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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Ashford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,835 approved · 1,535 refused · 1,136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
East Stour Court, Mabledon Avenue, Ashford, Kent
Received 10 Jul 2019Land SE of Plumtrees, Bowerland Lane, Chilham
Received 10 Jul 2019Corner of The Dene and, Forge Hill, Bethersden, Kent
Received 10 Jul 2019Chequer Tree Paddock, Colliers Hill, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 7HT
Received 11 Jul 2019Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 11 Jul 201949 Cleves Way, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5DG
Received 11 Jul 201934-36 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QE
Received 11 Jul 2019Unit 1, Fairwood Industrial Park, Leacon Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4TT
Received 11 Jul 2019Plot 3 and Plot 5, Land adjacent to the William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road, Willesborough, Kent
Received 11 Jul 2019Land north east of, Church Hill, Charing
Received 12 Jul 2019Land south west of The Broadway Cottages, Pluckley Road, Charing, Kent
Received 12 Jul 2019Horseshoes, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NJ
Received 15 Jul 2019123 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5ED
Received 12 Jul 2019Second & Third Floor, Calgarth House, 39-41 Bank Street, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1DQ
Received 12 Jul 2019Lingfield, 2A Ulley Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HT
Received 12 Jul 2019Wye School, Kempe Centre, Olantigh Road, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5EJ
Received 12 Jul 201933 St Marys Green, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HP
Received 12 Jul 2019Martins Cottage, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Received 15 Jul 20193 The Lindens, St Benets Way, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QT
Received 15 Jul 2019Cold Comfort, Magpie Hall Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1HE
Received 15 Jul 2019Land between Woodchurch Road and, Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 10 Jul 2019Unit 1, Station Approach, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8EG
Received 12 Jul 2019384 Hythe Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0QL
Received 15 Jul 2019DBM Builders Depot, Wotton Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 6LR
Received 18 Aug 2020Records 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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