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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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ightham Sandpit, Borough Green Road, Ightham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 9JB
Received Not publishedCorner of Leysdown Road and Warden Road, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 4NA
Received Not publishedNorthfleet Technology College, Colyer Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BG
Received Not publishedWeatherlees Hill Wastewater Treatment Works, Jutes Lane, Weatherlees Hill, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 5DJ
Received Not publishedBroomhill Bank School, Broomhill Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 0TB
Received Not publishedMaidstone Grammar School For Girls, Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SD
Received Not publishedSt Laurence in Thanet CEJ School, Newington Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 0QX
Received Not publishedThe Judd School, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 2PN
Received Not publishedVale View Community School, Vale View Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 9NP
Received Not publishedStone Pit 1, Cotton Lane, Stone, Dartford, Kent, DA9 9ED
Received Not publishedHernhill CEP School, Forstal, Hernhill, Faversham, Kent, ME13 9JR
Received Not publishedAcorn Storage Equipment Ltd, Gas Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2QB
Received Not publishedSutton At Hone C Of E Primary School, Church Road, Sutton At Hone, Kent, DA4 9EX
Received Not publishedSaltwood Church Of England Primary School, Grange Road, Saltwood, Hythe, Kent CT21 4QS
Received Not publishedSittingbourne Community College, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4NL
Received Not publishedThe Hub, The Bridge Development, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5PL
Received Not publishedSt Peter and St Paul CEP School, Leybourne, Rectory Lane North, Leybourne, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5HD
Received Not publishedStelling Minnis CEP School, Bossingham Road, Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6DU
Received Not publishedSt. John's CEP School, Provender Way, Weavering, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5TZ
Received Not publishedOak Tree Primary School, Oak Tree Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4QR
Received Not publishedBrabourne CEP School, School Lane, East Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LQ
Received Not publishedPinden Quarry, Green Street Green Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 8DX
Received Not publishedRoss Depot, Military Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3SP
Received Not publishedCage Green Primary School, Cage Green Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN10 4PT
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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