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 Swale Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
63 approved · 11 refused · 3 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 2 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
96 Sandling Lane Penenden Heath Kent ME14 2EB
Received Not publishedLand At Wises Lane Borden Kent ME10 1GD
Received Not publishedLand At Wises Lane Borden Kent ME10 1GD
Received Not publishedBeech House 178B Ashford Road Bearsted Kent ME14 4NB
Received Not published34 Darwin Avenue Maidstone Kent ME15 9FP
Received Not publishedThe Old Post Office Church Street Teston Kent ME18 5AH
Received Not publishedLoddenden Manor High Street Staplehurst Kent TN12 0BH
Received Not published1 Fir Tree Cottages Courtenay Road Dunkirk Kent CT2 9LD
Received Not publishedBramling Oast Amber Lane Chart Sutton Kent ME17 3SF
Received Not publishedMarshlands Farm Lower Road Minster-On-Sea Kent ME12 3RT
Received Not published1 Fordingbridge Close Maidstone Kent ME16 0DA
Received Not published61 Maryland Drive Barming Kent ME16 9EA
Received Not published10 Headingley Road Maidstone Kent ME16 0HR
Received Not publishedOakdene Farm Leeds Road Sutton Valence Kent ME17 3LT
Received Not published95 Ashford Road Bearsted Kent ME14 4BS
Received Not publishedLand At Wharf Road Tovil Kent
Received Not publishedLand To South Of Ridham Avenue Swale Way Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2SG
Received Not publishedStorage Yard At Forstal Farm Barn Forstal Lane Coxheath Kent
Received Not publishedOak Lodge Chestnut Street Borden Kent ME9 8BX
Received Not published43 Harvesters Way Weavering Kent ME14 5SH
Received Not published2 Brogden Farm Cottages Old Mill Road Leeds Kent ME17 1RT
Received Not published5 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8RL
Received Not publishedHeronden East Sutton Road Headcorn Kent TN27 9PS
Received Not publishedKumaon 21 Heathfield Road Penenden Heath Kent ME14 2AD
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
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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 Swale 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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