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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.
7,851 approved · 1,545 refused · 1,146 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 rear of 13, High Street, Ashford
Received 18 Dec 2019Unit 5B, KPC House, Canterbury Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0BP
Received 18 Dec 2019Beech Farm, Bowl Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0HD
Received 16 Dec 20192 Gravelly Field, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5HR
Received 18 Dec 201938 Herbert Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0DL
Received 18 Dec 2019Land rear of Manorwood House, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Kent
Received 18 Dec 2019Violet Cottage, Stalisfield Church Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0HE
Received 18 Dec 2019Land East of Hope House, Ashford Road, High Halden, Kent
Received 18 Dec 2019Land at Waterbrook Park west of, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Kent, TN24 0LH
Received 19 Dec 2019Greensands, Church Lane, Hothfield, Ashford, TN26 1EL
Received 18 Dec 2019Meadow View, Biddenden Road, High Halden, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6ST
Received 18 Dec 2019St Helens, Grosvenor Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9PH
Received 19 Dec 2019Squirrels Wood, Ruckinge Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2NW
Received 19 Dec 201997 Tally Ho Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1HW
Received 20 Dec 2019Sunhill Cottage, Granary Court Road, Smeeth, Ashford, TN25 6RE
Received 19 Dec 2019Sun Patch, The Street, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9AL
Received 20 Dec 2019Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Kent
Received 20 Dec 2019Oaks Farm, Green Hill Lane, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9EY
Received 19 Dec 2019Plot 8 Eureka Park, Lower Pemberton, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BF
Received 19 Dec 2019Gorse Farm, Pook Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8JJ
Received 20 Dec 2019Braehead, 198 Sandyhurst Lane, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4NX
Received 19 Dec 2019Braehead, 198 Sandyhurst Lane, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4NX
Received 20 Dec 20193 Cloth Hall Gardens, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AT
Received 19 Dec 2019Sunnyside, Ball Lane, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4EB
Received 23 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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