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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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sandling Primary School, Ashburnham Road, Penenden Heath, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 2JG, Penenden Heath, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 2JG
Received Not publishedNorthdown Primary School, Tenterden Way, Margate, Kent, CT9 3RE
Received Not publishedShornewood Country Park, Brewers Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 3HX
Received Not publishedThe Willows, Hilda May Avenue, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7BT
Received Not publishedPembury School, Lower Green Road, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4EB
Received Not publishedSeal Church of England Primary School, Zambra Way, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0DJ
Received Not publishedOtford Primary School, High Street, Otford, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 5PG
Received Not publishedSt. Josephs Catholic Primary School, Ackholt Road, Aylesham, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 3AS
Received Not publishedSite D, Oare Creek, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7TX
Received Not publishedLand to the rear of 'The Crescent', Snowdown, Dover, Kent CT15 4JP
Received Not publishedLand at Hopkins Field, Eastern Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1LR
Received Not publishedBlaise Farm Quarry, Offham, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4PN
Received Not publishedFive Acre Wood School, Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QF
Received Not publishedUnit 3, Canterbury Industrial Park, Island Road, Hersden, Canterbury, Kent CT3 4HQ
Received Not publishedKnoxbridge Farm, Cranbrook Road, Staplehurst, Kent TN17 2BT
Received Not publishedEclipse Business Park, Brunswick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1EL
Received Not publishedLand at Upper Haysden Lane, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 8AA
Received Not publishedHollingbourne Primary School, Eyhorne Street, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1UA
Received Not publishedWaterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0GB
Received Not publishedCornwallis Academy, Hubbards Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 4HX
Received Not publishedSwalecliffe Junior School, Bridgefield Road, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 2PH
Received Not publishedAlpha Lake and Chalk Lake, North Sea Terminal, Salt Lane, Cliffe, Kent, ME3 7SX
Received Not publishedHighways Depot, Canterbury Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8LY
Received Not publishedAllington Foundation School, Hildenburgh Crescent, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0PG
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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