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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.
11,769 approved · 1,976 refused · 1,729 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Apr 2012 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Abbottsfield, Lees Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6RN
Received 25 May 2020The Beeches, Blackwall Road, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7EG
Received 26 May 2020Pantiles, Woodchurch Road, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3JG
Received 26 May 2020The Pond House, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QX
Received 26 May 2020Tudor House, Church Hill, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3EF
Received 26 May 20207 Good Intent Cottages, Stonebridge Green Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9AP
Received 27 May 2020Newlands House, Newlands Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AR
Received 27 May 2020Jobens Farm, Steeds Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN26 1NH
Received 27 May 2020Chessenden House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NB
Received 27 May 2020Rosecroft, Selling Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8BH
Received 27 May 202098 Cradlebridge Drive, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0RF
Received 26 May 2020Site of former Great Chart Motors, The Street, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3AH
Received 27 May 2020Land south of junction of Beaver Road and, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 25 May 202044 Caesar Avenue, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3PZ
Received 27 May 2020Martins Cottage, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Received 27 May 2020Land south west of Goldwell Court, Goldwell Lane, Aldington, Kent
Received 28 May 2020Barn 1 and 2, Court Lodge Farm, Church Lane, Hamstreet, Kent
Received 27 May 2020White Horse Inn, Ruckinge Road, Bilsington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7JX
Received 28 May 2020Knoll Hill House, Knoll Hill, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7BZ
Received 27 May 2020Hamden Grange Farm, Bethersden Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3HF
Received 28 May 2020Stede Court, High Halden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8JG
Received 8 Oct 2021Julie Rose Stadium, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9QX
Received 8 Oct 202162 Essetford Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5BP
Received 8 Oct 202112 Grantley Close, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7UE
Received 8 Oct 2021Records 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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