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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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Palace Wood Primary School, Talbot Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0HB
Received Not publishedHighview School, Moat Farm Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5DJ
Received Not publishedOtterpool Quarry, Ashford Road, Sellindge, Kent TN25 6DA
Received Not publishedManorbrooke Residential Home, Bevis Close, Dartford, Kent, DA2 6HB
Received Not publishedTeston Bridge Country Park, Teston Lane, Teston, Maidstone, Kent, ME18 5BX
Received Not publishedSellindge Primary School, Main Road, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6JY
Received Not publishedHawkhurst North Wastewater Treatment Works, Heartenoak Road, Hawkhurst, Kent, TN18 5EY
Received Not publishedTunbury Primary School, Tunbury Avenue, Chatham, Kent, ME5 9HY
Received Not publishedHarrietsham CEP School, North of West Street Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17
Received Not publishedRegis Manor Primary School, Middletune Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 2HT
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School, Barton Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7BT
Received Not publishedGarlinge Primary School And Nursery, Westfield Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 5PA
Received Not publishedHomewood School & Sixth Form Centre, Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LT
Received Not publishedLullingstone Country Park Visitor Centre, Kingfisher Bridge, Castle Road, Eynsford, Dartford, Kent, DA4 0JF
Received Not publishedFormer Chaucer Technology College, Spring Lane, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1ST
Received Not publishedHousehold Waste Recycling Centre, Laverstoke Road, Allington, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0LE
Received Not publishedHanson Aggregates, 20/20 Industrial Estate, Allington, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0LL
Received Not publishedHerne Bay Wastewater Treatment Works, May Street, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 6TQ
Received Not publishedHorsmonden Wastewater Treatment Works, Grovehurst Lane, Horsmonden, Kent, TN12 8BQ
Received Not publishedCharing CofE School, School Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0JN
Received Not publishedLand north of Leysdown Road, Leysdown Road, Leysdown-on-Sea, Warden Bay Road
Received Not publishedLand north of railway between Station Road & The Avenue, Greenhithe, Kent
Received Not publishedPinden Quarry, Green Street Green Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8DX
Received Not publishedTilmanstone Works, Pike Road Industrial Estate, Eythorne, Dover, Kent, CT15 4ND
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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