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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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ightham Primary School, Oldbury Lane, Ightham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 9DD
Received Not publishedDover Priory Railway Station, Station Approach Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 9SB
Received Not publishedShears Green Infant School, Packham Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7JF
Received Not publishedBarming Primary School, Belmont Close, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 9DY
Received Not publishedLydden Primary School, Stonehall Road, Lydden, Dover, Kent, CT15 7LA
Received Not publishedGravesend Grammar School For Boys, Church Walk, Gravesend, Kent DA12 2PR
Received Not publishedSeal CE Primary School, Zambra Way, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0DJ
Received Not publishedWittersham CEP School, The Street, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7EA
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Technology College, Colyer Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BG
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Technology College, Colyer Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BG
Received Not publishedThe Norton Knatchbull School, Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0QJ
Received Not publishedLynsted & Norton Primary School, Lynsted Lane, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 0RL
Received Not publishedSnodland CE Primary School, Roberts Road, Snodland, Kent, ME6 5HL
Received Not publishedDarenth Primary School, Green Street Green Road, Darenth, Kent DA2 8DH
Received Not publishedBoughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School, School Lane, Boughton-Under-Blean, Faversham, Kent, ME13 9AW
Received Not publishedOak Trees Community School, Oak Tree Avenue, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9AX
Received Not publishedWest Minster Primary School, St. Georges Avenue, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1ET
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Temporary Tunnelling Logistics Facility, Northfleet Works, The Shore, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9AN
Received Not publishedThe Maplesden Noakes School, Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0TJ
Received Not publishedHextable Primary School, Rowhill Road, Hextable, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7RL
Received Not publishedWaterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0GB
Received Not publishedLand North of Leysdown Road, Leysdown Road, Leysdown-On-Sea, Sheerness, Kent
Received Not publishedLansdowne Primary School, Gladstone Drive, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3BH
Received Not publishedSt. Bartholomews Catholic Primary School, Sycamore Drive, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7AY
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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