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.
4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Joy Lane Primary School, Joy Lane, Whitstable, Kent, CT15 4CT
Received Not publishedJoy Lane Primary School, Joy Lane, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 4LT
Received Not publishedBoughton Under Blean Methodist Primary School, School Lane, Boughton-Under-Blean, Faversham, Kent, ME13 9AW
Received Not publishedPortal House School, Sea Street, St. Margarets-At-Cliffe, Dover, Kent, CT15 6SS
Received Not publishedSt. Johns Catholic Comprehensive School, Rochester Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2JW
Received Not publishedLand at F M Conway, Rochester Way, Dartford, Kent, DA1 3QY
Received Not publishedSt. Katherine's School, St. Katherine's Lane, Snodland, Kent, ME6 5EJ
Received Not publishedLand within The Bridge Primary School, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PF
Received Not publishedSt Gregorys Roman Catholic Comprehensive School, Reynolds Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9XL
Received Not publishedKings Hill Primary School, Crispin Way, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4LS
Received Not publishedLand south of Rolvenden Road, Benenden, Kent, TN17 4DN
Received Not publishedSt Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Quantock Drive, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8QN
Received Not publishedWorth Primary School, The Street, Worth, Deal, Kent, CT14 0DF
Received Not publishedWincheap Foundation Primary School, Hollowmede, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3SD
Received Not publishedLand at Tovil Green, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6RJ
Received Not publishedFoot/Cycle bridge over M20, Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedThamesview School, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF
Received Not publishedThe Folkestone Academy, Academy Lane, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5FP
Received Not publishedSt Laurence in Thanet CEJ School, Newington Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 0QX
Received Not publishedLees Yard, Rochester Way, Dartford, Kent, DA1 3QU
Received Not publishedSt. Mark's CEP School, Eccles Row, Eccles, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7HS
Received Not publishedDover Priory Railway Station, Station Approach Road, Dover, Kent CT17 9SB
Received Not publishedSt Marks C Of E Primary School, Ramslye Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 8LN
Received Not publishedSheerness Recycling Ltd, Land to the South of Manor Way, Swanscombe, Kent DA10 0PP
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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