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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
18,455 approved · 2,392 refused · 2,152 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Mar 2008 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
1 Stace Close, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RP
Received 20 Mar 2013Flat 1, Westbourne House, 7 West Cross, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JR
Received 22 Mar 2013Appledore Methodist Church, The Street, Appledore, Kent, TN26 2AE
Received 21 Mar 2013Caxton Close, Tenterden, Kent
Received 26 Mar 2013Heathfield Cottage, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8QA
Received 3 Apr 2013Verge opposite Monckton Manor, Mountain Street, Chilham
Received 3 Apr 20136 Kennington Place, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HZ
Received 8 Apr 2013Mill Field, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 10 Apr 20139 Wells Close, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QJ
Received 10 Apr 2013Principle House, Pluckley Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AQ
Received 24 May 2019Yew Tree House, 150 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9DE
Received 28 May 2019Old Way House, The Hill, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0LU
Received 29 May 20193 Golden Square, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RR
Received 31 May 2019Newhouse, The Street, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6NQ
Received 30 May 20196 Cherry Garden Lane, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AR
Received 31 May 2019Kennington House, 9 The Street, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9EX
Received 3 Jun 2019Woolpack Hotel, 26 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AP
Received 4 Jun 2019Fairlawn Respite Unit, Kingsnorth Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 6LY
Received 5 Jun 2019Mill Farm House, Mill Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NA
Received 5 Jun 2019Hope Cottage, 151 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AE
Received 5 Jun 201926 The Street, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1ES
Received 7 Jun 20192 Stace Close, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RP
Received 10 Jun 2019New Flying Horse, Upper Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AN
Received 3 Jun 2019Land at Forstall Wood East of William Harvey Hospital, Hinxhill Road, Wye, Kent
Received 12 Jun 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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