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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.
14,125 approved · 2,084 refused · 1,856 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Site M South Section Orbital Park, Monument Way, Sevington
Received 22 Jul 20212 Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7HJ
Received 21 Jul 202116 Rogersmead, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LF
Received 21 Jul 202133 Molloy Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1HR
Received 22 Jul 2021The Barn Great Pested Farm, Pested Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BD
Received 22 Jul 2021Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 22 Jul 2021Land rear of Stephendale, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent
Received 22 Jul 2021Avery Cottage, 4 North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AQ
Received 22 Jul 2021Forstal Farm Cottage, Spelders Hill, Brook, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5PD
Received 21 Jul 2021130 Cudworth Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0BB
Received 22 Jul 202159 Mill Court, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DN
Received 23 Jul 2021136 Highfield Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0JU
Received 23 Jul 20211 Lime Grove, Ashford, TN24 8AE
Received 23 Jul 2021Webbs Ironmongery Stores Ltd, 51 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6BH
Received 20 Dec 2021Crossways, Canterbury Road, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BJ
Received 20 Dec 2021Regency Cottage, Biddenden Road, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QG
Received 20 Dec 2021Moat Farm House, Oak Grove Lane, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3BX
Received 20 Dec 2021The Bluebells, 13 Chalk Avenue, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6BU
Received 21 Dec 20211 Henley View, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HW
Received 20 Dec 2021Kent Vale, Canterbury Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8AG
Received 20 Dec 2021The Old Flour Mills, East Hill, Ashford, Kent
Received 20 Dec 2021Ashenden, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NA
Received 21 Dec 2021Ashenden, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NA
Received 21 Dec 2021Land opposite, 1-8 Elwick Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 21 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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