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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land 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 publishedPinden Quarry, Green Street Green Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8DX
Received Not publishedBennett Memorial Diocesan School, Culverden Down, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9SH
Received Not publishedPembury School, Lower Green Road, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4EB
Received Not publishedCallis Grange Nursery and Infant School, Beacon Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 3DG
Received Not publishedCrockham Hill C.E. Primary School, Crockham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 6RP
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Crown Quay Lane, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3JJ
Received Not publishedThe North School, Essella Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8AL
Received Not publishedBapchild & Tonge C Of E Primary School, School Lane, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 9NL
Received Not publishedNew Line Learning Academy, Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QF
Received Not publishedTonbridge Grammar School, Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2JR
Received Not publishedThe Malling School, Beech Road, East Malling, West Malling, Kent, ME19 6DH
Received Not publishedAylesford WWTW, Bull Lane, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7DA
Received Not publishedRear of Century House, Park Farm Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5DW
Received Not publishedThamesview School, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF
Received Not publishedIsle of Sheppey Academy, East Site, Minster Road, Minster-on-Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3JQ
Received Not publishedBroadness Percolate Treatment Compound, Manor Way, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0LL
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Langton Lane, Nackington, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7AS
Received Not publishedHammill Clay Quarrt, Hammill, Eastry, Kent, CT13 0EQ
Received Not publishedMvv Environment Ridham, Lord Nelson Road, Ridham Dock, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8FQ
Received Not publishedNepicar Sand Quarry, Maidstone Road, Wrotham Heath, Kent, TN15 7SR
Received Not publishedSpeldhurst Primary School, Langton Road, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0NP
Received Not publishedGuston CEP School, Burgoyne Heights, Guston, Dover, Kent, CT15 5LR
Received Not publishedLenham Quarry, Forstal Road, Lenham, Kent, ME17 2JB
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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