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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar School, Southfield Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9UJ
Received Not publishedUlcombe C Of E Primary School, The Street, Ulcombe, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1DU
Received Not publishedHalfway Houses Primary School, Southdown Road, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3BE
Received Not publishedLand at Ridham Dock, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedWrotham School, Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD
Received Not publishedConghurst Farm, Conghurst Lane, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 4RW
Received Not publishedGarlinge MASH, Land annexed from Garlinge Primary School, Westfield Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 5PA
Received Not publishedLandfill Site, Bakers Hole, Northfleet, Kent
Received Not publishedForeland Fields School, Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, Kent CT12 6RH
Received Not publishedFoot/Cycle bridge over M20, Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedLand at Gibson Drive, 30, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4QG
Received Not publishedHever CE Primary School, Hever Road, Hever, Kent, TN8 7NH
Received Not publishedA28 Sturry Link Road, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent CT20
Received Not publishedPluckley Brickworks, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedSite 3, Manor Way Business Park, Land between Galley Hill Road and Manor Way, Swanscombe, Kent DA10 0PP
Received Not publishedNorthfleet School For Girls, Hall Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent DA11 8AQ
Received Not publishedKnole (east) Academy, Seal Hollow Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3SN
Received Not publishedBasic Engineering Ltd, Swanscombe Works, Manor Way, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0LL
Received Not publishedThe Sittingbourne Community College, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4NL
Received Not publishedK A S Headquarters, Oxford Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8AW
Received Not publishedA28 Sturry Link Road, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent CT20
Received Not publishedChallock Primary School, Church Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BU
Received Not published201, High Street, Margate, Kent, CT9 1WH
Received Not publishedLand off Lower Haysden Lane, Tonbridge, Kent
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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