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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Back Sand Point Landfill Site, Pfizer Ltd, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9NJ
Received Not publishedDarenth Primary School, Green Street Green Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8DH
Received Not publishedSelsted C Of E Primary School, Wootton Lane, Selsted, Dover, Kent, CT15 7HH
Received Not publishedIfield School, Cedar Avenue, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5JT
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School For Girls, Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SF
Received Not publishedDover Grammar School For Boys, Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent CT17 0DQ
Received Not publishedMVV Environment Ridham, Lord Nelson Road, Ridham Dock, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedDungeness A Power Station, Dungeness Road, Romney Marsh, Kent TN29 9PP
Received Not publishedKemsley Paper Mill, Ridham Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 2TD
Received Not publishedMayfield Grammar School, Pelham Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0JE
Received Not publishedLand to the north of the DS Smith Paper Mill, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Grammar School For Girls, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3EW
Received Not publishedWorth Primary School, Worth, Deal, Kent, CT14 0DF
Received Not publishedBirchington CE Primary School, Park Lane, Birchington, Kent, CT7 0AS
Received Not publishedKnockhall Community Primary School, Eynsford Road, Greenhithe, Kent, DA9 9RF
Received Not publishedForeland Fields School, Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, Kent CT12 6RH
Received Not publishedSimon Langton Grammar School For Boys, Langton Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7AS
Received Not publishedPriory Infant School, Cannon Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 9XT
Received Not publishedTemple Hill Primary School, St. Edmunds Road, Dartford, DA1 5ND
Received Not publishedStelling Minnis CEP School, Bossingham Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6DU
Received Not publishedBirchington Primary School, Park Lane, Birchington, Kent, CT7 0AS
Received Not publishedGarlinge Primary School, Westfield Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 5PA
Received Not publishedLenham Quarry (Shepherds Farm), Forstal Road, Lenham, Kent, ME17 2JB
Received Not publishedLawn Primary School, High Street, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9HB
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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