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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.
13,597 approved · 2,058 refused · 1,823 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Birchley House Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DZ
Received 15 Dec 20212 Brentwood, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5YH
Received 15 Dec 202126 Bank Street, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1BE
Received 15 Dec 2021Former Wye College Buildings, High Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 4AH
Received 15 Dec 2021Stace House, Woodchurch Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AD
Received 15 Dec 2021Hill Foxes, Ravensdane Wood, Stalisfield Church Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0NJ
Received 15 Dec 20218 Northdown, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8RB
Received 5 Jan 2022The Market Quarter, 57 Godinton Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 4 Jan 2022Longhouse Farm, River Hall Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8JE
Received 7 Dec 2021Park Farm, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8ER
Received 7 Dec 2021Park Farm, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8ER
Received 7 Dec 2021Hope Farm House, Peening Quarter Road, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7NP
Received 7 Dec 2021Little Acorns, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6SR
Received 7 Dec 2021Tenterden Car Wash, Recreation Ground Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 8 Dec 20215 Bank Street, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1BZ
Received 8 Dec 2021Land north of 14 and 15, Kirkwood Avenue, Woodchurch
Received 8 Dec 202120 Bournewood, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2HJ
Received 8 Dec 20218 Rectory Close, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QD
Received 8 Dec 2021Site of former Klondyke Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 8 Dec 2021Land rear of Millgarth, The Hill, Charing, Kent
Received 8 Dec 2021Part of garden north of Poplar Farm House, Poplar Road, Wittersham
Received 8 Dec 2021Part of garden north of Poplar Farm House, Poplar Road, Wittersham
Received 8 Dec 2021Site of 5 7 and 9 Beaver Lane and 1 to 14 The Poplars, Kingsnorth Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 8 Dec 2021Land at Eureka Business Park, Trinity Road, Boughton Aluph, Kent
Received 8 Dec 2021Records 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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