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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.
8,084 approved · 1,616 refused · 1,236 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Heronden, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LR
Received 16 Jan 20203 Whitebeam Close, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3QG
Received 15 Jan 2020Heronden, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LR
Received 16 Jan 202028 Heather Drive, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6PL
Received 16 Jan 2020Woodchurch Wine Estate, Susans Hill, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3RE
Received 16 Jan 2020Land south of Park Farm East, Hamstreet Bypass, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 16 Jan 2020Unit 1, Counter Farm, Brook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3SP
Received 17 Jan 2020Land rear of Rose Cottage Farm, North Street, Biddenden, Kent
Received 17 Jan 2020Ashburnham House, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6SR
Received 17 Jan 2020Land South of Glebe Retreat adjacent, Duck Lane, Shadoxhurst
Received 16 Jan 2020South Of England Rare Breeds Centre, Highlands Farm, Warehorne Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3RJ
Received 20 Jan 2020Pilgrims Rest, Old Surrenden Manor Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3DJ
Received 17 Jan 20201 Coes Cottages, Beaneys Lane, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8JA
Received 20 Jan 202022 Olantigh Road, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5EJ
Received 20 Jan 202034 Running Foxes Lane, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5LR
Received 28 Jan 202053 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6BD
Received 27 Jan 202053 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6BD
Received 27 Jan 2020Rickstones, Church Road, Warehorne, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2LH
Received 27 Jan 20202 Hornash Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1HT
Received 27 Jan 2020Tenterden Garden Centre, Tollgate Nursery, Reading Street, Tenterden, TN30 7HT
Received 27 Jan 2020High House Business Park, High House Lane, Kenardington, Kent
Received 3 Feb 2020Prospect House, School Road, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2BA
Received 3 Feb 2020Fostums, Roman Road, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7EP
Received 3 Feb 2020Barn west of Amherst Court, Bedlam Lane, Egerton, Kent
Received 4 Feb 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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