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4,611 approved · 20 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Unit 3, Canterbury Industrial Park, Island Road, Hersden, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 4HQ
Received Not publishedBredhurst C Of E Primary School, The Street, Bredhurst, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 3JY
Received Not publishedLand to the South of Stonar Cut, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent
Received Not publishedRammell House Cranbrook School, The Hill, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3AF
Received Not publishedThe Maplesden Noakes School, Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 0TJ
Received Not publishedBranches Out Horticultural Training Centre, Trafalgar Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1NS
Received Not publishedBorden Grammar School, Avenue Of Remembrance, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4DB
Received Not publishedBorough Green Sand Pit, Maidstone Road, Platt, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 8JL
Received Not publishedThe Wyvern School, Great Chart Bypass, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4ER
Received Not publishedLand north of Ellington and Hereson School, Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6RH
Received Not publishedSt George's CE Foundation School, Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2LH
Received Not publishedVictoria Memorial Recreational Ground, Knight Avenue, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8QA
Received Not publishedJoy Lane Primary School, Joy Lane, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 4LT
Received Not publishedLand off Great Basin Road, Port of Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, Kent ME12 1SW
Received Not publishedSt John's Catholic Comprehensive School, Rochester Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2JW
Received Not publishedDiocesan and Payne Smith CEP School, Broad Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2LU
Received Not publishedOakfield Primary School, Oakfield Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2SW
Received Not publishedNewnham Court Shopping Village, Bearsted Road, Weavering, ME14 5LH
Received Not publishedDover Discovery Centre, Market Square, Dover, Kent CT16 1PH
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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