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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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Chatham House Grammar School, Chatham Street, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 7PS
Received Not publishedThe Archbishops School, St. Stephens Hill, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7AP
Received Not publishedHawkhurst C of E Primary School, Fowlers Park, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Kent, TN18 4JJ
Received Not publishedWaterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0GB
Received Not publishedOrchard School, Cambridge Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3QQ
Received Not publishedSevenoaks Primary School, Bradbourne Park Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3LB
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Grammar School For Boys, Langton Lane, Nackington Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7AS
Received Not publishedThamesview School, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF
Received Not publishedLong Reach Treatment Works, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PP
Received Not publishedSt Botolphs C Of E Primary School, Dover Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9PL
Received Not publishedHerne Bay High School, Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7NS
Received Not publishedBeaver Green Primary School, Cuckoo Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5EA
Received Not publishedLady Boswell's CE Primary School, Plymouth Drive, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3RW
Received Not publishedStelling Minnis CEP School, Bossingham Road, Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6DU
Received Not publishedA28 Sturry Link Road, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent CT20
Received Not publishedHever C Of E Primary School, Hever Road, Hever, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7NH
Received Not publishedDover Fastrack - Land to the north of Dover and to the south of Whitfield, Kent
Received Not publishedTunstall C E Primary School, Tunstall, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8DX
Received Not publishedBorough Green Sandpit, Platt Industrial Estate, St. Marys Platt, Borough Green, Kent, TN15 8JL
Received Not publishedHarcourt Primary School, Biggins Wood Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4NE
Received Not publishedThe King Ethelbert School, Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9BL
Received Not publishedCourt Lodge Farm, Stack Road, Horton Kirby, Kent, DA4 9DU
Received Not published266a, Mackenzie Way, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5TY
Received Not publishedRidham Dock, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
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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