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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Harcourt Primary School, Biggins Wood Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4NE
Received Not publishedDover Discovery Centre, Market Square, Dover, Kent, CT16 1PH
Received Not publishedNewlands Primary School, Dumpton Lane, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 7AJ
Received Not publishedGrange Park School, Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Kent, TN15 7RD
Received Not publishedThe Maplesden Noakes School, Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 0TJ
Received Not publishedOakfield Primary School, Oakfield Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2SW
Received Not publishedEgerton CEP School, Stisted Way, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9DR
Received Not publishedThe John Wallis Academy, Millbank Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3HG
Received Not publishedRose Street Primary School, Rose Street, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1AW
Received Not publishedDover Road Community Primary School, Dover Road, Northfleet East, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0RB
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Grammar School For Girls, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3EW
Received Not publishedFormer Pluckley Landfill Site, Chambers Green Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent TN27 0RH
Received Not publishedOakfield Community Primary School, Oakfield Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2SW
Received Not publishedSpires Academy, Bredlands Lane, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0HB
Received Not publishedHermitage Quarry, Hermitage Lane, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7PX
Received Not publishedSeal CE Primary School, Zambra Way, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0DJ
Received Not publishedGoat Lees School Site, Between Hurst Rd & Guernsey Way, Kennington, Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedThe Orchard School, Cambridge Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3QQ
Received Not publishedThe Marsh Academy, Station Road, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8BB
Received Not publishedSaint George's Church of England Foundation School, Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2LH
Received Not publishedFaversham Quarry, Ham Farm, Ham Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7TS
Received Not publishedLand to the north and south of the A299 (Hengist Way) and to the east of the A256 (Richborough Way), including an existing railway line and part of the existing A299, Cliffsend, Kent (Thanet Parkway Station)
Received Not publishedThamesview School, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF
Received Not publishedEast Kent Recycling, Site D, Oare Creek, Faversham, Kent ME13 7TX
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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