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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land north of Kemsley Paper Mill, Sittingbourne, Kent
Received Not publishedHerne Bay High School, Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7NS
Received Not publishedHerne Bay High School, Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7NS
Received Not publishedBredgar C Of E Primary School, Bexon Lane, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8HB
Received Not publishedNorthfleet School for Girls, Hall Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8AQ
Received Not publishedWest Hill Primary School, Dartford Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 3DZ
Received Not publishedKnole (east) Academy, Seal Hollow Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3SN
Received Not publishedSt. Stephen's Junior School, Hales Drive, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7AD
Received Not publishedLand at and surrounding Rathmore Road south of the Railway, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0HP
Received Not publishedNorthfleet School For Girls, Hall Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8AQ
Received Not publishedPark Way Primary School, South Park Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7AH
Received Not publishedBorden Grammar School, Avenue Of Remembrance, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4DB
Received Not publishedSissinghurst C of E (Aided) Primary School, Common Road, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2JR
Received Not publishedAylesford Quarry, Rochester Road, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7DX
Received Not publishedRiverview Junior School, Cimba Wood, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4SD
Received Not publishedThe Foreland School, Lanthorne Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 3NX
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School, Barton Road, Maidstone, Kent ME15 7BT
Received Not publishedThe Skinners Kent Academy, Land east of Blackhurst Lane & between Sandown Park & Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PY
Received Not publishedRepton Park Primary School, Former Rowcroft & Templar Barracks, Templar Way, Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedThe Sittingbourne Community College, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4NL
Received Not publishedForeland Fields School, Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, Kent CT12 6RH
Received Not publishedShelford Farm Estate, Shelford Waste Management Facility, Broad Oak Road, Canterbury, Kent CT2 0PU
Received Not publishedStangate Quarry, Quarry Hill Road, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 8RA
Received Not publishedFive Acre Wood School, Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QF
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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