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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.
7,466 approved · 1,423 refused · 1,042 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Netherfield, Plain Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6RA
Received 8 Oct 201940 Dering Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DB
Received 8 Oct 2019Land rear of Castle View, Lower Lees Road, Chilham, Kent
Received 8 Oct 2019Legge Farm, Appledore Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3TL
Received 8 Oct 2019Corams Wood Business Park, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BH
Received 8 Oct 2019Silks Farm, Amage Road, Wye
Received 9 Oct 2019Former Godinton Way Industrial Estate, Godinton Way, Ashford, Kent
Received 9 Oct 2019Ellingham Yard, Ellingham Industrial Centre, Ellingham Way, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3NF
Received 8 Oct 2019Land North of and adjacent to Harrison House, Ash Hill, Ruckinge, Kent
Received 9 Oct 201915 The Street, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6NA
Received 9 Oct 2019Melville House, The Street, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AE
Received 9 Oct 2019Little Dering Farm, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8RG
Received 10 Oct 2019Land at rear and west of Little Hookstead Farm, Wrens Nest Lane, High Halden, Kent
Received 9 Oct 2019Land south and east of, Tilden Gill Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 9 Oct 2019Land rear of Stourfields, Kinneys Lane, Kennington, Kent
Received 10 Oct 2019Land at the Street and North of Court Lodge, The Street, Brabourne, Kent
Received 10 Oct 201911 Turners Avenue, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QB
Received 10 Oct 2019Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 10 Oct 2019Beult Barn, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3DH
Received 10 Oct 2019The Vardo, Staple Lees, Hastingleigh, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5HG
Received 11 Oct 201927 Scotton Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5BU
Received 11 Oct 201927 Scotton Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5BU
Received 11 Oct 2019South Of England Rare Breeds Centre, Highlands Farm, Warehorne Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3RJ
Received 11 Oct 2019Proposed new dwelling south of 30, Longbridge, Willesborough, Kent
Received 10 Oct 2019Records 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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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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