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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Vacant land at Church Marshes, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 2QE
Received Not publishedFormer Rowcroft & Templer Barracks, Templer Way, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3RT
Received Not publishedWestcourt Primary School, Silver Road, Gravesend, Kent DA12 4JG
Received Not publishedLydd County Primary School, Skinner Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN29 9HW
Received Not publishedConghurst Farm, Conghurst Lane, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 4RW
Received Not publishedChilston Sandpit, Sandway Road, Sandway, Maidstone, ME17 2LU
Received Not publishedSt Peters C of E Primary School, The Durlocks, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6AL
Received Not publishedSeal CEP School, Zambra Way, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0DJ
Received Not publishedWilmington Grammar School for Girls, Parsons Lane, Wilmington, Kent DA2 7BB
Received Not publishedThe Folkestone Academy, Academy Lane, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5FP
Received Not publishedPark Farm Quarry, Platt Industrial Estate, Maidstone Road, Platt, Borough Green, Sevenoaks
Received Not publishedSkinners Kent Academy, Blackhurst Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PY
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 publishedNorthfleet School For Girls, Hall Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8AQ
Received Not publishedBower Grove School, Fant Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8NL
Received Not publishedThe Judd School, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PN
Received Not publishedSt. Peters C Of E Primary School, Mount Pleasant, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7BE
Received Not publishedWestmeads Community Infant School, Westmeads Community Infant School, Cromwell Road, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 1NA
Received Not publishedCanal Bank, Halfway Road, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1YL
Received Not publishedFulston Manor School, Brenchley Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4EG
Received Not publishedCharing Wastewater Treatment Works, Dog Kennel Lane, Maidstone Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0JL
Received Not publishedStonecastle Quarry, Whetsted Road, Five Oak Green, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 6SE
Received Not publishedLand at Langley Park, Sutton Road, Maidstone, Kent
Received Not publishedRose Street Primary School, Rose Street, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1AW
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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