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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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hermitage Quarry, Hermitage Lane, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7PX
Received Not publishedStonecastle Farm Quarry, Whetsted Road, Five Oak Green, Tonbridge, Kent
Received Not publishedMilestone School, Ash Road, New Ash Green, Longfield, Kent, DA3 8JZ
Received Not publishedDover Christ Church Academy, Melbourne Avenue, Dover, Kent, CT16 2EG
Received Not publishedPark Way Primary School, Park Way, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7AH
Received Not publishedJudd School Playing Fields, Land off Lower Haysden Lane, Tonbridge, Kent
Received Not publishedLong Reach Sewage Treatment Works, Marsh Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PP
Received Not publishedGarlinge Primary School, Westfield Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 5PA
Received Not publishedSouth Borough Primary School, Stagshaw Close, Postley Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6TL
Received Not publishedHanson Aggregates, Allington Depot, Liphook Way, St Laurence Avenue, 20/20 Industrial Estate, Maidstone, ME16 0LQ
Received Not publishedConghurst Farm, Conghurst Lane, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 4RW
Received Not publishedGravesend Grammar School, Church Walk, Gravesend, Kent DA12 2PR
Received Not publishedElectricity Sub Station, Stangate Landfill Site, Mill Lane, Borough Green, Kent, TN15 8RA
Received Not publishedMundella Primary School, Black Bull Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5QX
Received Not publishedBorough Green Sand Pit, Maidstone Road, Platt, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 8JL
Received Not publishedVillage Hall, The Street, Benenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4DE
Received Not publishedBiddenden Playschool, John Mayne C of E Primary School, High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AL
Received Not publishedPark Way Primary School, Park Way, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7AH
Received Not publishedLenham Primary School, Ham Lane, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 2QG
Received Not publishedRyarsh Primary School, Birling Road, Ryarsh, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5LS
Received Not publishedThe Judd School, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PN
Received Not publishedThe Skinners' School, St. Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9PG
Received Not publishedAcacia Hall Car Park, South of Dartford Town Centre, along Kent Fastway, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1RX
Received Not publishedLand on the South East Side of Archers Court Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent CT16 3HU
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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