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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
16,614 approved · 2,218 refused · 1,970 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
2 Myrtle Cottages, Ball Lane, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4EH
Received 26 Apr 20225 Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AY
Received 26 Apr 2022Thorne Manor, Smarden Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0RE
Received 26 Apr 2022Five Acres, Hornash Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1HT
Received 26 Apr 2022Tiffenden House, Harbourne Lane, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3JE
Received 26 Apr 202297 Beaver Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5NU
Received 26 Apr 2022Land south of M20, Church Lane, Aldington, Kent
Received 26 Apr 2022Kiln Plat, Surrenden Road, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0PP
Received 26 Apr 2022Southome, Tile Lodge Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0AY
Received 21 Aug 2018Bilting Court, Canterbury Road, Godmersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HF
Received 31 May 201931 Hillbrow Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4XD
Received 3 Dec 2019Old Chestnut House, Church Lane, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7EG
Received 10 Feb 202020 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5EA
Received 21 Jun 2011120 Lower Vicarage Road, Ashford, TN24 9AP
Received 21 Jun 201122, 28, 33-36 St Benets Way, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QQ
Received 15 Jul 2011land adj to, 1 Hornbeam Close, Ashford, Kent
Received 24 Jun 2011Six Bells Inn, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3QQ
Received 27 Jun 2011Chessenden House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NB
Received 29 Jun 2011The Oast House, Lacton Oast, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0JF
Received 4 Jul 2011Hendon Hall, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 5 Jul 2011Land known as Cutlers Wood, Maidstone Road, Chilham, Kent
Received 23 Aug 20112 Chestnut Close, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AS
Received 20 Feb 2012Ray Allen South Ashford Centre, Stanhope Road, Stanhope, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5RN
Received 20 Feb 20121 Cherry Orchard, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QX
Received 28 Feb 2011Records 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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