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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Parcel PS1 to the south of Mock Lane on the Chilmington Green development in Ashford
Received Not publishedMvv Environment Ridham, Lord Nelson Road, Ridham Dock, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8FQ
Received Not publishedLand to the east of Dungeness Road, Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Kent
Received Not publishedNorwood Quarry and Landfill Site, Lower Road, Minster-on-Sea, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, ME12 3AJ
Received Not publishedAshford Library, Church Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1QX
Received Not publishedPent Valley Technology College, Surrenden Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4ED
Received Not publishedSEP Ridham Dock Facility, Ridham Dock, Ridham, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedUnit L1, Enterprise Road, Westwood Industrial Estate, Margate, Kent, CT9 4JA
Received Not publishedThe Judd School, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PN
Received Not publishedAll Souls' CEP School, Stanley Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4LG
Received Not publishedBennett Memorial Diocesan School, Culverden Down, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9SH
Received Not publishedSt Georges Church of England Foundation Primary School Westwood Road Broadstairs CT10 2LH
Received Not publishedIsle of Sheppey Academy, West Site, Jefferson Road, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 2PU
Received Not publishedCornwallis Academy, Hubbards Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 4HX
Received Not publishedEbbsfleet Green Primary School, Ackers Drive, Weldon, Ebbsfleet Valley, Kent, DA10 1AL
Received Not publishedNepicar Sand Quarry, Maidstone Road, Wrotham Heath, Kent, TN15 7SR
Received Not publishedLong Reach Sewage Treatment Works, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PP
Received Not publishedCage Green Primary School, Cage Green Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN10 4PT
Received Not publishedThe Maplesden Noakes School, Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0TJ
Received Not publishedSt John's Catholic Comprehensive School, Rochester Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2JW
Received Not publishedThe Westwood Centre, Enterprise Road, Westwood Industrial Estate, Margate, Kent, CT9 4JA
Received Not publishedWrotham School, Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD
Received Not publishedStone Pit 1, Cotton Lane, Stone, Dartford, Kent DA9 9ED
Received Not publishedTonbridge North Library, 5 York Parade, Tonbridge, Kent TN10 3NP
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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