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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Ashford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,414 approved · 1,401 refused · 1,027 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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36 Wealden Avenue, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NP
Received 24 Sept 2019Storage compound between Unit 5 and Watling Tyres, Chunnel Estate, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7HJ
Received 20 Sept 20197 Hawthorn Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3LT
Received 23 Sept 2019Conningbrook, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 24 Sept 2019Collina House Hotel, 5 East Hill, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RL
Received 24 Sept 2019Halden Field, Pope House Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6SS
Received 23 Sept 201986 The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2AE
Received 24 Sept 2019Agricultural Building at, Great Batchelors Lodge, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Kent
Received 25 Sept 2019Home Lea, Canterbury Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8AG
Received 25 Sept 201970 White Willow Close, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0SB
Received 26 Sept 2019Spill Land Caravan Park, Benenden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BX
Received 25 Sept 2019Land south of the Swan Hotel, Maidstone Road, Charing, Kent
Received 26 Sept 2019Wind Hill House, Wind Hill Lane, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0BG
Received 26 Sept 2019Brissenden Lodge, Brissenden Green Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3BJ
Received 25 Sept 2019Wrens Nest, Wrens Nest Lane, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3NH
Received 26 Sept 2019Land SE of Plumtrees, Bowerland Lane, Chilham
Received 26 Sept 2019Land at Stour Lake, Thruxted Lane, Chilham, Kent
Received 26 Sept 2019Suite 6, Kent House, 81 Station Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1PP
Received 26 Sept 2019Land at Bliby Wood East of Woodacre, Brockmans Lane, Bilsington, Kent
Received 26 Sept 2019Rock Cottage, Rock Hill Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9ED
Received 27 Sept 2019Land to the front of 1, Park View Terrace, Tenterden, Kent
Received 27 Sept 201994 Grasmere Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9BG
Received 26 Sept 2019Fraser House, Henwood Industrial Estate, Henwood, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DT
Received 27 Sept 2019Land south and east of, Tilden Gill Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 27 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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