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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.
8,099 approved · 1,619 refused · 1,244 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Nov 2016 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Belmais, Victoria Crescent, Ashford, TN23 7HL
Received 25 Jul 2019Boundary Farm, Cranbrook Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6UR
Received 26 Jul 2019Wind Hill House, Wind Hill Lane, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0BG
Received 26 Jul 2019Shorts Wood House, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DW
Received 24 Jul 2019Land south of junction of Beaver Road and, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 15 May 2019Land south of junction of Beaver Road and, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 17 Jul 201980 Upper Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AN
Received 26 Jul 201980 Upper Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AN
Received 26 Jul 20192 Fir Court, Hythe Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0QW
Received 29 Jul 2019Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 26 Jul 201930 Harvey Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0AG
Received 29 Jul 2019The Surgery, Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SF
Received 29 Jul 20191 Brookfield Court, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5ER
Received 29 Jul 2019Beulah, Rock Hill Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9ED
Received 29 Jul 2019Wheel Mews, The Street, Westwell, Kent
Received 26 Jul 20196 Bulleid Place, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0PW
Received 26 Jul 2019Northdown Residential Care Home, Canterbury Road, Molash, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8EX
Received 26 Jul 2019Tenterden Trout Waters, Coombe Farm, Chennell Park Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent, TN30 6XA
Received 23 Jul 20196 The Poplars, Warehorne Road, Kenardington, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2LX
Received 29 Jul 201933 Grantley Close, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7UE
Received 29 Jul 2019Little Kensham Farm, Sandhurst Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4PH
Received 30 Jul 201965 Kingsnorth Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 6HZ
Received 29 Jul 201993 Lower Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3SG
Received 29 Jul 2019158 Beaver Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5PE
Received 29 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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