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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 Ashford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,393 approved · 1,395 refused · 1,017 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Aug 2018 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eggscentricity Ranch, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8RH
Received 10 Sept 2019Site of former Ashford Hospital N H S Trust land between 3 and 23, Chart Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 10 Sept 2019Land opposite Park Cottage, Park Lane, Great Chart, Kent
Received 11 Sept 201980 Lower Vicarage Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AP
Received 10 Sept 2019Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Kent
Received 10 Sept 2019Hazelwild, Waltham Road, Hastingleigh, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5JD
Received 10 Sept 2019Little Acorns, Green Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DN
Received 11 Sept 2019Maynards Oast, Preston Hill Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7DN
Received 10 Sept 2019Little Lodge, Charing Heath Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AL
Received 11 Sept 2019Overhead line replacement between north of Winser and north of Pickersdane Cottage, The Street, Brook
Received 12 Sept 2019Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Kent
Received 12 Sept 2019116 Lower Vicarage Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AP
Received 12 Sept 2019Little Orchard, The Street, Godmersham, Canterbury, CT4 7DU
Received 12 Sept 201989 Canterbury Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0BH
Received 12 Sept 2019Tanners and Son, Granary Court Road, Smeeth, Ashford, TN25 6RE
Received 12 Sept 2019The Old Stables, Shoreham Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6EG
Received 12 Sept 2019Oak Apple Cottage, Canterbury Road, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DF
Received 11 Sept 2019Cedar House Farm, Canterbury Road, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DL
Received 13 Sept 2019Tutt Hill Farm, Westwell Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1AH
Received 13 Sept 2019Stanford Bridge Farm, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0RU
Received 13 Sept 20195 Tile Kiln Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9NX
Received 13 Sept 2019The Beeches, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AT
Received 12 Sept 2019Wye College land and buildings Site Wye 3, Olantigh Road, Wye, Kent
Received 13 Sept 201959 Upper Queens Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8HL
Received 16 Sept 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Ashford 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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