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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Herne Bay High School, Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7NS
Received Not publishedForeland Fields School, Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, Kent CT12 6RH
Received Not publishedWeald Community Primary School, Long Barn Road, Weald, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 6PY
Received Not publishedSwalecliffe Wastewater Treatment Works, Brook Road, Swalecliffe, Kent CT5 2QH
Received Not publishedKingsdown & Ringwould CEP School, Glen Road, Kingsdown, Deal, Kent, CT14 8DD
Received Not publishedNewington Primary School, Princess Margaret Avenue, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6HX
Received Not publishedSibertswold Primary School, Coldred Road, Shepherdswell, Dover, CT15 7LH
Received Not publishedNorwood Farm Quarry and Landfill Site, Lower Road, Minster on Sea, Isle of Sheppey. Kent ME12 3AJ
Received Not publishedSt Johns RC Primary School, Rochester Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2SY
Received Not publishedBroomhill Bank School, Broomhill Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0TB
Received Not publishedStonecastle Farm Quarry, Whetsted Road, Five Oak Green, Tonbridge, Kent
Received Not publishedBlaise Farm Quarry, Blaise Quarry Road, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4PN
Received Not publishedWestcourt Primary School, Silver Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4JG
Received Not publishedNewington Community Primary School, Princess Margaret Avenue, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6HX
Received Not publishedKnole Academy, Bradbourne Vale Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3LE
Received Not publishedSt Thomas RC Primary School, South Park, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1EH
Received Not publishedSpires Academy, Land at Bredlands Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0HD
Received Not publishedKCC Swale Local Office, Avenue of Remembrance, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4DD
Received Not publishedCanterbury Wastewater Treatment Works, Sturry Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0AA
Received Not publishedGravesend Grammar School For Girls, Pelham Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0JE
Received Not publishedLangdon Primary School, The Street, East Langdon, Dover, Kent, CT15 5JQ
Received Not publishedMinster Primary School, Molineux Road, Minster, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 4PS
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School, Barton Road, Maidstone, Kent ME15 7BT
Received Not publishedThe Skinners Kent Academy, Blackhurst Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PY
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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