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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.
11,224 approved · 1,931 refused · 1,706 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Vine Cottage, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 8 Jun 2022Lambden Farm, Lambden Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0RB
Received 8 Jun 2022Old English Cottage, Vicarage Lane, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0BT
Received 8 Jun 2022Wealden, Cot Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8JD
Received 9 Jun 2022Haffenden Farm, Bugglesden Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6TG
Received 8 Jun 2022Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 9 Jun 2022Olantigh, Olantigh Road, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5EW
Received 9 Jun 2022The land to the South of Rosemary Lane known as, The Old Orchard, Rosemary Lane, Ashford, TN27 8PF
Received 8 Jun 2022Sandford, Smarden Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3HE
Received 9 Jun 2022Sidelands Farm, Little Olantigh Road, Wye
Received 9 Jun 2022Cherry Rose, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6NN
Received 9 Jun 2022Woodchurch Post Office, 13 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3PA
Received 10 Jun 202223 Homewood Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AU
Received 10 Jun 2022115a Tally Ho Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1HW
Received 9 Jun 2022115a Tally Ho Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1HW
Received 10 Jun 2022Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LP
Received 10 Jun 2022Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LP
Received 10 Jun 2022Ham Leas Farmhouse, Marsh Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2QW
Received 10 Jun 2022The Willows, Poundhurst Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2PQ
Received 10 Jun 20221 Maple Place, Appledore, Ashford, TN26 2BZ
Received 13 Jun 2022Long Meadow, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NQ
Received 13 Jun 2022The Old Roses, Ashford Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8EE
Received 13 Jun 2022Silks Farm, Amage Road, Wye
Received 13 Jun 2022Hopewell House, 13 North Street, Ashford, TN24 8LF
Received 13 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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