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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Craylands Primary School, Craylands Lane, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0LP
Received Not publishedThe Beacon Satellite, Salisbury Road, Walmer, Deal, Kent, CT14 7QJ
Received Not publishedLand at Danley Road, Danley Road, Sheerness, Kent
Received Not publishedThe Downs CEP School, Owen Square, Walmer, Deal, Kent, CT14 7TL
Received Not publishedVigo Village School, Erskine Road, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent, DA13 0RL
Received Not publishedLand at Gibson Drive, 30, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4QG
Received Not publishedEgerton CE Primary School, Stisted Way, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9DR
Received Not publishedSt Botolphs C Of E Primary School, Dover Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9PL
Received Not publishedLand at the former Millstream School, Mill Street, East Malling, Kent
Received Not publishedSt Margarets-At-Cliffe Primary School, Sea Street, St Margarets-At-Cliffe, Dover, Kent, CT15 6SS
Received Not publishedRyarsh Primary School, Birling Road, Ryarsh, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5LS
Received Not publishedLangley Park Primary Academy, Edmett Way, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 3FX
Received Not publishedPostern Park Quarry, Hadlow Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1PD
Received Not publishedTeynham Primary School, Station Road, Teynham, Kent ME9 9BQ
Received Not publishedSkinners Kent Academy, Land East of Blackhurst Lane, and between Sandown Park, Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PY
Received Not publishedChatham House Grammar School, Chatham Street, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 7PS
Received Not publishedTrinity School, Seal Hollow Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3SL
Received Not publishedWilmington Grammar School For Boys, Common Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7DA
Received Not publishedLand at Bredlands Lane, Sturry, Westbere, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0HD
Received Not publishedHarrietsham CEP School, West Street, Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1JZ
Received Not publishedThe Hub, The Bridge Development, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PL
Received Not publishedLand at Manston Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 4JW
Received Not publishedSenacre Wood Primary School, Graveney Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8QQ
Received Not publishedMayfield Grammar School, Pelham Road, Gravesend, Kent DA11 0JE
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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