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4,610 approved · 20 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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South Avenue Infants School, South Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4SU
Received Not publishedSt. Peter's CE Primary School, North Street, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6AL
Received Not publishedArchbishop Courtenay CE (Aided) Primary School, Beaconsfield Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6RU
Received Not publishedNew Line Learning Academy, Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QF
Received Not publishedEclipse Business Park, Brunswick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1EL
Received Not publishedThe Judd School, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PN
Received Not publishedLand at Chapel Farm, Lenham Heath Road, Lenham, Kent
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School For Girls, Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SF
Received Not publishedAshford Sludge Treatment Centre, Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9QB
Received Not publishedFoot/Cycle bridge over M20, Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedLong Mead Community Primary School, Waveney Road, Trench Wood, Tonbridge, Kent, TN10 3JU
Received Not publishedWhitstable and Seasalter Endowed C Of E School, High Street, Whitstable, Kent CT5 1AY
Received Not publishedWrotham Quarry, Addington, West Malling, Kent ME19 5DL
Received Not publishedKings Hill Primary School, Crispin Way, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4LS
Received Not publishedHartsdown Technology College, George V Avenue, Margate, Kent, CT9 5RE
Received Not publishedHayesbrook School, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PH
Received Not publishedClifton Crescent Wastewater Pumping Station, Junction Clifton Crescent & The Leas, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2EN
Received Not publishedGarlinge Primary School and Nursery, Westfield Road, Margate, Kent CT9 5PA
Received Not publishedCrockenhill Primary School, The Green, Crockenhill, Swanley, Kent, BR8 8JG
Received Not publishedWhitfield School, Mayfield Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 3LJ
Received Not publishedPinden Quarry, Green Street Green Road, Longfield, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8DX
Received Not publishedLand South of Rolvenden Road, Benenden, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 4DN
Received Not publishedFoot/cycle bridge over M20, Ashford
Received Not publishedTunbridge Wells Household Waste Recycling Centre, Dowding Way, North Farm Industrial Estate, North Farm, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3UY
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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