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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hillview School, Brionne Gardens, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2HE
Received Not publishedDartford Technology College, Heath Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2LP
Received Not publishedUnit 4, Apex Business Park, Queens Farm Road, Shorne, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 3HU
Received Not publishedLand North of Platinum Way, St Mary's Platt, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 8JE
Received Not publishedIsle of Sheppey Academy, East Site, Minster Road, Minster-on-Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3JQ
Received Not publishedRoly Eckhoff House, Roosevelt Road, Dover, Kent, CT16 2RA
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Technology College, Colyer Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BG
Received Not publishedParcel PS1 to the south of Mock Lane on the Chilmington Green development in Ashford
Received Not publishedShoreham Village School, Church Street, Shoreham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 7SN
Received Not publishedUnit D1, Manor Way Business Park, Manor Way, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0PP
Received Not publishedMVV Environment Ridham, Lord Nelson Road, Ridham Dock, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8FQ
Received Not publishedShepherds Farm Quarry, Lenham Forstal Road, Lenham, Kent
Received Not publishedGreatness Quarry, Bat & Ball Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 5BP
Received Not publishedCranbrook School, Waterloo Road, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3JD
Received Not publishedSt Michael's CEP School, Ashford Road, St. Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6PU
Received Not publishedQueenborough Primary School and Nursery, Edward Road, Queenborough, Kent, ME11 5DF
Received Not publishedSt Philip Howard Catholic Primary School, 41-43 Avenue Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 8TF
Received Not publishedWrotham School, Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD
Received Not publishedDover Grammar School For Boys, Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent CT17 0DQ
Received Not publishedCovers Quarry, Westerham, Kent
Received Not publishedMascalls School, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 6LT
Received Not publishedPriory Infant School, Cannon Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 9XT
Received Not publishedChrist Church CEP School, Brockman Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1DJ
Received Not publishedLand off Barge Way, Kemsley Fields Business Park, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2FE
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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