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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Ashford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Ashford website
15,163 approved · 2,133 refused · 1,900 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 2010 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Swan Cottage, 27A The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2BU
Received 25 Jan 202224A Eastwell Barn Mews, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QW
Received 25 Jan 2022Oakfields, Bedlam Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PQ
Received 25 Jan 2022Little Swifts Green Farm, Bedlam Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PQ
Received 25 Jan 2022Ashstone House, Hamstreet Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2EB
Received 25 Jan 202211 Hunter Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0RY
Received 26 Jan 2022Agricultural Building at, Cott Farm, Cot Lane, Biddenden, Kent
Received 26 Jan 2022Ridgeways, Brook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3SP
Received 26 Jan 202265 Sweet Bay Crescent, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3PQ
Received 26 Jan 2022119 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JS
Received 26 Jan 2022Agricultural Barn 2, The Grange, Appledore Road, Kenardington, Kent, TN26 2LZ
Received 27 Jan 2022The Grange, Appledore Road, Kenardington, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2LZ
Received 27 Jan 2022Horsemarsh Farm, Appledore Road, Kenardington, Ashford, Kent TN26 2LZ
Received 27 Jan 20222 Ham Mill Cottages, Ham Mill Lane, Warehorne, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2QW
Received 27 Jan 2022Land south of Park Farm East, Hamstreet Bypass, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 27 Jan 2022Green Lane Farmhouse, Green Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BL
Received 27 Jan 2022Green Lane Farmhouse, Green Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BL
Received 27 Jan 2022Windy Barn, Romden Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8RA
Received 27 Jan 2022Creative Enterprise Quarter, Javelin Way, Ashford, Kent
Received 28 Jan 2022Orchard Corner, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NE
Received 27 Jan 202222 Regent Street, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4PE
Received 28 Jan 2022The Old Hop Gardens, Norton Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AL
Received 28 Jan 2022Korkers Sausages Ltd, High Street, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LP
Received 28 Jan 2022Newtown Railway Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0PN
Received 28 Jan 2022Records 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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