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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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lydden Primary School, Stonehall, Lydden, Kent, CT15 7LA
Received Not publishedOtford Primary School, High Street, Otford, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 5PG
Received Not publishedBroomhill Bank School (Western Site), Broomhill Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0TB
Received Not publishedSutton At Hone C Of E Primary School, Church Road, Sutton At Hone, Kent, DA4 9EX
Received Not publishedGravesend Social Education Centre, Haig Gardens, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1NE
Received Not publishedSt. Edwards Roman Catholic Primary School, 68 New Road, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1LN
Received Not publishedSunny Bank Primary School, Sunny Bank, Murston, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 3QN
Received Not publishedSpires Academy, Bredlands Lane, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0HD
Received Not publishedFive Acre Wood School, Boughton Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9QF
Received Not publishedWoodview Campus, Main Road, Longfield, Kent, DA3 7PW
Received Not publishedPinden Quarry, Green Street Green Road, Longfield, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8EB
Received Not publishedTunstall CofE Primary School, Tunstall Road, Tunstall, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8DX
Received Not publishedRichmond Primary School, Nursery Close, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 2QT
Received Not publishedBapchild & Tonge CEP School, School Lane, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 9NL
Received Not publishedSt John's CEP School, St. Johns Place, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1BD
Received Not publishedSmile Centre, Whitfield and Aspen School, Mayfield Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 3LJ
Received Not publishedHegdale Quarry, Challock, Kent, ME13 0JX
Received Not publishedWrotham Quarry, Trottiscliffe Road, Addington, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5DL
Received Not publishedUpton Junior School, Edge End Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2SH
Received Not publishedDenge Quarry, Kerton Road, Lydd, Kent, TN29 9NP
Received Not publishedSevenoaks Grammar Annexe, Seal Hollow Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3SN
Received Not publishedOffham Landfill Site, Teston Road, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5PF
Received Not publishedGreatness Quarry, Bat And Ball Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 5BP
Received Not publishedEast Kent Recycling, Site D, Oare Creek, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7TX
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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