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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16,011 approved · 2,188 refused · 1,942 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Hatfield House, The Street, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DP
Received 8 Mar 202211 Kiln Close, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DA
Received 15 Mar 2022Spring Field House, 16 Lower Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3SQ
Received 16 Mar 2022Korkers Sausages Ltd, High Street, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LP
Received 14 Mar 2022Stemps Land, Ebony Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7JG
Received 14 Mar 2022Pear Tree Cottage, Stocks Road, Wittersham, Ashford, TN30 7EJ
Received 15 Mar 2022Wakeley House, 71 High Street, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0LS
Received 16 Mar 2022Wakeley House, 71 High Street, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0LS
Received 16 Mar 202222 Scotton Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5BZ
Received 16 Mar 2022Darling Buds Barn, Darling Buds Farm, Tuesnoad Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3EQ
Received 16 Mar 2022Conningbrook, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 15 Mar 2022Oak, Top Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7HD
Received 16 Mar 20225 Osier Field, Kennington, Ashford, TN25 4PL
Received 15 Mar 2022133 Jemmett Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4RJ
Received 15 Mar 2022Oak, Top Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7HD
Received 16 Mar 2022Conningbrook, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 15 Mar 2022Outbuildings south of, Raywood Farm, Pluckley Road, Charing, Kent
Received 16 Mar 2022Conningbrook, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 15 Mar 2022Conningbrook, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 15 Mar 2022Land at St Michaels Place, Grange Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 14 Mar 2022Peel House, Singleton Road, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3BA
Received 17 Mar 2022Darling Buds Barn, Darling Buds Farm, Tuesnoad Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3EQ
Received 17 Mar 202235 Harvey Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0AG
Received 17 Mar 2022Smiths Farm, Snargate Road, Appledore, Ashford, TN26 2BT
Received 17 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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