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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Home Farm Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3UW
Received Not publishedSt Johns CEP School sport field, accessed via driveway from Bayham Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3XD
Received Not publishedSwanley Library, London Road, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7AE
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Langton Lane, Nackington, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7AS
Received Not publishedEclipse Business Park, Brunswick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1EL
Received Not publishedSlade Primary School, The Slade, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1HR
Received Not publishedMadginford Park Junior School, Egremont Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8LH
Received Not publishedAllens Bank, off Dennes Lane, Lydd, Kent
Received Not publishedOtford Primary School, High Street, Otford, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 5PG
Received Not publishedCornfields, Cranleigh Drive, Whitfield, Dover, CT16 3NW
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to the Henwood Industrial Estate, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DH
Received Not publishedTeston Bridge Country Park, Teston Lane, Teston, Maidstone, Kent ME18 5BX
Received Not publishedTenterden Infants School, Recreation Ground Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RA
Received Not publishedHerne Bay High School, Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7NS
Received Not publishedJohn Wesley C of E Primary School, Wesley School Road, Singleton, Ashford, TN23 5LF
Received Not publishedSWEEEP Kuusakoski Ltd, Gas Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2QB
Received Not publishedStangate West Landfill Site, Quarry Hill Road, Borough Green, Kent TN15 8RW
Received Not publishedRainbow Centre - MASH, Great Chart Bypass (A28), Ashford, Kent, TN23 4ER
Received Not publishedUnit 3, Canterbury Industrial Park, Island Road, Hersden, Canterbury, Kent CT3 4HQ
Received Not publishedMinster-in-Sheppey Primary School, Brecon Chase, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 2HX
Received Not publishedDownsview Primary School, Beech Avenue, Swanley, Kent, BR8 8AU
Received Not publishedGravesend Wastewater Treatment Works (WTW), Dering Way, Denton, Gravesend, Kent DA12 2QF
Received Not publishedVillage Hall, Rodmersham Green, Rodmersham, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 0PS
Received Not publishedBorrow Pit, Dungeness Road, Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN29 9NA
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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