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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
16,486 approved · 2,207 refused · 1,964 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2010 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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31 Nettlefield, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9EG
Received 20 Apr 2022Little Surrenden Farmhouse, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3BG
Received 20 Apr 2022Land south of the Swan Hotel, Maidstone Road, Charing, Kent
Received 19 Apr 2022Pett Farm, Pett Lane, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0DS
Received 20 Apr 2022Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 19 Apr 2022Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 19 Apr 20222 Oakdene Villas, Mundy Bois Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9ER
Received 19 Apr 2022Capel Lodge, Newlands Stud, Newlands Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AR
Received 19 Apr 2022Land rear of Charing Motors Ltd Northdown Service Station, Maidstone Road, Charing, Kent
Received 19 Apr 2022115 Noakes Meadow, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4RB
Received 19 Apr 2022Priory Stones, Lossenham Lane, Newenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 5QQ
Received 13 Apr 202231 Austin Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 6JP
Received 13 Apr 2022Land at Newtown Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 19 Apr 202231 Clarke Crescent, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9SA
Received 20 Apr 202210A Blackwall Road North, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NU
Received 20 Apr 2022The Knoll, Lees Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LE
Received 20 Apr 2022Land east of railway and north of John Lewis at Home, Fougeres Way
Received 27 Apr 2022Twysden Cottage, Daniels Water, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1JU
Received 26 Apr 2022Land between A2070 and Railway north of, Warehorne Road, Hamstreet, Kent
Received 10 May 2022Beachy House, Rothley Close, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LP
Received 10 May 2022Forstal Farm, Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7DF
Received 18 May 2022Coom Bank, Kingsgate Lane, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NS
Received 19 May 2022Long Ridge, Egerton House Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9BD
Received 19 May 2022High Chimney Farm, Biddenden Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6TA
Received 18 May 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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