waste Management Facility, Laverstoke Road, Allington, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0LE
Received Not publishedShears Green Infant School, Packham Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7JF
Received Not publishedDartford Grammar School, West Hill, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2HW
Received Not publishedBroomhill Bank School (Northern Site), Rowhill Road, Swanley, Kent BR8 7RP
Received Not publishedHerne Bay High School, Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7NS
Received Not publishedSite A - Richborough Hall,, Site B - Land north of Stevens & Carlotti, Ramsgate Road, Richborough, Sandwich
Received Not publishedSt Mary's CE Primary School, Western Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1ND
Received Not publishedBrookland CE Primary School, High Street, Brookland, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN29 9QR
Received Not publishedKearsney Campsite, Kearsney Avenue, Kearsney, Dover, Kent, CT16 3BU
Received Not publishedCornwallis Academy, Hubbards Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 4HX
Received Not publishedThe Wyvern School, Great Chart Bypass, Great Chart, Kent, TN23 4ER
Received Not publishedLand between the former Richborough Power Station, Minster Roundabout (A299), Lord of the Manor Junction, Clioffsend, Thanet
Received Not publishedLady Joanna Thornhill Primary School, Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5EA
Received Not publishedMaypole Primary School, Franklin Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7UZ
Received Not publishedBennett Memorial Diocesan School, Culverden Down, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9SH
Received Not publishedWeatherlees Hill Wastewater Treatment Works, Jutes Lane, Weatherlees Hill, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 5DJ
Received Not publishedBrockhill Park Performing Arts College, Sandling Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 4HL
Received Not publishedAylesford School, Teapot Lane, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7JU
Received Not publishedUrsuline College, 225 Canterbury Road, Westgate-On-Sea, Kent, CT8 8LX
Received Not publishedHighview School, Moat Farm Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5DJ
Received Not publishedLand at St George's C of E Foundation School, Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2LH
Received Not publishedLees Yard, Old Rochester Way, Dartford, Kent, DA1 3QU
Received Not publishedLand located within and adjacent to Sweeep Kuusakoski Ltd existing WEEE processing and recycling site on land at Gas Road, Sittingbourne
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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