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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Dover Christ Church Academy, Melbourne Avenue, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 2EG
Received Not publishedSheerness Household Waste Recycling Centre, Bridge Road, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1RH
Received Not publishedLand North of Platinum Way, St Mary's Platt, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 8JE
Received Not publishedHollingbourne Primary School, Eyhorne Street, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1UA
Received Not publishedLand at Tunstall Road, Tunstall, Sittingbourne, Kent
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Wharf, Botany Marshes, Lower Road, Northfleet, Kent DA11 9BB
Received Not publishedShorne Woods Country Park, Brewers Road, Shorne, Gravesend, Kent DA12 3HX
Received Not publishedAstor Of Hever School, Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AE
Received Not publishedTrosley Country Park, Waterlow Road, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent, DA13 0SG
Received Not publishedHoly Trinity C Of E School, Trinity Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1LU
Received Not publishedOtterpool Quarry, Ashford Road, Sellindge, Kent, TN25 6DD
Received Not publishedCommunity College Whitstable, Bellevue Road, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 1PX
Received Not publishedFoot/cycle bride over M20, Ashford, Kent, ashford
Received Not publishedThe Judd School, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PN
Received Not publishedPhoenix Community Primary School, Belmont Road, Kennington, Kent, TN24 9LS
Received Not publishedBorough Green Quarries (Isles Quarry East), Quarry Hill Road, Borough Green, Kent
Received Not publishedSt Marks C Of E Primary School, Ramslye Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 8LN
Received Not publishedA28 Sturry Link Road, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent CT20
Received Not publishedMinster Primary School, Molineux Road, Minster, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 4PS
Received Not publishedChatham House Grammar School, Chatham Street, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 7PS
Received Not publishedSittingbourne Household Waste Recycling Centre, Gas Road, Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2QD
Received Not publishedSt Peters CE Primary School, Mount Pleasant, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7BE
Received Not publishedUnit 1, Park Farm Close, Park Farm Industrial Estate, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5DU
Received Not publishedTunbridge Wells Boys Grammar School, St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9XB
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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