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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
15,434 approved · 2,148 refused · 1,908 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Coach House, Hookstead, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3NE
Received 23 Feb 2022Teviot, Woodchurch Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AL
Received 24 Feb 2022Court Lodge, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4JX
Received 23 Feb 2022Land north of, Pope Street, Godmersham, Kent
Received 21 Feb 2022Mouse Cottage, Newland Green Lane, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9EP
Received 7 Feb 2022Kingsgate Farm, Kingsgate Lane, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NS
Received 7 Feb 2022Tree Tops, Bedlam Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PQ
Received 4 Feb 2022Midstrey Barn Coomb Farm, Pilgrims Way, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LY
Received 7 Feb 20225 Munday Bois Cottages, Green Hill Lane, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9EY
Received 4 Feb 20221 Elizabethan Court, High Street, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0LS
Received 7 Feb 2022Kenwood, Hamstreet Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1NN
Received 4 Feb 2022117 Noakes Meadow, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4RB
Received 7 Feb 2022Ham Leas Farmhouse, Marsh Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2QW
Received 7 Feb 2022Plot 2, Former Ingleden Park Riding Centre, Swain Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 8 Feb 2022The Granary, Crosswell Farm, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8ER
Received 8 Feb 2022Court Lodge Farm, Church Lane, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2EU
Received 8 Feb 20222 Bower Cottages, 1 - 2 Chestnut Cottages and Chestnut Villa, The Street, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6NG
Received 7 Feb 2022Unit 3, Brunswick Road Trade Centre, Brunswick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1FH
Received 7 Feb 2022Woodesden, 22-26 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QE
Received 7 Feb 2022Land south of, Thornden Lane, Rolvenden, Kent
Received 8 Feb 2022Smallhythe Studio, Smallhythe Old Village Hall, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NB
Received 7 Feb 2022Office Building at, Ford Mill, The Street, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QA
Received 8 Feb 2022Coach House at, Rose Villa, The Street, Stone, Kent
Received 8 Feb 2022Elm Farm, Weekes Lane, Brabourne, Ashford, TN25 5LZ
Received 8 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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