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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.
7,703 approved · 1,500 refused · 1,096 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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53 Kings Prospect, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0GX
Received 27 Jul 2020Agricultural buidings named DG Grinding, Gribble Bridge Lane, Biddenden, Kent
Received 27 Jul 2020Applewood Farm, Pested Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BD
Received 27 Jul 202037 Sparkeswood Avenue, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LZ
Received 27 Jul 2020Fair View, Faversham Road, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BQ
Received 27 Jul 202036 Wealden Avenue, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NP
Received 28 Jul 202080 Bybrook Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9JB
Received 28 Nov 2018Old Chestnut House, Church Lane, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7EG
Received 28 Nov 2018Old Chestnut House, Church Lane, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7EG
Received 28 Nov 2018The Stables, Granary Court Road, Smeeth, Ashford, TN25 6RE
Received 6 Nov 201887 and 89 Canterbury Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0BH
Received 6 Nov 2018Raglan Court, Hythe Road, Willesborough, Ashford
Received 6 Nov 201838 Billington Grove, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0FY
Received 6 Nov 2018Former South Kent College Site, Jemmett Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 6 Nov 2018Braehead, 198 Sandyhurst Lane, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4NX
Received 5 Nov 2018Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 6 Nov 2018Bramley House Residential Home, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2EG
Received 6 Nov 2018Seal Barn, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DY
Received 6 Nov 2018Pound House, Trumpet House, Waterman House and Bears End House, Godfrey Walk, Ashford, Kent
Received 6 Nov 2018Fords Water Farm, Manor Pound Lane, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5NA
Received 7 Nov 2018Conningbrook, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 7 Nov 2018Elwick Place, Elwick Road, Kent
Received 7 Nov 2018Little Chart Cottage, The Street, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QB
Received 7 Nov 20184 Post Office Row, Soleshill Road, Chilham, Kent, CT4 8JR
Received 7 Nov 2018Records 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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