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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.
11,146 approved · 1,927 refused · 1,699 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Mar 2014 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
45 Jemmett Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4QD
Received 31 May 2022Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 30 May 2022140 Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8PR
Received 1 Jun 2022Spring Field House, 16 Lower Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3SQ
Received 31 May 2022Oakleigh House, Watercress Lane, Ashford, Kent
Received 1 Jun 2022Lake House, Maidstone Road, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1AR
Received 31 May 2022Orlestone Rise, Ruckinge Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2NW
Received 31 May 2022Upper Bilham House, Cheesemans Green Lane, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7HY
Received 1 Jun 20225 Taywood Close, Ashford, TN24 0AT
Received 31 May 2022Blackberry Cottage, Snargate Road, Kenardington, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2BT
Received 1 Jun 2022Brogues Wood Cottage, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DW
Received 1 Jun 2022Land between Tryfan and Willowcroft, Troy Town Lane, Brook
Received 1 Jun 2022Tanden Farm, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3LJ
Received 1 Jun 20228 Rising Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4QG
Received 1 Jun 2022The Coach House, The Street, Brook, Ashford, TN25 5PG
Received 1 Jun 2022The Coach House, The Street, Brook, Ashford, TN25 5PG
Received 1 Jun 20222 Remus Close, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3PY
Received 6 Jun 2022Eastwell Manor Hotel, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HR
Received 6 Jun 2022Eastwell Manor Hotel, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HR
Received 6 Jun 2022Coty Operations, Eureka Science Park, Bradfield Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4AQ
Received 6 Jun 20222A Hollington Place, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8UN
Received 6 Jun 2022Samares, The Green, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HX
Received 7 Jun 2022Dilton, Broad Oak, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 7HR
Received 7 Jun 202225 Leslie Crescent, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6BX
Received 7 Jun 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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