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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.
9,536 approved · 1,820 refused · 1,591 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Aug 2014 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Beacon Hill Quarry, Pilgrims Way, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0DR
Received 9 Dec 20201 The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2BU
Received 10 Dec 2020Lees Court, Canterbury Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0EX
Received 10 Dec 2020Little Smarden House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NB
Received 11 Dec 2020Two Oaks Barn, Bonnington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7AW
Received 11 Dec 2020105 Bybrook Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9JD
Received 11 Dec 2020Lossenham Farm, Lossenham Lane, Newenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 5QQ
Received 11 Dec 202033 Viburnum Close, Ashford, TN23 3LB
Received 11 Dec 2020Plot 1 at the, Former Ingleden Park Riding Centre, Swain Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 14 Dec 2020Hayes Cottage, Ebony Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7HY
Received 11 Dec 2020Land between Ransley Oast and Greenside, Ashford Road, High Halden, Kent
Received 14 Dec 2020St Mawgan, Hornash Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1HX
Received 11 Dec 2020Green Hedges, Beacon Oak Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 10 Dec 2020Green Hedges, Beacon Oak Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 10 Dec 202012 Torrington Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7TE
Received 14 Dec 2020Oak Apple Cottage, Canterbury Road, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DF
Received 11 Dec 2020Chart Court Farm, Pluckley Road, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QH
Received 11 Dec 2020Sunnydale Barn, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3LL
Received 14 Dec 2020Land between Boughton Cottage and Millview Cottage, Mill Lane, Smarden
Received 11 Dec 2020Aldworth, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2EG
Received 14 Dec 2020Annan, 5 Meadow Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3HB
Received 14 Dec 2020Land rear of London House, The Street, Bethersden, Kent
Received 14 Dec 2020Coldharbour Farm, Knock Hill, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7JX
Received 14 Dec 2020Apple Tree Cottage, Wye Road, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HY
Received 14 Dec 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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