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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.
8,707 approved · 1,745 refused · 1,506 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Biddenden Village Hall, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 17 May 2022Land to the south of, Tennyson Road, Ashford
Received 17 May 2022Pumping Station, Wheatfields, Aldington, TN25 7GF
Received 17 May 202214 Wagtail Walk, Finberry, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 7GQ
Received 18 May 2022Land to the rear and north of The Old Surgery, The Street, Appledore, Kent
Received 18 May 2022Old Auction Rooms rear of, 102 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HU
Received 18 May 2022Brattle House, Cranbrook Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6UL
Received 18 May 202213 Kirkwood Avenue, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SE
Received 18 May 2022Halden Lane Farmhouse, Halden Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4JG
Received 19 May 202240 Chiltern End, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8QJ
Received 20 May 20229 Holdenhurst, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5UT
Received 18 May 20228 Dudley Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9EA
Received 20 May 2022Coppins Farm, The Street, Molash, Canterbury, CT4 8HA
Received 20 May 20227 Oaklands, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6NE
Received 20 May 2022Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 20 May 2022Middlecroft, 2 The Croft, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RG
Received 20 May 2022Former Wye College Buildings, High Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 4AH
Received 20 May 2022Land east of railway and north of John Lewis at Home, Fougeres Way
Received 23 May 2022Former Wye College Buildings, High Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 4AH
Received 20 May 2022Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 20 May 2022Middlecroft, 2 The Croft, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RG
Received 20 May 2022Shorts Farm, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DP
Received 20 May 2022Shorts Farm, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DP
Received 20 May 2022Former Wye College Buildings, High Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 4AH
Received 20 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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