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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land at Sanderson Way, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1SU
Received Not publishedRainbow Nursery, Summerhill Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2LP
Received Not publishedRodmersham Primary School, Rodmersham Green, Rodmersham, Kent, ME9 0PS
Received Not publishedWhitstable Community College, Whitstable Community College, Bellevue Road, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 1PX
Received Not publishedAllington Depot, Liphook Way, St Laurence Avenue, Maidstone, Kent ME16 0JZ
Received Not publishedThe Archbishops School, St Stephens Hill, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7AP
Received Not publishedThamesview School, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF
Received Not publishedManor Community Primary School, Keary Road, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0BU
Received Not publishedSWEEEP Kuusakoski Ltd, Gas Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2QB
Received Not publishedDover Grammar School For Boys, Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent CT17 0DQ
Received Not publishedLand at Ridham Dock, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8SR
Received Not publishedBlaise Farm Quarry, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4PN
Received Not publishedWilmington Grammar School for Girls, Parsons Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7BB
Received Not publishedWest Kingsdown Primary School, Fawkham Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 6JP
Received Not publishedSt. Pauls CE Junior School, Burdett Road, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 8RZ
Received Not publishedCornfields Care Home, Cranleigh Drive, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 3NW
Received Not publishedWyvern Primary School, Great Chart Bypass, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4ER
Received Not publishedCommunity College Whitstable, Bellevue Road, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 1PX
Received Not publishedDeal Library, Broad Street, Deal, Kent, CT14 6ER
Received Not publishedHextable School, Egerton Avenue, Hextable, Swanley, Kent, BR8 7LU
Received Not publishedRyarsh Primary School, Birling Road, Ryarsh, West Malling, Kent ME19 5LS
Received Not publishedPlatts Heath Primary School, Headcorn Road, Platts Heath, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 2NH
Received Not publishedSissinghurst C of E Primary School, Common Road, Sissinghurst, Kent, TN17 2BH
Received Not publishedSt Gregorys Catholic School, Reynolds Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9XL
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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