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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Portal House School, Sea Street, St. Margarets-At-Cliffe, Dover, Kent, CT15 6SS
Received Not publishedThe Brent Primary School, London Road, Stone, Dartford, Kent, DA2 6BA
Received Not publishedHever CEP School, Hever Road, Hever, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7NH
Received Not publishedHermitage Quarry, Hermitage Lane, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7PX
Received Not publishedCrispe House, Minnis Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9SF
Received Not publishedThe Old Tilmanstone Colliery, Pike Road, Eythorne, Kent, CT15 4ND
Received Not publishedThamesview School, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent DA12 4LF
Received Not publishedBlaise Farm Quarry, Blaise Quarry Road, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4PN
Received Not publishedLand North of Leysdown Road, Leysdown Road, Leysdown-On-Sea, Sheerness, Kent
Received Not publishedYork Road Junior School & Language Unit, York Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1SQ
Received Not publishedThe Craylands School, Craylands Lane, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0LP
Received Not publishedLangley Park Primary Academy, Edmett Way, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 3FX
Received Not publishedHawkinge Primary School, Canterbury Road, Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 7BN
Received Not publishedValence School, Westerham Road, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1QN
Received Not publishedGravesend Library, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1BE
Received Not publishedDover Grammar School for Girls, Frith Road, Dover, Kent, CT16 2PZ
Received Not publishedLees Yard, Rochester Way, Dartford, Kent, DA1 3QU
Received Not publishedBritannia Refined Metals Ltd, Lower Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9BG
Received Not publishedDover Fastrack - Land to the north of Dover and to the south of Whitfield, Kent
Received Not publishedSt Augustine Academy, Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AE
Received Not publishedConghurst Farm, Conghurst Lane, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 4RW
Received Not publishedNorwood Farm Landfill Site, Lower Road, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent ME12 3AJ
Received Not publishedPinden Quarry, Green Street, Green Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8EB
Received Not publishedSt. Bartholomews Catholic Primary School, Sycamore Drive, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7AY
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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