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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.
4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Broomhill Bank School, Broomhill Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0TB
Received Not publishedKing Ethelbert School, Canterbury Road, Birchington, Margate, Kent
Received Not publishedTunbridge Wells Grammar School For Girls, Southfield Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9UJ
Received Not publishedThe Marsh Academy, Station Road, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8BB
Received Not publishedQueenborough First School, Edward Road, Queenborough, Kent, ME11 5DF
Received Not publishedA28 Thanington Bypass & A2 Canterbury Bypass, Thanington Without, Canterbury, Kent
Received Not publishedLand at Kemsley Paper Mill, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2TD
Received Not publishedSt Botolphs C Of E Primary School, Dover Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9PL
Received Not publishedCharing Quarry/Burleigh Farm, Hook Lane, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AN
Received Not publishedBlaise Farm Quarry, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4PN
Received Not publishedTenterden C Of E Junior School, Recreation Ground Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RA
Received Not publishedSt Johns RC Primary School, Rochester Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2SY
Received Not publishedAshford Oaks Primary School, Oak Tree Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4QR
Received Not publishedSutton At Hone C Of E Primary School, Church Road, Sutton At Hone, Dartford, Kent, DA4 9EX
Received Not publishedHunton CEP School, Bishops Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 0SJ
Received Not publishedJoy Lane Primary School, Joy Lane, Whitstable, Kent CT5 4LT
Received Not publishedMeadowfield School, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4NL
Received Not publishedNewington CEP School, School Lane, Newington, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7LB
Received Not publishedLand at Little Hill, Wayside, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6DF
Received Not publishedFormer Burham Tip, Island Site, Bull Lane, Eccles, Kent, ME20 7HE
Received Not publishedSt Edward's Roman Catholic Primary School, 68, New Road, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1BW
Received Not publishedPembury Primary School, Lower Green Road, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4EB
Received Not publishedFurley Park Primary School, Reed Crescent, Kingsnorth, Kent, TN23 3PA
Received Not publishedOffham Landfill Site, Teston Road, Offham, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5PF
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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