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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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Broomhill Bank School (Northern Site), Rowhill Road, Swanley, Kent BR8 7RP
Received Not publishedSissinghurst C of E (Aided) Primary School, Common Road, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2JR
Received Not publishedFrittenden C of E Primary School, The Street, Frittenden, Cranbrook, TN17 2DD
Received Not publishedBredgar C of E (Aided) Primary School, Bexon Lane, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8HB
Received Not publishedAshford Householders Waste Recycling Centre, Cobbs Wood Industrial Estate, Brunswick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1EL
Received Not publishedFormer Walmer Science College, Salisbury Road, Walmer, Kent, CT14 7QJ
Received Not publishedHersden Primary School, Shaftesbury Road, Hersden, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 4HS
Received Not publishedUnit 6, Rod End Estate, Northfleet Industrial Estate, Lower Road, Northfleet, Kent DA11 9SN
Received Not publishedLenham Primary School, Ham Lane, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 2QG
Received Not publishedPembury Wastewater Treatment Works, Maidstone Road, Pembury, Kent, TN2 4AQ
Received Not publishedPortal House School, Sea Street, St Margarets At Cliffe, Kent, CT15 6SS
Received Not publishedLong Reach Sewage Treatment Works, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PP
Received Not publishedLangley Park Primary School, Sutton Road, Maidstone, Kent
Received Not publishedHerne Bay High School, Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7NS
Received Not publishedFamily Support Centre, 39A, Grove Hill Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1SD
Received Not publishedWilmington Grammar School For Boys, Common Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7DA
Received Not publishedOakwood Park Grammar School, Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AH
Received Not publishedHawkinge Primary School, Canterbury Road, Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 7BN
Received Not publishedEdenbridge Primary School, High Street, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 5AB
Received Not publishedBriary Primary School, Greenhill Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7RS
Received Not publishedNorwood Farm Landfill Site, Lower Road, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent ME12 3AJ
Received Not publishedThe Canterbury Campus, Knight Avenue, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8QA
Received Not publishedSlade Primary School, The Slade, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1HR
Received Not publishedAdvisory Service Kent, Shepway Centre, Oxford Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8AW
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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