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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.
14,334 approved · 2,096 refused · 1,864 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Coombe Cottage, The Street, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4LQ
Received 6 Jan 2022Pluckley Village Pre-School, Pluckley Church of England Primary School, The Street, Pluckley, Kent, TN27 0QS
Received 7 Jan 2022Pluckley Village Pre-School, Pluckley Church of England Primary School, The Street, Pluckley, Kent, TN27 0QS
Received 7 Jan 2022Pond south of Newgate, Brabourne Road, Wye
Received 7 Jan 202229 Sprotlands Avenue, Ashford, TN24 0AQ
Received 6 Jan 20225 Drury Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QG
Received 6 Jan 2022Goldwell Oast, Ninn Lane, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3BY
Received 7 Jan 2022Goldwell Oast, Ninn Lane, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3BY
Received 7 Jan 2022Beacon Oak House, 78 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LR
Received 6 Jan 20223 Maple Cottages, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AU
Received 6 Jan 2022Old Orchard Cottage, Ebony Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7JA
Received 7 Jan 2022Dashmonden Farm, High Halden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BZ
Received 6 Jan 2022Stanhope Court, Stanhope Road, Stanhope, Kent
Received 7 Jan 2022Martingales, The Street, Brook, Ashford, TN25 5PF
Received 7 Jan 2022Parcels D & H at Chilmington Green, Great Chart
Received 10 Jan 2022Westwell Lodge, Gold Hill, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4JX
Received 7 Jan 2022104 Harvey Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0AW
Received 10 Jan 20221 Kiln Close, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DA
Received 10 Jan 2022Old Orchard Cottage, Ebony Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7JA
Received 7 Jan 2022Old Orchard Cottage, Ebony Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7JA
Received 7 Jan 202276 Mabledon Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8BN
Received 10 Jan 20224 Millfield, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4GW
Received 10 Jan 2022Newtown Railway Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0PN
Received 10 Jan 202273A High Street, Ashford, TN24 8SF
Received 10 Jan 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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