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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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St Anthonys School, St Anthonys Way, Margate, Kent, CT9 3RA
Received Not publishedSwattenden Centre, Swattenden Lane, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3PR
Received Not publishedThe Wyvern School, Great Chart Bypass, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4YN
Received Not publishedDunton Green Primary School, London Road, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 2UP
Received Not publishedHolmesdale Technology College, Malling Road, Snodland, Kent, ME6 5HS
Received Not publishedRidham Dock Road, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedBluewater Shopping Centre, Bluewater Parkway, Dartford, Greenhithe, Kent DA9 9ST
Received Not publishedBack Sand Point Landfill Site, Pfizer Ltd, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9NJ
Received Not publishedThe Skinners' School, St. Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9PG
Received Not publishedHeadcorn Primary School, Kings Road, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9QT
Received Not publishedSwale Skills Centre, units 1 & 2, Bonham Drive, Eurolink Business Park, Sittingbourne, ME10 3RY
Received Not publishedPalmarsh Primary School, St. Georges Place, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6NE
Received Not publishedWrotham Quarry, Addington, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5DL
Received Not publishedIde Hill Primary School, Sundridge Road, Ide Hill, Kent, TN14 6JT
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Langton Lane, Nackington, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7AS
Received Not publishedRodmersham School, Rodmersham Green, Rodmersham, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 0PS
Received Not publishedTrosley Country Park, Waterlow Road, Vigo Village, Gravesend, Kent, DA13 0SG
Received Not publishedManor CP School, Keary Road, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0BU
Received Not publishedLydd Quarry, Jurys Gap Road, Lydd, Kent, TN29 9JW
Received Not publishedEastern Quarry Wastewater Treatment Works, Watling Road, Swanscombe, Ebbsfleet, KENT, DA10 0BF
Received Not publishedGreenfields Community Primary School, Oxford Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8DF
Received Not publishedLand at Sanderson Way, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1SU
Received Not publishedPagoda Centre, Floyd Close, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9TX
Received Not publishedManor Community Primary School, Keary Road, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0BU
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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