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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.
8,522 approved · 1,715 refused · 1,448 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Barn at, Faggs Mount, Smarden Road, Bethersden, Kent
Received 14 Oct 2020North View, Hampton Lane, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5PN
Received 14 Oct 2020Tup House, 3 Watermill Court, Ram Lane, Hothfield, Ashford, TN25 4LS
Received 15 Oct 2020Berenden Park, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3LJ
Received 14 Oct 2020The Stour Centre, Tannery Lane, Ashford, TN23 1PL
Received 15 Oct 2020New Overhead Line land at East Ongley Farm, Ongley Lane, Biddenden, Kent, TN27 8HF
Received 14 Oct 2020Highmead House, Hythe Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NE
Received 15 Oct 2020Hampton Alders, Brabourne Road, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5PP
Received 15 Oct 2020Brattle House, Cranbrook Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6UL
Received 15 Oct 2020Daniels Water Farm, Vitters Oak Lane, Great Chart, Ashford, TN26 1JY
Received 15 Oct 2020Ashstone House, Hamstreet Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2EB
Received 16 Oct 2020Downsway, 35 Sandyhurst Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4NS
Received 16 Oct 2020Glovers, Ball Lane, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4EB
Received 16 Oct 2020Land and buildings south of Glebe Retreat, Duck Lane, Shadoxhurst
Received 15 Oct 2020The Old Newsagents, Forge Hill, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0SJ
Received 16 Oct 202019 Sayers Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6BW
Received 16 Oct 2020Wychwood Cottage, Stonegate Lane, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2PR
Received 16 Oct 2020Unit at, Frith Court Farm, The Pinnock, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0SY
Received 16 Oct 20202 Tree Tops, Canterbury Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0EU
Received 16 Oct 2020Riverdale, Canterbury Road, Godmersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HE
Received 19 Oct 202074 Raymond Fuller Way, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9TB
Received 19 Oct 20206 Oak View, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1AS
Received 19 Oct 2020Fox Burs, Scots Lane, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6LP
Received 19 Oct 2020Eggscentricity Ranch, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8RH
Received 19 Oct 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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