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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Longfield Academy, Main Road, Longfield, Kent, DA3 7PH
Received Not publishedHawkinge Primary School, Canterbury Road, Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 7BN
Received Not publishedCountrystyle Recycling Storage Land, Ridham Dock, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedParcel PS1 to the south of Mock Lane on the Chilmington Green development in Ashford
Received Not publishedWilmington Academy, Common Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7DR
Received Not publishedMinster Primary School, Molineux Road, Minster, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 4PS
Received Not publishedCountrystyle Recycling Ltd, Ridham Dock Road, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedOakfield Junior & Infant School, Oakfield Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2SW
Received Not publishedKcc Commercial Services, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4QG
Received Not publishedWilmington Academy, Common Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7DR
Received Not publishedThe Maplesden Noakes School, Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 0TJ
Received Not publishedLansdowne Primary School, Gladstone Drive, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3BH
Received Not publishedParkside Centre, Kings Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 5RG
Received Not publishedDane Court Grammar School, Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RT
Received Not publishedNorthfleet School For Girls, Hall Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8AQ
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Technology College, Colyer Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BN
Received Not publishedLand within The Bridge Primary School, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PF
Received Not publishedThe John Wesley Church Of England Methodist Primary School, Wesley School Road, Singleton, Kent, TN23 5LW
Received Not publishedWrotham Quarry, Trottiscliffe Road, Addington, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5DL
Received Not publishedBritannia Refined Metals Ltd, Britannia Metal Refinery And Premises, Lower Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9BG
Received Not publishedNew Line Learning Academy, Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QF
Received Not publishedLeybourne St Peter and St Paul CEP School, Rectory Lane North, Leybourne, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5HD
Received Not publishedLand north of Ellington and Hereson School, Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6RH
Received Not publishedHope Farm, Crete Road East, Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 7EG
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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