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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.
7,834 approved · 1,535 refused · 1,135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ragstones, New House Lane, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0RX
Received 9 Jul 2019Land to the south west of Elm Tree Grange, Ashford Road, High Halden, Kent
Received 8 Jul 2019Parcel A, Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 8 Jul 2019Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 8 Jul 2019Barn 1, Court Lodge Farm, Church Lane, Hamstreet, Kent
Received 9 Jul 2019Barn 2, Court Lodge Farm, Church Lane, Hamstreet, Kent
Received 9 Jul 201920 Canon Woods Way, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9QY
Received 9 Jul 20198 Glebe Way, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AU
Received 9 Jul 2019Land between 1 Rose Villas and 25, Upper Denmark Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 8 Jul 2019Highways, Canterbury Road, Godmersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HF
Received 8 Jul 2019Former Pledges Mill and South Kent College Site and land south of junction of Beaver Road and, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 9 Jul 2019Cedar Mead, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LU
Received 8 Jul 2019Land at 26, The Street, Hothfield, Kent
Received 9 Jul 201912 Wealden Avenue, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NP
Received 9 Jul 2019Harbour Farm, Knockwood Lane, Molash, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8HN
Received 9 Jul 2019Former site of Precinct 13, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3LY
Received 10 Jul 2019Land between Doctors Surgery and 80, The Street, Appledore, Kent
Received 9 Jul 2019Motorline, Hilton Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1EW
Received 10 Jul 2019Little Acre, 80 and Land rear of 76 to 82, The Street, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HS
Received 10 Jul 2019The Lodge, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9QP
Received 10 Jul 2019Land south of Colebran Wood, Duck Lane, Shadoxhurst
Received 10 Jul 2019Woodend Lodge, Woodend, Redbrook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QU
Received 10 Jul 2019130 Raymond Fuller Way, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9TB
Received 10 Jul 201910 Molloy Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1HS
Received 10 Jul 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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