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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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Park Way Primary School, South Park Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7AH
Received Not publishedHighview School, Moat Farm Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5DJ
Received Not publishedFulston Manor School, Brenchley Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4EG
Received Not publishedSir Geoffrey Leigh Academy, Green Street, Green Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1QE
Received Not publishedLand adjoining the Deal Leisure Centre, Tides, Park Avenue, Deal, Kent, CT14 9UU
Received Not publishedCountrystyle Recycling Ltd, Ashford Road, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 2DL
Received Not publishedInvicta House, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XX
Received Not publishedClaremont Primary School, Banner Farm Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 5EB
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School For Girls, Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 0SF
Received Not publishedSouthern Water Treatment Works, Dering Way, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2QF
Received Not publishedManorbrooke Residential Home, Bevis Close, Dartford, Kent, DA2 6HB
Received Not publishedSeal C of E Primary School, Zambra Way, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0DJ
Received Not publishedThe Judd School, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 2PN
Received Not publishedPlot 6, Former Dartford International Ferry Terminal, Clipper Boulevard, Dartford DA2 6QB
Received Not publishedVictoria Memorial Recreational Ground, Knight Avenue, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8QA
Received Not publishedIsle of Sheppey Academy, West Street, Jefferson Road, Sheerness, Kent
Received Not publishedSholden CEP School, London Road, Sholden, Deal, Kent, CT14 0AB
Received Not publishedOakfield Community Primary School, Oakfield Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2SW
Received Not publishedBredgar C Of E Primary School, Bexon Lane, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8HB
Received Not publishedAshford Oaks Primary School, Oak Tree Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4QR
Received Not publishedSt. Josephs Catholic Primary School, Ackholt Road, Aylesham, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 3AS
Received Not publishedOakfield Primary School, Oakfield Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2SW
Received Not publishedNewnham Court Shopping Village, Bearsted Road, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5LH
Received Not publishedAlpha Lake and Chalk Lake, North Sea Terminal, Salt Lane, Cliffe, Kent, ME3 7SX
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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