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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.
7,821 approved · 1,532 refused · 1,133 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Nov 2016 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 320m north west of Castweazle Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, Kent
Received 14 Dec 2018Little Tiffenden Barn, Redbrook Street, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3QU
Received 14 Dec 201839 North Street, Ashford, TN24 8LQ
Received 14 Dec 201842 Queen Street, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1RG
Received 14 Dec 20183 Highbury Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LE
Received 17 Dec 2018Chestnut Lodge, Roman Road, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7DS
Received 17 Dec 2018Site H2a Orbital Park, The Courtyard, Sevington, Kent, TN24 0GR
Received 17 Dec 2018Land rear of the Kings Head, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Kent
Received 17 Dec 2018Land rear of the Kings Head, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Kent
Received 17 Dec 2018Land rear of the Kings Head, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Kent
Received 18 Dec 201853 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6BD
Received 17 Dec 2018Soles Hill Farm, Soleshill Road, Chilham, Kent, CT4 8JZ
Received 18 Dec 2018Boughton Cottage, Mill Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8NN
Received 18 Dec 2018Elvermore, Kiln Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3BA
Received 18 Dec 2018Batavia, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6NW
Received 18 Dec 2018Lynwood, Hornash Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1HX
Received 18 Dec 2018Land at Court Lodge, Pound Lane, Kingsnorth
Received 19 Dec 2018Land part of Phase 1, Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Kent
Received 18 Dec 201870 Bentley Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0HR
Received 19 Dec 2018Kent County Constabulary, Ashford Police Station, Tufton Street, Ashford, TN23 1BT
Received 19 Dec 2018Barn at, Beult Cottage, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Kent
Received 19 Dec 2018Roughlands Farm House, Lewd Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8PB
Received 20 Dec 201812 Mill View, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QN
Received 20 Dec 2018Asda, Kimberley Way, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0SE
Received 19 Dec 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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