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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.
8,133 approved · 1,628 refused · 1,261 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bull Green Farm, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3LB
Received 2 Oct 20208 Bodiam Avenue, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7BS
Received 2 Oct 2020Parcel R, Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 2 Oct 2020Site of The Prince Albert Public House, New Street, Ashford, Kent
Received 2 Oct 202026 The Weavers, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AP
Received 5 Oct 2020Land north of 22, Lower Road, Woodchurch, Kent
Received 2 Oct 2020Land between Ransley Oast and Greenside, Ashford Road, High Halden, Kent
Received 5 Oct 2020The Bungalow, Longacres, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2EG
Received 5 Oct 2020Threeways Bungalow, Charing Hill, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0NL
Received 5 Oct 2020The Grain Store, Pound Lane, Molash
Received 5 Oct 2020Fairlight, Cranbrook Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6UW
Received 5 Oct 2020Poor Row Cottage, Cage Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QD
Received 6 Oct 2020Rolvenden Primary School, Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LS
Received 6 Oct 2020Little Park Farm, Cherry Orchard Lane, Bonnington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7AZ
Received 6 Oct 202041 Canterbury Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0BL
Received 5 Oct 2020254 Hythe Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0QS
Received 5 Oct 2020109 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LB
Received 6 Oct 2020Land to the rear of, Brenchley Mews, Charing, Kent
Received 5 Oct 2020Sports Pavilion, The Cricket Ground, Lossenham Lane, Newenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 5PY
Received 6 Oct 202032 Millbrook Meadow, Singleton, Ashford, TN23 4XL
Received 6 Oct 2020Wide View, Lenacre Street, Eastwell, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1JD
Received 7 Oct 202049 Brigadier Gardens, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3GU
Received 7 Oct 2020Site B Land north oif, Javelin Way, Ashford, Kent
Received 7 Oct 20203 Troubridge Close, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0XG
Received 7 Oct 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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