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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.
7,674 approved · 1,490 refused · 1,090 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Apr 2018 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Barn Oast, North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BA
Received 10 Dec 201923 Primrose Drive, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3NP
Received 10 Dec 2019KPC House, Canterbury Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0BP
Received 10 Dec 20193 Shipley Mill Close, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3NR
Received 10 Dec 2019Lordings Oast, Peening Quarter Road, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7NP
Received 10 Dec 201930 Haywain Close, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3QL
Received 10 Dec 2019Sir Edward Streets Wood, Orlestone Forest, Malthouse Lane, Warehorne, Kent
Received 10 Dec 2019Red Brick Barn, Barnfield Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0BN
Received 11 Dec 2019Sir Edward Streets Wood, Orlestone Forest, Malthouse Lane, Warehorne, Kent
Received 10 Dec 2019Land rear of 11 to 22, Waltham Close, Willesborough, Kent
Received 10 Dec 2019Land rear of The Red Lion and east of, Tile Lodge Road, Charing
Received 9 Dec 2019Land west of, New Cut Road, Chilham, Kent
Received 12 Dec 2019Hazelwild, Waltham Road, Hastingleigh, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5JD
Received 12 Dec 2019Land between Mill House and 8, Orchard Lane, Challock, Kent
Received 13 Dec 201920 Dove Close, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3NU
Received 12 Dec 2019Block 1 Land south of junction of Beaver Road and, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 13 Dec 2019Avalon, Soleshill Road, Chilham, Kent, CT4 8JZ
Received 12 Dec 2019Little Omenden Farm, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8QP
Received 12 Dec 201959 Jemmett Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4QA
Received 16 Dec 2019Plot 2, Former Wye College Pig Unit, Amage Road, Wye
Received 13 Dec 2019Unit 1, Pluto House, 19-33 Station Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1PJ
Received 13 Dec 2019Pittlesden Barn, High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HT
Received 13 Dec 2019Goldwell Farm, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BP
Received 12 Dec 201914 Forest Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4GB
Received 16 Dec 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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