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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.
8,121 approved · 1,625 refused · 1,259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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27 Bryony Drive, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3RF
Received 24 Sept 202043 Farrers Walk, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3NL
Received 24 Sept 2020133 Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8PN
Received 24 Sept 2020Recreation Ground junction of Westwell Lane and, Gold Hill, Westwell, Kent
Received 24 Sept 2020130 Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9QE
Received 24 Sept 202034 Green Fields Lane, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5LH
Received 24 Sept 2020Site south of roundabout at, Bridge Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 24 Sept 2020Little Garth, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1LE
Received 24 Sept 2020Land south of junction of Beaver Road and, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 14 Sept 2020Site south of roundabout at, Bridge Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 24 Sept 2020Rockhill Oast House, Rock Hill Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9DP
Received 24 Sept 2020Munks Farm, Headcorn Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PN
Received 24 Sept 2020Waterside House East, Water Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8QB
Received 24 Sept 2020Site south of roundabout at, Bridge Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 24 Sept 2020Swanlees Cottage, The Lees, Church Lane, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4DE
Received 24 Sept 2020Oakdene, Bonnington Road, Bonnington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7BN
Received 25 Sept 2020Land between Arthur Baker Playing Field and, Ashford Road, Charing, Kent
Received 25 Sept 2020Bus Shelter 3201 0055 on west side of, Jemmett Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4RJ
Received 25 Sept 2020Ashford Designer Outlet, Kimberley Way, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0SD
Received 25 Sept 2020Broad Oak Barn, Great Batchelors Lodge, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8EX
Received 28 Sept 202062 Bucksford Lane, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4YR
Received 28 Sept 2020St Michaels Church Of England Primary School, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6PU
Received 25 Sept 2020Site south of roundabout at, Bridge Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 28 Sept 2020Dairy Building, Gable Hook Farm, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Kent
Received 25 Sept 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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