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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.
7,496 approved · 1,434 refused · 1,045 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Proposed dwelling land rear of, 29 Heathside, Appledore, Kent
Received 5 Jun 2020Orchard Farm, Church Lane, Molash, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8HD
Received 5 Jun 202036 Curtis Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0DB
Received 4 Jun 2020Oakdene, Bonnington Road, Bonnington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7BN
Received 5 Jun 202043 The Street, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7EA
Received 5 Jun 2020The Den, Shortswood Cottage, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DW
Received 5 Jun 2020Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Kent
Received 8 Jun 20205 Sole Street Cottages, Sole Street, Crundale, Kent, CT4 7EP
Received 8 Jun 2020Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Kent
Received 8 Jun 20209 North Street, Ashford, TN24 8LF
Received 8 Jun 2020Site of The Prince Albert Public House, New Street, Ashford, Kent
Received 8 Jun 202024 Tilden Close, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3LR
Received 8 Jun 2020Recreation Ground between Halstow Way and, Noakes Meadow, Ashford, Kent
Received 8 Jun 2020152 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5DP
Received 8 Jun 2020Doublequick Farm Sawmill, Lenham Forstal Road, Lenham, Maidstone, ME17 2BZ
Received 9 Jun 2020Barns 1 and 2, Court Lodge Farm, Church Lane, Hamstreet, Kent
Received 8 Jun 202011 Badgers Den, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5LE
Received 9 Jun 2020Little Thorne, The Pinnock, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0SP
Received 9 Jun 2020Ebony Cottage, Reading Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7HT
Received 9 Jun 2020Swan Cottage, 27A The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2BU
Received 8 Jun 2020The Nursery, The Street, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1EH
Received 4 Nov 2019160 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AE
Received 4 Nov 201943 Wealden Avenue, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NN
Received 4 Nov 20192 Clap Hill Cottages, Roman Road, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7DA
Received 5 Nov 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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