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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.
4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bennett Memorial Diocesan School, Culverden Down, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9SH
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to the Henwood Industrial Estate, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DH
Received Not publishedEast Borough Primary School, Vinters Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5DX
Received Not publishedBarton Court Grammar School, Longport, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1PH
Received Not publishedLady Joanna Thornhill Primary School, Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5EA
Received Not publishedLydden Primary School, Stonehall, Lydden, Kent CT15 7LA
Received Not publishedBlaise Farm Quarry, Blaise Quarry Road, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4PN
Received Not publishedPlaxtol Primary School, School Lane, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0QD
Received Not publishedAcacia Hall Car Park, South of Dartford Town Centre, along Kent Fastway, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1RX
Received Not publishedOmni Recycling Ltd, North Farm Lane, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3EE
Received Not publishedSouthborough C of E Primary School, Broomhill Park Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 0JY
Received Not publishedSt. Gregorys Rc School, Reynolds Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9XL
Received Not publishedThe Skinners' School Playing Fields, Southfields Park, Chestnut Avenue, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 0BU
Received Not publishedLand at Kemsley Paper Mill, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2TD
Received Not publishedStone C of E Primary School, Hayes Road, Greenhithe, Kent, DA9 9EF
Received Not publishedWest Malling C Of E Primary School, Norman Road, West Malling, Kent, ME19 6RL
Received Not publishedLand at Hopkins Field, Eastern Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1LR
Received Not publishedMilestone School, Ash Road, New Ash Green, Longfield, Kent, DA3 8JZ
Received Not publishedForeland Fields School, Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, Kent CT12 6RH
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School, Barton Road, Maidstone, Kent ME15 7BT
Received Not publishedNewnham Court Shopping Village, Bearsted Road, Weavering, ME14 5LH
Received Not publishedNewnham Court Shopping Village, Bearsted Road, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5LH
Received Not publishedOakwood House, Oakwood Park, Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 8AE
Received Not publishedLand to the north and south of the A299 (Hengist Way) and to the east of the A256 (Richborough Way), including an existing railway line and part of the existing A299, Cliffsend, Kent (Thanet Parkway Station)
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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