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 · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Maidstone Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
29 approved · 2 refused · 2 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 27 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Oaks Cottage Abbots Hill Ospringe Kent ME13 0RR
Received Not publishedFormer Marley Works Dickley Lane Lenham Kent ME17 2DE
Received Not published63 Woolley Road Maidstone Kent ME15 8PZ
Received Not publishedVillage Hall Rodmersham Green Rodmersham Kent ME9 0PS
Received Not publishedLand At Queenborough Road Isle Of Sheppey Kent ME12 3RJ
Received Not publishedLand At Queenborough Road Isle Of Sheppey Kent ME12 3RJ
Received Not publishedLand At Queenborough Road Isle Of Sheppey Kent ME12 3RJ
Received Not published2 School View Tunstall Road Tunstall Kent ME9 8DX
Received Not publishedSelling C Of E Primary School The Street Selling Kent ME13 9RQ
Received Not published7 Faraday Road Penenden Heath Kent ME14 2DB
Received Not published1 Longridge Villas Thorn Road Marden Kent TN12 9LP
Received Not publishedSouth Orchard South Lane Sutton Valence Kent ME17 3BB
Received Not published60 Bell Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4HE
Received Not publishedPigeon Farm Cottage Cold Harbour Lane Bobbing Kent ME9 8NN
Received Not publishedKeites Styles Munns Lane Hartlip Kent ME9 7TA
Received Not published10 Oak Tree Close Eastchurch Kent ME12 4JY
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To A2 Tyres Detling Aerodrome Estate Bimbury Lane Detling Kent
Received Not publishedMangravet Wood Pheasant Lane Maidstone Kent
Received Not publishedHartlip Stables Cox Street Hartlip Kent ME9 7UX
Received Not publishedTreeleigh House Almshouse Road Throwley Forstal Kent ME13 0PJ
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Of 24A Oak Farm Gardens Headcorn Kent TN27 9TZ
Received Not publishedThe Yeomans House Wood Street Tonge Kent ME9 9NX
Received Not published23 Bonnington Road Maidstone Kent ME14 5QR
Received Not publishedKent Medical Campus And Newnham Court Shopping Village Newnham Court Way Weavering Kent ME14 5LH
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 Maidstone Borough 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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