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29 approved · 2 refused · 2 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 & 11A High Street Headcorn Kent TN27 9NH
Received Not publishedLand East Of Hawthorn Lodge Chart Hill Road Chart Sutton Kent ME17 3EX
Received Not publishedGarden Cottage Ewell Lane West Farleigh Kent ME15 0NG
Received Not publishedStable Oak Holm Mill Lane Harrietsham Kent ME17 1LA
Received Not published12 Hallwards Staplehurst Kent TN12 0NT
Received Not publishedLittle Venice Country Park And Marina Hampstead Lane Yalding Kent ME18 6HH
Received Not publishedGreenwood The Green West Farleigh Kent ME15 0NP
Received Not published11 Chaplin Drive Headcorn Kent TN27 9TN
Received Not published41 The Quarries Boughton Monchelsea Kent ME17 4NJ
Received Not publishedLoves Farm House Goudhurst Road Marden Kent TN12 9NB
Received Not published45 Millfield Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4TR
Received Not publishedEastwood House Eastwood Road Ulcombe Kent ME17 1EJ
Received Not published1 High Street Marden Kent TN12 9AA
Received Not published6 Ragstone Road Bearsted Kent ME15 8PA
Received Not published106 Poplar Grove Maidstone Kent ME16 0AJ
Received Not publishedPark Farm Christophers Row Lynsted Kent ME9 0JH
Received Not publishedHertford House Chapel Street Faversham Kent ME13 8EP
Received Not publishedYew Tree Cottage Weavering Street Weavering Kent ME14 5JP
Received Not publishedHand Car Wash Standard Quay Faversham Kent ME13 7BS
Received Not publishedLand At Lady Dane Farm Love Lane Faversham Kent ME13 8YN
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Swanton Old House Swanton Street Bredgar Kent ME9 8AS
Received Not publishedDenley Hall Seasalter Road Graveney Kent ME13 9ED
Received Not published5 Corbens Place Maidstone Kent ME16 8FY
Received Not published1 Walnut Tree Cottages High Street Yalding Kent ME18 6HX
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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Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

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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 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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