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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.
13,537 approved · 2,057 refused · 1,821 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Oct 2010 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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2A North Street, Ashford, TN24 8JN
Received 3 Dec 202110-12 Olantigh Road, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5EJ
Received 3 Dec 2021Poplar Court, Bethersden Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8QR
Received 3 Dec 2021Ingleden Park House, Ingleden Park, Swain Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6SL
Received 3 Dec 2021Ingleden Park House, Ingleden Park, Swain Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6SL
Received 3 Dec 20212 Mount Pleasant, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AG
Received 3 Dec 2021132 Beaver Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7SR
Received 3 Dec 2021Setts Wood Bungalow, Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7DG
Received 6 Dec 2021Fortune, Forstal Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9EL
Received 3 Dec 2021Site B Land north oif, Javelin Way, Ashford, Kent
Received 6 Dec 20211 Mount Pleasant, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7DN
Received 3 Dec 2021William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0LZ
Received 6 Dec 2021William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0LZ
Received 6 Dec 2021Broadview, Blackberry Lane, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0AE
Received 7 Dec 2021Garages between 11 and 12, Plantation Close, Hothfield, Kent
Received 7 Dec 2021Willow Cottage, The Street, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QS
Received 6 Dec 20211 West Cross Gardens, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JP
Received 7 Dec 20211-2 Knotts Square, North Street, Ashford, TN24 8JS
Received 6 Dec 2021Fairwood Industrial Park, Leacon Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 7 Dec 2021Old Chilmington, Chilmington Green Lane, Chilmington Green, Ashford, TN23 3DP
Received 7 Dec 20212 Amage Road Cottages, Amage Road, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DB
Received 14 Dec 2021Land at the Street and North of Court Lodge, The Street, Brabourne, Kent
Received 14 Dec 20213 Cedar Parade, Repton Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3TE
Received 14 Dec 2021Great Bromley Farm, Blackwall Road, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5PA
Received 14 Dec 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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