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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Mayfield Grammar School, Pelham Road, Gravesend, Kent DA11 0JE
Received Not publishedHolywell Primary School, Forge Lane, Upchurch, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7AE
Received Not publishedBroadmeadow Care Home, Park Farm Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5DN
Received Not publishedSt George's CEP School, Minster, Chequers Road, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3QU
Received Not publishedSandgate Primary School, Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3QU
Received Not publishedMorehall Primary School, Chart Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4PN
Received Not publishedStone C of E Primary School, Hayes Road, Greenhithe, Kent, DA9 9EF
Received Not publishedPent Valley Technology College, Surrenden Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4ED
Received Not publishedLand at former Channel School, Park Farm Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5DN
Received Not publishedWest Borough Primary School, Greenway, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8QH
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Temporary Tunnelling Logistics Facility, Northfleet Works, The Shore, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9AN
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Temporary Tunnelling Logistics Facility, Northfleet Works, The Shore, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9AN
Received Not publishedPenshurst C Of E Primary School, High Street, Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 8BX
Received Not publishedFleetdown Primary School, Lunedale Road, Darenth, Kent, DA2 6JX
Received Not publishedLand North of Maidstone Road, St Mary's Platt, Sevenoaks
Received Not publishedNorthfleet School For Girls, Hall Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8AQ
Received Not publishedCoxheath Primary School, Stockett Lane, Coxheath, Kent, ME17 4PS
Received Not publishedTunbridge Wells Boys Grammar School, St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9XB
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Hall Road, Wouldham, Kent
Received Not publishedRathmore Road Link, Gravesend, Kent
Received Not publishedProposed Victoria Way, Ashford, Kent
Received Not publishedThe Brent Primary School, London Road, Stone, Dartford, Kent, DA2 6BA
Received Not publishedFormer Corporation Yard, Western Road, Deal, CT14 6PJ
Received Not publishedTemple Ewell CEP School, 3-4 Brookside, Dover, Kent, CT16 3DT
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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