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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.
10,296 approved · 1,861 refused · 1,646 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Aug 2014 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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1 Forge Cottages, The Street, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3AJ
Received 30 Apr 2021Cott Farm, Cot Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8JD
Received 30 Apr 2021Land North of and adjacent to Harrison House, Ash Hill, Ruckinge, Kent
Received 30 Apr 2021Land between Woodchurch Road and, Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 30 Apr 2021Tilden House, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QW
Received 30 Apr 2021Peening Quarter Farm, Peening Quarter Road, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7NP
Received 4 May 2021Storage compound between Unit 5 and Watling Tyres, Chunnel Estate, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7HJ
Received 11 Dec 20202 Essella Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8AN
Received 21 Dec 2020Durrants Close, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6SR
Received 21 Dec 2020Site M North Section Orbital Park, The Long Barrow, Sevington
Received 21 Dec 2020Bedlam House, Bedlam Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PG
Received 21 Dec 2020Annexe at, Southfields, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QZ
Received 21 Dec 2020Land adj to Tower Lodge, Charing Hill, Charing, Kent
Received 21 Dec 2020The Oak, 5 High Street, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0HU
Received 21 Dec 2020The Oak, 5 High Street, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0HU
Received 21 Dec 2020225 Faversham Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 22 Dec 2020Agricultural buildings at Romden Farm, Romden Road, Smarden, Kent
Received 21 Dec 2020Pinnhurst, Boat Lane, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7BL
Received 21 Dec 2020Greenlands, Nickley Wood Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1LZ
Received 22 Dec 2020Aldworth, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2EG
Received 22 Dec 202040 Springwood Drive, Ashford, TN23 3LQ
Received 22 Dec 2020Wissenden House Farm, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3EL
Received 21 Dec 2020Hans Farm, Kitsbridge Lane, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2PX
Received 23 Dec 2020Land north of Stubbs Cross, Magpie Hall Road, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 22 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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