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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
19,218 approved · 2,472 refused · 2,220 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Dec 2006 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Mulberry House, Penderel Mews, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QF
Received 6 Dec 20195 Lilac Court, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3LZ
Received 11 Dec 2019Middlecroft, 2 The Croft, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RG
Received 11 Dec 2019Amesbury House, Ingleden Park Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NS
Received 11 Dec 2019St Marys Church Of England Primary School, Western Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1ND
Received 11 Dec 2019Johns Wood opposite Newlands Farm Cottages north east of Tirbeg, Faversham Road, Charing
Received 12 Dec 2019The Green, Wye Road, Boughton Aluph, Kent
Received 11 Dec 2019Westwell Court, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, Kent
Received 17 Dec 2019St Gregory and St Martins Church, High Street, Wye
Received 17 Dec 2019Land on the boundary of St Marys Church opposite 9, Church Hill, Chilham
Received 17 Dec 2019Forge Cottage, Church Road, Warehorne, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2JX
Received 18 Dec 2019The Providence Chapel, Warehorne Road, Warehorne, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2JX
Received 18 Dec 20196 Aspen Drive, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3QP
Received 23 Dec 2019Rook Toll, Faversham Road, Eastwell, Kent
Received 30 Dec 2019Mouse Hall, Church Hill, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3EF
Received 7 Jan 20205 Munday Bois Cottages, Green Hill Lane, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9EY
Received 30 Dec 20194 Hillside Cottages, Faversham Road, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HU
Received 2 Jan 2020Chessenden House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NB
Received 6 Jan 2020Pinemore, Ingleden Park Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NS
Received 7 Jan 2020Chessenden House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NB
Received 8 Jan 2020The Moat, Ashford Road, Charing, Kent
Received 8 Jan 2020Sycamore House, Church Road, Warehorne, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2LP
Received 9 Jan 2020Johns Wood opposite Newlands Farm Cottages north east of Tirbeg, Faversham Road, Charing
Received 9 Jan 202054 Belmore Park, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8UW
Received 14 Jan 2020Records 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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