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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
16,011 approved · 2,188 refused · 1,942 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Byland, Stonebridge, Brook, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5PJ
Received 17 Mar 2022Mounts Farmhouse, Smarden Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3HE
Received 17 Mar 2022104 Harvey Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0AW
Received 17 Mar 2022Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 17 Mar 2022Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 17 Mar 2022Honeysuckle Cottage, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3PU
Received 17 Mar 2022The Bybrook Barn Harvester, Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8QQ
Received 17 Mar 2022The Bybrook Barn Harvester, Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8QQ
Received 17 Mar 2022Brook Meadow, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AJ
Received 18 Mar 2022Lakes on land NE of Longs Corner Farm, Bull Lane, Bethersden, Kent
Received 18 Mar 2022Hill House, Rye Road, Newenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 5PL
Received 21 Mar 2022Hill House, Rye Road, Newenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 5PL
Received 21 Mar 2022Stonebridge Green Barn, Stonebridge Green Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9AP
Received 25 Mar 2022Selfield, 46 Oxenturn Road, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5AZ
Received 25 Mar 2022Farm buildings North of Bell Lane, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, Kent
Received 24 Mar 20224 William Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7UU
Received 25 Mar 2022Mill Hatch, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 25 Mar 2022Rainbow Chinese Restaurant and Takeaway, Ashford Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0EE
Received 18 Mar 202229 Greystones, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0FR
Received 21 Mar 2022Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 18 Mar 20228 Sparkeswood Close, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NA
Received 21 Mar 2022Little Dawbourne, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6PY
Received 21 Mar 2022Cullens Farm Buildings, Maytham Road, Wittersham, Kent
Received 21 Mar 2022Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 21 Mar 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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