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63 approved · 11 refused · 3 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wellington House 6 Ashford Road Maidstone Kent ME14 5BH
Received Not publishedWellington House 6 Ashford Road Maidstone Kent ME14 5BH
Received Not published23 Canute Road Faversham Kent ME13 8SH
Received Not publishedLand To The North And South Of Sandbanks Lane Graveney Kent ME13 9DQ
Received Not publishedLinton Park Heath Road Linton Kent ME17 4AB
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent 5 Millers Way Pilgrims Retreat Hogbarn Lane Harrietsham Kent ME17 1PY
Received Not publishedGreensand Health Centre Heath Road Linton Kent ME17 4NU
Received Not publishedPollyfields Farm Scragged Oak Road Detling Kent ME14 3HL
Received Not published17 Kings Acre Downswood Kent ME15 8UP
Received Not published9 Woodcocks Headcorn Kent TN27 9HB
Received Not published2 Toke Farm Cottages Wheelers Lane Linton Kent ME17 4BJ
Received Not published39 Crossways Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4RJ
Received Not published239 Park Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1ER
Received Not published7 The Knole Faversham Kent ME13 7QG
Received Not published47 Newton Road Faversham Kent ME13 8DZ
Received Not publishedLand Off Sandway Road Sandway Kent ME17 2LU
Received Not publishedLittle Brissenden East Sutton Road East Sutton Kent ME17 3DU
Received Not publishedPriority House Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent ME16 9PH
Received Not publishedLand At Wises Lane Borden Kent ME10 1GD
Received Not publishedLand At Wises Lane Borden Kent ME10 1GD
Received Not published1 Summerhill Cottages Battle Lane Marden Kent TN12 9DE
Received Not published49A The Mall Faversham Kent ME13 8JW
Received Not published1 And 2 Queens Cottages Stalisfield Road Stalisfield Kent ME13 0HY
Received Not published3 And 4 Queens Cottages Stalisfield Road Stalisfield Kent ME13 0HY
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 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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