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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0GB
Received Not publishedSittingbourne Community College, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4NL
Received Not publishedWickhambreaux C Of E Primary School, The Street, Wickhambreaux, Kent CT3 1RN
Received Not publishedSt. Anselm's Catholic Primary School, Littlebrook Manorway, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5EA
Received Not publishedLand to the north and south of the A299 (Hengist Way) and to the east of the A256 (Richborough Way), including an existing railway line and part of the existing A299, Cliffsend, Kent (Thanet Parkway Station)
Received Not publishedPortal House School, Sea Street, St. Margarets-At-Cliffe, Dover, Kent, CT15 6SS
Received Not publishedClaremont Primary School, Banner Farm Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 5EB
Received Not publishedNewnham Court Shopping Village, Bearsted Road, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5LH
Received Not publishedShears Green Junior School, White Avenue, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7JB
Received Not publishedLand at Little Hill, Wayside, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6DF
Received Not publishedOakfield Junior & Infant School, Oakfield Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2SW
Received Not publishedEbbsfleet Academy, Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0BZ
Received Not publishedSittingbourne Community College, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4NL
Received Not publishedKings Hill Primary School, Crispin Way, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4LS
Received Not publishedHerne Bay High School, Herne Bay High School, Bullockstone Road, North Of Thanet Way, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7NS
Received Not publishedSellindge Primary School, Main Road, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent TN25 6JY
Received Not publishedBluewater Shopping Centre, Bluewater Parkway, Dartford, Greenhithe, Kent DA9 9ST
Received Not publishedSandwich Technology School, Dover Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 0FA
Received Not publishedSEP Ridham Dock Facility, Ridham Dock, Ridham, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedGlebe Court, Petts Crescent, Minster, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 4DX
Received Not publishedGravesend Grammar School For Boys, Church Walk, Gravesend, Kent DA12 2PR
Received Not publishedParcel PS1 to the south of Mock Lane on the Chilmington Green development in Ashford
Received Not publishedLongfield Academy, Main Road, Longfield, Kent, DA3 7PH
Received Not publishedSt Edmunds Catholic School, Old Charlton Road, Dover, Kent, CT16 2QB
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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