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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
17,244 approved · 2,274 refused · 2,016 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Mar 2008 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Little Burton Farm House, George Williams Way, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9RZ
Received 26 Nov 2018Ivy Cottage, The Green, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4JB
Received 27 Nov 2018Heronden, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LR
Received 29 Nov 20181 Loudon Path, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3JH
Received 30 Nov 20181 Greenside, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3LT
Received 30 Nov 2018Ashford Golf Club, Sandyhurst Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4NT
Received 7 Dec 2018Silver Hill Halt, Ingleden Park Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NS
Received 10 Dec 2018The Well House, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NJ
Received 12 Dec 2018Brook House, Rye Road, Newenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 5PN
Received 13 Dec 20189 Wells Close, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QJ
Received 18 Dec 201814 Woodlea, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8YB
Received 20 Dec 2018The Conningbrook Hotel, 315 Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9QR
Received 19 Dec 2018Woodland between St Mawgan and Travean, Hornash Lane, Shadoxhurst, Kent
Received 2 Jan 2019West Wing, Old Cloth Hall, North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AG
Received 4 Jan 201943 Greyhound Chase, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5LL
Received 7 Jan 2019Ostlers, 67-69 High Street, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0LS
Received 7 Jan 2019Dix Cottage, 4 Hollington Place, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8UN
Received 7 Jan 2019Thatch, Ram Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PU
Received 7 Jan 2019113 The Limes, Stanhope, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3NY
Received 7 Jan 2019Cedar Court, Woodbury Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JH
Received 8 Jan 201927 The Green, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AJ
Received 14 Jan 2019Quercus Cottage, Frogs Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NG
Received 14 Jan 2019Clearbrook, The Street, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1EJ
Received 15 Jan 20192 Willow Tree, Highbury Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LD
Received 15 Jan 2019Records 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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