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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.
8,687 approved · 1,744 refused · 1,503 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2015 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Ashstone Cottage, Hamstreet Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2EB
Received 9 May 2022Hegg Hill House, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NX
Received 9 May 2022Rosedene, Headcorn Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8JW
Received 9 May 2022The Dovecote Centre, Brookfield House, Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8QE
Received 10 May 202219 The Copse, Ashford, TN23 3LG
Received 6 May 2022Hurst House, Budds Lane, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7EL
Received 10 May 2022The Retreat, Plain Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6RA
Received 11 May 202217 Tally Ho Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN26 1HJ
Received 10 May 202219 Chalk Avenue, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6BU
Received 11 May 2022The Old Grain Store, Warehorne Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2JJ
Received 10 May 2022Crofters, Church Hill, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0BU
Received 10 May 2022Westlea House, Pluckley Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AH
Received 10 May 2022Mill Cottage, Mill Lane, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4EL
Received 10 May 2022Land north of Fairlawn, Blind Lane, Mersham, Kent
Received 11 May 2022Frogs Hole Oast, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8HB
Received 11 May 2022Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 11 May 20223 Haslewood Close, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NY
Received 11 May 2022Hales Place, Oaks Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RH
Received 11 May 2022Hales Place, Oaks Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RH
Received 11 May 20221 Newlands Cottages, Withersdane Lane, Molash, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8HU
Received 12 May 20225 Mount Pleasant, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7DN
Received 12 May 2022Building A, New Barn Farm, Ashford Road, High Halden, Kent
Received 12 May 2022Abbottsfield, Lees Road, Brabourne, Kent
Received 12 May 2022Swan Inn, 19 Tufton Street, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1QN
Received 13 May 2022Records 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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