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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ightham Sandpit, Borough Green Road, Ightham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 9JB
Received Not publishedSt Marks C Of E Primary School, Ramslye Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 8LN
Received Not publishedOrchard Farm, School Lane, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8QH
Received Not publishedKent County Council Waste Transfer Station, Cobbs Wood Industrial Estate, Brunswick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1EL
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Technology College, Colyer Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BG
Received Not publishedRefuse Transfer Station, Honeywood Business Park, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 3EH
Received Not publishedSt Johns C Of E Primary School, Provender Way, Weavering, Kent, ME14 5TZ
Received Not publishedNewnham Court Shopping Village, Bearsted Road, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5LH
Received Not publishedWincheap Foundation Primary School, Hollowmede, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3SD
Received Not publishedHoath Primary School, School Lane, Hoath, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 4LA
Received Not publishedCharing Quarry/Burleigh Farm, Hook Lane, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AN
Received Not publishedMeadowfield School, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4NL
Received Not publishedStone Pit 1, Cotton Lane, Stone, Dartford, Kent, DA9 9ED
Received Not publishedLand at Chilston Sand Pit, Sandway Road, Sandway, Maidstone, ME17 2LU
Received Not publishedPortal House School, Sea Street, St Margarets At Cliffe, Kent, CT15 6SS
Received Not publishedNewington Primary School, Princess Margaret Avenue, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6HX
Received Not publishedLongfield Academy, Main Road, Longfield, Kent, DA3 7PH
Received Not publishedEast Stour Primary School, Earlsworth Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0DW
Received Not publishedLydden Primary School, Stonehall Road, Lydden, Dover, Kent, CT15 7LA
Received Not publishedSt. Martins School, Markland Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 9LY
Received Not publishedBean Primary School, School Lane, Bean, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8AW
Received Not publishedThe Brent Primary School, London Road, Stone, Dartford, Kent, DA2 6BA
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School, Barton Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7BT
Received Not publishedThe Judd School, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 2PN
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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