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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
16,206 approved · 2,196 refused · 1,953 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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3-4 Elwick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1PD
Received 1 Apr 2022Agricultural Building, Wanden Farm, Wanden Lane, Egerton, Kent
Received 1 Apr 2022The Rectory, Roman Road, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7EF
Received 1 Apr 2022The Barn Oast, North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BA
Received 1 Apr 2022Victoria Park, Jemmett Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 28 Mar 202216 Cherrywood Rise, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4QA
Received 28 Mar 2022Ninn Lodge Farm, Ninn Lane, Great Chart, Kent
Received 28 Mar 202236 Maidstone Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8UB
Received 28 Mar 2022Hurstbourne, Boat Lane, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7BL
Received 28 Mar 2022Hurstbourne, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2EQ
Received 28 Mar 202222 The Weavers, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AP
Received 29 Mar 202237 Musgrove, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7UN
Received 29 Mar 2022Cranwell House, The Forstal, Church Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NU
Received 28 Mar 202251 Shrubcote, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7BP
Received 29 Mar 202210 Hardy Close, Willesborough, Ashford, kent, TN24 0XB
Received 29 Mar 202219 Blackwall Road North, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NU
Received 29 Mar 202280 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NA
Received 28 Mar 2022Sunnybrook Stables, The Street, Brook, Ashford, TN25 5PF
Received 28 Mar 2022Copsewood, Forge Hill, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0SJ
Received 29 Mar 2022Land between A2070 and Railway north of, Warehorne Road, Hamstreet, Kent
Received 28 Mar 202211 Tutt Hill Cottages, Westwell Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1AL
Received 29 Mar 2022The Coach House, Eggarton Lane, Godmersham, Canterbury, CT4 7DY
Received 29 Mar 2022Sylvanhurst, Roman Road, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7EF
Received 29 Mar 2022Land to the north of St Marys Close and east of, Ashford Road, Hamstreet, Kent
Received 29 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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