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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.
7,466 approved · 1,420 refused · 1,041 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Land south and east of, Tilden Gill Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 27 Sept 2019Conningbrook, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 27 Sept 2019Sunny View, Goldups Lane, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8JQ
Received 30 Sept 201923 Tufton Street, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1QN
Received 27 Sept 20192 Common Way, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1EF
Received 27 Sept 2019Sidelands Farm, Little Olantigh Road, Wye
Received 27 Sept 2019Joshan of Wye, 2-4 High Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AL
Received 30 Sept 20194 Barnberry Close, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5PW
Received 30 Sept 201923 Tufton Street, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1QN
Received 27 Sept 2019Braid Farm, Burnthouse Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PT
Received 30 Sept 2019The Hollies, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0ST
Received 30 Sept 2019Units 1 to 4, Paddocks Farm, Bethersden Road, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1EN
Received 30 Sept 2019Dudley House, The Street, Godmersham, Canterbury, CT4 7DU
Received 30 Sept 2019Ditton Farm Oast, Brook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3SX
Received 22 Mar 2019Gorse Green Farm, Stone Cross Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2PJ
Received 1 Apr 2019Land west of Hodee, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Kent
Received 28 Mar 2019Garages to the rear of Platform 5, Dover Place, Ashford, Kent
Received 29 Mar 2019Land east of Mersham Sports Ground, Flood Street, Mersham, Kent
Received 4 Apr 2019Mongersmead, Rolvenden Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6UD
Received 8 Oct 2018Land adjacent to 4 Victoria Cottages, Lambden Road, Pluckley, Kent, TN27 0RB
Received 30 Sept 2019Little Foord, Bulltown Lane, Brabourne, Ashford, TN25 5NB
Received 1 Oct 2019Agricultural building at, West Ongley Farm, Ongley Lane, Biddenden, Kent
Received 30 Sept 2019Tree Tops, Bedlam Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PQ
Received 1 Oct 2019The Bamboos, Bockhanger Lane, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4AH
Received 1 Oct 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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