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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.
8,453 approved · 1,695 refused · 1,424 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Jan 2016 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Little Lodge, Charing Heath Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AL
Received 13 Aug 2019138 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HT
Received 13 Aug 2019Old Corn Store and former Ashford Youth Theatre, Dover Place, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1HU
Received 13 Aug 2019Forgefield Oast, Church Hill, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AQ
Received 12 Aug 2019Old Corn Store, Dover Place, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1HU
Received 13 Aug 20195 Tudor Farm Close, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3EB
Received 12 Aug 2019Pett Farm, Pett Lane, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0DS
Received 12 Aug 2019Old Corn Store and former Ashford Youth Theatre, Dover Place, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1HU
Received 13 Aug 2019Swift Farm, Sandy Lane, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1JN
Received 12 Aug 2019Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Kent
Received 12 Aug 2019Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Kent
Received 12 Aug 2019Ashford Designer Outlet, Kimberley Way, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0SD
Received 13 Aug 20191 & 2 Woodland View, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AR
Received 12 Aug 20191-3 Sandy Lane Cottages, Sandy Lane, Ashford, TN24 0NJ
Received 13 Aug 2019Zone A, Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Kent
Received 12 Aug 2019Barn C, New Langley Farm Buildings, Bethersden Road, Smarden, Kent
Received 14 Aug 201954 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AU
Received 13 Aug 2019The Wharf, Rye Road, Newenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 5QG
Received 14 Aug 201954 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AU
Received 13 Aug 2019261 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AJ
Received 14 Aug 20196 Brentwood, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5YH
Received 13 Aug 201954 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AU
Received 13 Aug 2019Green Farm, Church Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LS
Received 14 Aug 2019Heronden Court, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7QA
Received 15 Aug 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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