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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.
8,697 approved · 1,744 refused · 1,505 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
8 Swallowfield, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0BX
Received 13 May 2022Pond Cottage, Selling Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8BD
Received 13 May 202230 Beecholme Drive, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AA
Received 13 May 2022Nettlepole, Nettlepole Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, TN27 0QJ
Received 30 Mar 2022Mill Cottage, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3QW
Received 13 May 2022Ringinglow, 5 Cot Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8JB
Received 13 May 2022Recreation Ground between Halstow Way and, Noakes Meadow, Ashford, Kent
Received 13 May 2022Cargills Opticians, 7 North Street, Ashford, TN24 8LF
Received 13 May 20226 Sayer Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JT
Received 13 May 2022Garden Cottage, Egerton House Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9BD
Received 16 May 2022Underhill Orchard, Rye Road, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7EU
Received 16 May 2022Appleby Farm, Mundy Bois Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9EU
Received 16 May 20228 Riding Hill, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9BY
Received 16 May 2022Crabtree Farm, Tamley Lane, Hastingleigh, Ashford, TN25 5HW
Received 16 May 2022Crabtree Farm, Tamley Lane, Hastingleigh, Ashford, TN25 5HW
Received 16 May 2022Hamden Grange Farm, Bethersden Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3HF
Received 17 May 2022Pittlesden Barn, High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HT
Received 17 May 2022Unit 4, Bilting Farm Business Centre, Canterbury Road, Godmersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HF
Received 17 May 2022Land south west of 11, Butt Field Road, Singleton, Kent
Received 17 May 2022Bridge Park, Shawlands Lane, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3JA
Received 17 May 2022Land between A2070 and Railway north of, Warehorne Road, Hamstreet, Kent
Received 17 May 2022Wyevale Garden Centre, Marsh Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2JZ
Received 17 May 202213 Oaks Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RD
Received 17 May 20227 East Hill, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RL
Received 17 May 2022Records 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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