Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Pinden Quarry, Green Street Green Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8DX
Received Not publishedAcacia Hall Car Park, South of Dartford Town Centre, along Kent Fastway, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1RX
Received Not publishedLong Reach Sewage Treatment Works, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PP
Received Not publishedGreen Park Community Primary School, The Linces, Buckland, Dover, Kent, CT16 2BN
Received Not publishedArchbishop Courtenay CE (Aided) Primary School, Eccleston Road, Tovil, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6QN
Received Not publishedPinden Quarry, Green Street Green Road, Longfield, Dartford, Kent
Received Not publishedValence School, Westerham Road, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1QN
Received Not publishedHawkenbury Farm, Hawkenbury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9AD
Received Not publishedNewnham Court Shopping Village, Bearsted Road, Weavering, Kent, ME14 5LH
Received Not publishedBoughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QF
Received Not publishedDover Grammar School For Boys, Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent, CT17 0DQ
Received Not publishedGreatness Quarry, Bat & Ball Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 5BP
Received Not publishedSpeldhurst Primary School, Langton Road, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0NP
Received Not publishedLand to the east of Castle Way, Leybourne, Kent, ME19 5HW
Received Not publishedNorthfleet School For Girls, Hall Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent DA11 8AQ
Received Not publishedCanterbury Wastewater Treatment Works, Sturry Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0AA
Received Not publishedIwade Community Primary School, School Lane, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8RS
Received Not publishedDane Court Grammar School, Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RT
Received Not publishedLand at Gibson Drive, 30, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4QG
Received Not publishedTeynham Primary School, Station Road, Teynham, Kent, ME9 9BQ
Received Not publishedHighstead Quarry, Heart in Hand Road, Highstead, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7AA
Received Not publishedTrinity School, Seal Hollow Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3SL
Received Not publishedAylesford Quarry, Rochester Road, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7DX
Received Not publishedSessions House, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XQ
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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