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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
15,295 approved · 2,139 refused · 1,905 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Maytham Farmhouse, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4QA
Received 3 Feb 20221 Bredgar Close, Stanhope, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5SF
Received 3 Feb 2022Worsenden Lodge, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8EJ
Received 3 Feb 2022Land east of railway and north of John Lewis at Home, Fougeres Way
Received 3 Feb 202210 Ash Meadows, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0LW
Received 3 Feb 2022Manor Pound Bungalow, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6QR
Received 3 Feb 20227A East Cross, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AD
Received 3 Feb 2022Land adjacent Bridleway, Mill Lane, Kennington, Kent, TN25 4EL
Received 3 Feb 2022White House, Pilgrims Lane, Hastingleigh, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5HW
Received 3 Feb 2022Crofters, Church Hill, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0BU
Received 4 Feb 2022Holcombe House, 3 Rolvenden Hill, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4JN
Received 4 Feb 2022Conley Barn, Bulltown Lane, Brabourne, Ashford, TN25 5NB
Received 4 Feb 2022125 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5ED
Received 2 Feb 2022125 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5ED
Received 2 Feb 2022Manuels, The Street, Brook, Ashford, TN25 5PF
Received 4 Feb 202219 Western Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1LY
Received 4 Feb 2022Enterprise Rent A Car, 59 Godinton Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1LH
Received 4 Feb 2022Land southeast of 1 Wilkinson Close, Ashford Road, Charing, Kent
Received 4 Feb 202224 Ramsfield, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AD
Received 5 Feb 202223 Marlborough Way, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HH
Received 4 Feb 2022Willow Farm Shooting Ground, Reading Street, Tenterden, Kent
Received 11 Feb 2022The Meadows, Pluckley Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3ET
Received 11 Feb 2022May Cottage, Coldblow, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3PH
Received 23 Feb 2022Honeysuckle Cottage, Bramble Lane, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5EE
Received 23 Feb 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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