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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Harrietsham Church Of England Primary School, West Street, Harrietsham, Kent ME17 1JZ
Received Not publishedDover Christ Church Academy, Melbourne Avenue, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 2EG
Received Not publishedSaint George's Church of England Foundation School, Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2LH
Received Not publishedDover Christ Church Academy, Melbourne Avenue, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 2EG
Received Not publishedUnit 4, Apex Business Park, Queens Farm Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 3HU
Received Not publishedLand at Tunstall Road, Tunstall, Sittingbourne, Kent
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Langton Lane, Nackington, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7AS
Received Not publishedCrockham Hill C.E. Primary School, Crockham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 6RP
Received Not publishedAcacia Hall Car Park, South of Dartford Town Centre along the Fastway, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1RX
Received Not publishedForest Farm, Nineveh Lane, Benenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LG
Received Not publishedLand to the East of Castle Way, Leybourne, Kent, ME19 5HW
Received Not publishedDitton Infant School, Pear Tree Avenue, Ditton, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 6EB
Received Not publishedLand to the north of the DS Smith Paper Mill, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent
Received Not publishedAllsworth Court, St Davids Road, Hextable, Kent, BR8 7RJ
Received Not publishedNew Romney Household Refuse and Recycling Centre, Mountfield Road, Mountfield Industrial Estate, New Romney, Kent TN28 8LH
Received Not publishedMargetts Pit, Burham, Kent
Received Not publishedTrosley Country Park, Waterlow Road, Vigo, Gravesend, Kent, DA13 0SG
Received Not publishedBridge & Patrixbourne Primary School, Conyngham Lane, Bridge, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 5JX
Received Not publishedEast Peckham Quarry, Hale Street, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 5HL
Received Not publishedHever CEP School, Hever Road, Hever, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7NH
Received Not publishedMeadowfield School, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4NL
Received Not publishedRegis Manor Community Primary School, Middletune Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 2HT
Received Not publishedGoat Lees School Site, Between Hurst Rd & Guernsey Way, Kennington, Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedCanterbury Wastewater Treatment Works, Sturry Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0AA
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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