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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Wittersham Church Of England Primary School, The Street, Wittersham, Kent, TN30 7EA
Received Not publishedAshford Wastewater Treatment Works, Kinneys Lane, Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9QB
Received Not publishedGreenfields Community Primary School, Oxford Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8DF
Received Not publishedElham C Of E Primary School, Vicarage Lane, Elham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6TT
Received Not publishedWrotham School, Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD
Received Not publishedSouth Borough CEP School, Postley Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6TL
Received Not publishedLand annexed from Garlinge Primary School and Nursery, Westfield Road, Margate, Kent, CT19 5PA
Received Not publishedBroomhill Bank School, Broomhill Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0TB
Received Not publishedLand south of Rolvenden Road, Benenden, Kent, TN17 4DN
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School For Girls, Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 0SF
Received Not publishedLand North of Leysdown Road, close to Warden Bay Road, ME12 4AB
Received Not publishedThe Abbey School, London Road, Faversham, Kent ME13 8RZ
Received Not publishedSt Peter In Thanet C Of E Junior School, Grange Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 3EP
Received Not publishedGuston C of E Primary School, Burgoyne Heights, Guston, Dover, Kent, CT15 5LR
Received Not publishedSt. Josephs Catholic Primary School, Ackholt Road, Aylesham, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 3AS
Received Not publishedThe Abbey School, London Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8RZ
Received Not publishedJoyce Green Quarry, Joyce Green Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PN
Received Not publishedTemple Hill Community Primary School, St. Edmunds Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5ND.
Received Not publishedLand at Sanderson Way, Tonbridge, Kent
Received Not publishedTunbridge Wells Boys Grammar School, St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9XB
Received Not publishedThe Skinners' School Playing Fields, Southfields Park, Chestnut Avenue, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 0BU
Received Not publishedAlsops Road Wastewater Pumping Station, Alsops Road, Ashford, Kent, TN22 5DL
Received Not publishedSlade Primary School, The Slade, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1HR
Received Not publishedWest Minster Primary School, St. Georges Avenue, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1ET
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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