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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
15,950 approved · 2,181 refused · 1,936 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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14 Wheatfields, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 7GF
Received 7 Mar 20225 Knockwood Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AP
Received 7 Mar 202249 The Bulrushes, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5GD
Received 7 Mar 2022Broadoaks, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8EL
Received 7 Mar 2022Meadow Cottage, Ebony Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7HY
Received 7 Mar 2022Cherry Trees, Lilyvale, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6RB
Received 7 Mar 2022Oxney House, 32 The Street, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7ED
Received 8 Mar 2022Hoseney House, Sandy Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7DA
Received 8 Mar 20228 Beult Meadow, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8PZ
Received 7 Mar 202231 Langney Drive, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5UL
Received 8 Mar 2022Old Auction Rooms rear of, 102 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HU
Received 8 Mar 2022Boys Hall, Boys Hall Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0LA
Received 8 Mar 2022St Margaret's Church, Church Hill, Bethersden
Received 8 Mar 202298 Birling Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8BQ
Received 9 Mar 2022Hatfield House, The Street, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DP
Received 8 Mar 2022The Gate House, Appledore Station, Station Road, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2DG
Received 9 Mar 2022Land known as Woodside West, Nickley Wood Road, Shadoxhurst, Kent, TN26 1LZ
Received 9 Mar 2022Newlands House, Newlands Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AR
Received 10 Mar 2022Downsview, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9QP
Received 9 Mar 2022100 Ellingham Industrial Centre, Ellingham Way, Ashford, Kent, TN23 6LZ
Received 9 Mar 20229 Dukes Meadow, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2HD
Received 7 Mar 2022Cobalt House, Orbital Park, Monument Way, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0HB
Received 11 Mar 2022Rosehill Farmhouse, Rose Hill, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7HH
Received 10 Mar 2022Brierley, Kenardington Road, Warehorne, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2LU
Received 11 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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