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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.
8,533 approved · 1,717 refused · 1,452 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Broombourne Farm, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3HL
Received 21 Oct 2020Broombourne Farm, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3HL
Received 21 Oct 2020Agricultural buildings at New House Farm, Gribble Bridge Lane, Biddenden, Kent
Received 22 Oct 2020Springfield, Church Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9DG
Received 22 Oct 2020Waggoners, Great Prawls Farm, Wittersham Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7HB
Received 22 Oct 2020Units A and B, 6-7 Hilton Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1EW
Received 22 Oct 2020Park Farm, Pound Lane, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6RG
Received 22 Oct 20202 Golden Square, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RN
Received 22 Oct 2020Jayas Sanctuary, Haycross Lane, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3TF
Received 23 Oct 2020Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 23 Oct 2020Site B Land north oif, Javelin Way, Ashford, Kent
Received 23 Oct 2020Ashfield, Lewd Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8NP
Received 23 Oct 2020Land South West of and adjacent Durrant Green House, Oak Grove Lane, High Halden, Kent
Received 23 Oct 2020The Ferry Inn, Appledore Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7JY
Received 23 Oct 2020Part of garden at 58, Otterden Close, Stanhope, Kent, TN23 5TH
Received 23 Oct 2020Land rear of Crossways, Canterbury Road, Challock, Kent
Received 21 Oct 2020Manor House, Faversham Road, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HT
Received 26 Oct 202036 Queen Street, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1RG
Received 23 Oct 20201 The Row, Hamstreet Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2NY
Received 26 Oct 2020Zetland Lodge, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AR
Received 26 Oct 2020Chart Court Cottage, Pluckley Road, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QH
Received 26 Oct 202032 Park Wood Close, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3NQ
Received 26 Oct 2020Longthorne Farm, Kingsford Street, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6PF
Received 26 Oct 2020Longthorne Farm, Kingsford Street, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6PF
Received 26 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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