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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hawkinge Primary School, Canterbury Road, Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 7BN
Received Not publishedSt. Georges C Of E Middle School, Chequers Road, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3QU
Received Not publishedA28 Sturry Link Road, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent CT20
Received Not publishedRiverview Junior School, Cimba Wood, Riverview Park, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4SD
Received Not publishedThamesview School, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF
Received Not publishedNorwood Quarry & Landfill Site, Lower Road, Minster-On-Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3AJ
Received Not publishedLondon And Kent Metals, D9(2) Brooker House, Eurolink Commercial Park, Symmonds Drive, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3SY
Received Not publishedSt Augustine Academy, Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AE
Received Not publishedHermitage Quarry, Hermitage Lane, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7PX
Received Not publishedIde Hill CE Primary School, Sundridge Road, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 6JT
Received Not publishedCorner of Leysdown Road and Warden Bay Road, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 4AB
Received Not publishedLady Boswell's CE Primary School, Plymouth Drive, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3RW
Received Not publishedWalmer Science College, Salisbury Road, Walmer, Deal, Kent CT14 7QJ
Received Not publishedNepicar Sand Quarry, Maidstone Road, Wrotham Heath, Kent, TN15 7SR
Received Not publishedBack Sand Point Landfill Site, Pfizer Ltd, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9NJ
Received Not publishedGarage block off Brymore Road, Brymore Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1JF
Received Not publishedThe Abbey School, London Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8RZ
Received Not publishedSt. Bartholomews Catholic Primary School, Sycamore Drive, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7AY
Received Not publishedWaterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0GB
Received Not publishedHampton Primary School, Fitzgerald Avenue, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 8NB
Received Not publishedThe John Wallis Church Of England Academy, Millbank Road, Kingsnorth, Kent, TN23 3HG
Received Not publishedBorough Green Sand Pits, Platt Industrial Estate, Borough Green, Kent, TN15 8JL
Received Not publishedLong Reach Sewage Treatment Works, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PP
Received Not publishedLong Reach Sewage Treatment Works, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PP
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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