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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land at Hopkins Field, Eastern Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1LR
Received Not publishedEast Kent Recycling, Site D, Oare Creek, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7TX
Received Not publishedMaypole Primary School, Franklin Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7UZ
Received Not publishedTilmanstone Salads, Pike Road Industrial Estate, Millyard Way, Eythorne, Dover, Kent, CT15 4NL
Received Not publishedThe Owl and The Pussycat Pre-School, School Lane, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 9NL
Received Not publishedNewington Library, Newington Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6PX
Received Not publishedMeopham Community Primary School, Longfield Road, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent, DA13 0JD
Received Not publishedSandhurst Nursery, Rye Road, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 5JE
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to electricity station, Church Lane, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6AF
Received Not publishedBabylon Tileworks, Babylon Lane, Hawkenbury, Kent TN12 0EG
Received Not publishedCranbrook Primary School, Carriers Road, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3JZ
Received Not publishedLand at Tunstall Road, Tunstall, Sittingbourne, Kent
Received Not publishedBlossoms Children's Centre, Downs Road, Walmer, Deal, Kent, CT14 7TL
Received Not publishedGarlinge Primary School, Westfield Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 5PA
Received Not publishedLand off Lower Haysden Lane, Tonbridge, Kent
Received Not publishedSt. Saviour's CE Junior School, Elm Grove, Westgate-On-Sea, Kent, CT8 8LB
Received Not publishedMadginford Park Junior School, Egremont Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8LH
Received Not publishedDover Grammar School For Boys, Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent CT17 0DQ
Received Not publishedSt Michaels C of E Primary Junior School, Douglas Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 8ER
Received Not publishedLongfield Academy, Main Road, Longfield, Kent, DA3 7PH
Received Not publishedCastle Community School, Mill Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 9BD
Received Not publishedEclipse Business Park, Brunswick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1EL
Received Not publishedOffham Landfill, Teston Road, Offham, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5PF
Received Not publishedSkinners Kent Academy, Blackhurst Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PY
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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