Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Five Acre Wood School, Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QF
Received Not publishedDane Court Grammar School, Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RT
Received Not publishedOakwood House, Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AE
Received Not publishedWrotham Quarry, Addington, West Malling, Kent ME19 5DL
Received Not publishedEthelbert Road Primary School, Ethelbert Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8SQ
Received Not publishedLand at Finberry Village, Mersham, Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedHever C Of E Primary School, Hever Road, Hever, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7NH
Received Not publishedUnits 6, 13, 14 and Adjacent Unit, Detling Aerodrome Industrial Estate, Detling, Maidstone, ME14 3HU
Received Not publishedLand at Danley Road, Danley Road, Sheerness, Kent
Received Not publishedWestcourt Primary School, Silver Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4JG
Received Not publishedSpires Academy, Bredlands Lane, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0HD
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Temporary Tunnelling Logistics Facility, Northfleet Works, The Shore, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9AN
Received Not publishedThe Beacon Satellite, Salisbury Road, Walmer, Deal, Kent CT14 7QJ
Received Not publishedWhitfield & Aspen School, Mayfield Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 3LJ
Received Not publishedLand off Lower Haysden Lane, Tonbridge, Kent
Received Not publishedCrockenhill Primary School, The Green, Crockenhill, Swanley, Kent, BR8 8JG
Received Not publishedSlade Primary School, The Slade, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1HR
Received Not publishedThe John Wallis Church Of England Academy, Millbank Road, Kingsnorth, Kent, TN23 3HG
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School, Barton Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7BT
Received Not publishedOakley School, Pembury Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4NE
Received Not publishedArchers Low Farm, Sandown Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9NU
Received Not publishedJoy Lane Primary School, Joy Lane, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 4LT
Received Not publishedAppleton Lodge, Rumfields Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2PW
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Grammar School For Boys, Nackington Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7AS
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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