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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
15,833 approved · 2,172 refused · 1,925 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Army Reserves Centre, Sir Henry Brackenbury Road, Ashford, TN23 3HX
Received 2 Mar 2022Spring Grove School, Harville Road, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5EZ
Received 2 Mar 2022The Olde Carriage House, Rock Hill Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9DP
Received 28 Feb 2022The Warren, Green Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BL
Received 2 Mar 2022Land south of Pilgrims Cottage Pilgrims Way and west of, Amberleaze, Westwell, Kent
Received 11 Mar 2022Brockmans Farm, Brockmans Lane, Bilsington, Ashford, TN25 7JB
Received 11 Mar 202278 Sir John Killick Road, Ashford, TN23 3TF
Received 10 Mar 2022Clappers Mead, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3QL
Received 28 Feb 2022Pod A Unit 2D, Ashford Business Park, Barrey Road, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0SG
Received 2 Mar 2022Iraden, Hareplain Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8LH
Received 3 Mar 2022Iraden, Hareplain Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8LH
Received 2 Mar 2022Proposed Telecommunications mast grass verge opposite Bagham Cottage, Maidstone Road, Chilham, Kent
Received 2 Mar 2022Agricultural building and land north of Coggers Cottage Boldshaves Oast House, Frogs Hole Lane, Woodchurch, Kent
Received 2 Mar 2022Robert Brett and Sons Ltd, Leacon Road, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5NX
Received 2 Mar 2022Land south of Park Farm East, Hamstreet Bypass, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 3 Mar 2022Grain Store Burscombe Farm, Coach Road, Egerton, Kent, TN27 9BB
Received 4 Mar 202232 Christopher Bushell Way, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9PY
Received 4 Mar 202233 Orion Way, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0DY
Received 4 Mar 2022Appledore Post Office and General Store, 51-53 The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2AF
Received 7 Mar 202258 Wayside Avenue, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6PA
Received 7 Mar 2022Grain Store Burscombe Farm, Coach Road, Egerton, Kent, TN27 9BB
Received 7 Mar 2022Outbuildings at, High Barn, Charing Hill, Charing, Kent
Received 7 Mar 202227 Abbott Way, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7BZ
Received 4 Mar 2022Grain Store Burscombe Farm, Coach Road, Egerton, Kent, TN27 9BB
Received 7 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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