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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RL
Received Not publishedHanson Allington Depot, St Laurence Avenue, Allington, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0LQ
Received Not publishedLand on the South East side of Archers Court Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent CT16 3HU
Received Not publishedChantry Community Academy, Ordnance Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2RL
Received Not publishedRolvenden Primary School, Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LS
Received Not publishedSt Margarets Farm, St Margarets Road, Darenth, DA4 9LB
Received Not publishedThe Marsh Academy, Station Road, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8BB
Received Not publishedThamesview School, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF
Received Not publishedHawkenbury Farm, Hawkenbury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9AD
Received Not publishedBorough Green Sand Pits, Platt Industrial Estate, St Marys Platt, Borough Green, Kent, TN15 8JL
Received Not publishedBidborough Primary School, Spring Lane, Bidborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0UE
Received Not publishedOakwood Park Grammar School, Oakwood Park, Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 8AH
Received Not publishedLangton Green Primary School, Lampington Row, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0JG
Received Not publishedRipley's Yard, Ellingham Industrial Estate, Ellingham Way, Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedLand north of railway between Station Road & The Avenue, Greenhithe, Kent - Everards Link Phase 2
Received Not publishedBarham C Of E Primary School, Valley Road, Barham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6NX
Received Not publishedA28 Sturry Link Road, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent, CT20
Received Not publishedStangate West Landfill Site, Quarry Hill Road, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 8RA
Received Not publishedEastchurch C Of E Primary School, Warden Road, Eastchurch, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 4EJ
Received Not publishedPortal House School, Sea Street, St. Margarets-At-Cliffe, Dover, Kent, CT15 6SS
Received Not publishedKingsdown & Ringwould C Of E Primary School, Glen Road, Kingsdown, Deal, Kent, CT14 8DD
Received Not publishedChallock Primary School, Church Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BU
Received Not publishedEast Peckham Quarry, Hale Street, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 5BA
Received Not publishedSellindge Primary School, Main Road, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6JY
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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