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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Harcourt Primary School, Biggins Wood Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4NE
Received Not publishedLand north of Ellington and Hereson School, Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6RH
Received Not publishedYalding St Peter & St Paul CEP School, Vicarage Road, Yalding, Maidstone, Kent, ME18 6DP
Received Not publishedWrotham School, Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD
Received Not publishedHever C of E Primary School, Hever Road, Hever, Kent TN8 7NH
Received Not publishedThe Abbey School, London Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8RZ
Received Not publishedLord Street Car Park, Lord Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1ER
Received Not publishedKnole Academy, Bradbourne Vale Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3LE
Received Not publishedSt Peters Church Of England Primary School, Mount Pleasant, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7BE
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Embankment (East), Gravesend, Kent
Received Not publishedSouth Avenue Infants School, South Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4SU
Received Not publishedPostern Park Quarry, Hadlow Road, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1PD
Received Not publishedDunbrik Waste Transfer Station, Main Road, Sundridge, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6EP
Received Not publishedForeland Fields School, Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, Kent CT12 6RH
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Temporary Tunnelling Logistics Facility, Northfleet Works, The Shore, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9AN
Received Not publishedLangley Park Primary Academy, Edmett Way, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 3FX
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Langton Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7AS
Received Not publishedSt. Michaels C of E Infants School, Douglas Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8ER
Received Not publishedKnole Academy, Bradbourne Vale Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3LE
Received Not publishedSt Johns Board School, St Johns Place, Northgate, Canterbury, Kent
Received Not publishedLand to the South of the Ridham Biomass Facility, Ridham Dock, Iwade, Kent
Received Not publishedChilston Sandpit, Sandway Road, Sandway, Maidstone, Kent ME17 2LU
Received Not publishedSeal C Of E Primary School, Zambra Way, Seal, Kent TN15 0DJ
Received Not publishedLand at Dunbrik Depot, Main Road, Sundridge, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6EP
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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