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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
16,368 approved · 2,202 refused · 1,959 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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81 Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NT
Received 7 Apr 2022Grain Store Burscombe Farm, Coach Road, Egerton, Kent, TN27 9BB
Received 7 Apr 2022Woodreeve Farm, Capel Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2EJ
Received 7 Apr 2022Directline Structures, 65 High Street, Ashford, TN24 8SG
Received 7 Apr 2022Land between the Pig and Whistle Farmhouse and Minden Cottage, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 7 Apr 2022Land east of railway and north of John Lewis at Home, Fougeres Way
Received 7 Apr 2022Ashford Road Service Station, Ashford Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8EE
Received 7 Apr 2022Land West of Kingsgate Cottage, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Kent
Received 8 Apr 2022Land between 10 and 13, Heathside, Appledore, Kent
Received 8 Apr 2022Land between Doctors Surgery and 80, The Street, Appledore, Kent
Received 8 Apr 202216 Foley Close, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0XA
Received 11 Apr 20223 Joseph Conrad Drive, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7ET
Received 11 Apr 202271 Essetford Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5BP
Received 11 Apr 202238 Grange Crescent, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6DZ
Received 12 Apr 2022109 Shirkoak Park, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3RR
Received 11 Apr 2022Korkers Sausages Ltd, High Street, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LP
Received 11 Apr 2022Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 11 Apr 2022Kestrels View Farm, Brook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3SX
Received 11 Apr 202219 Albert Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8NY
Received 12 Apr 2022Fords Water Farm, Manor Pound Lane, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5NA
Received 12 Apr 2022Hampton Farm, Hampton Lane, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5PN
Received 11 Apr 202215 Carters Wood, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2NN
Received 12 Apr 202230 Cuckoo Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5DB
Received 12 Apr 2022Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Kent
Received 13 Apr 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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