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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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Speldhurst Primary School, Langton Road, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0NP
Received Not publishedSpires Academy, Bredlands Lane, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0HD
Received Not publishedWilmington Academy, Common Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, Kent DA2 7DR
Received Not publishedBapchild and Tonge CEP School, School Lane, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 9NL
Received Not publishedLand adjoining Milton Quarry, Thanington, Canterbury, Kent
Received Not publishedHam Hill WWTW, Brook Lane, Snodland, Kent, ME6 5JX
Received Not publishedEastern Quarry Wastewater Treatment Works, Watling Road, Swanscombe, Ebbsfleet, KENT, DA10 0BF
Received Not publishedHerne Bay Junior School, Kings Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 5DA
Received Not publishedLand at Barrack Row and Garrick Street, Gravesend, Kent
Received Not publishedLullingstone Country Park, Kingfisher Bridge, Castle Road, Eynsford, Dartford, Kent, DA4 0JF
Received Not publishedGrosvenor House, 30, Victoria Park, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 5BL
Received Not publishedGuston C of E Primary School, Burgoyne Heights, Guston, Dover, Kent, CT15 5LR
Received Not publishedMarden Primary School, Goudhurst Road, Marden, Kent, TN12 9JX
Received Not publishedNonington CEP School, Church Street, Nonington, Dover, Kent, CT15 4LB
Received Not publishedCliftonville School, Northumberland Avenue, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent, CT9 3LY
Received Not publishedMeadowfield School, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4NL
Received Not publishedBroomhill Bank School, Broomhill Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0TB
Received Not publishedLondon Mining Associates Ltd, Unit 4, Invicta Park, New Hythe Lane, Larkfield, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7FG
Received Not publishedBarton Junior School, Barton Road, Dover, Kent, CT16 2ND
Received Not publishedUnits 13 & 14, Detling Aerodrome Estate, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3HQ
Received Not publishedSpires Academy, Bredlands Lane, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0HB
Received Not publishedSWEEEP Kuusakoski Ltd, Gas Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2QB
Received Not publishedSt Gregorys Catholic Primary School, Nash Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 4BU
Received Not publishedHoath Primary School, School Lane, Hoath, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 4LA
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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