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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18,455 approved · 2,392 refused · 2,152 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Leeswood, Canterbury Road, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DL
Received 14 Jun 2019Stonebridge Barn, Stonebridge Green Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9AN
Received 18 Jun 201914 The Street, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HB
Received 18 Jun 20191 Denelees, Wye Road, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HH
Received 19 Jun 2019Little Chart Village Hall, The Street, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QA
Received 19 Jun 2019Rosewood, Burleigh Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0JB
Received 19 Jun 201964 The Limes, Stanhope, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3NY
Received 19 Jun 2019Woodland west of, Sweet Bay Crescent, Ashford, Kent
Received 19 Jun 201917 Rectory Close, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QD
Received 24 Jun 2019West Bailey, The Square, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BY
Received 26 Jun 2019Mill Hatch, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 24 Jun 201939 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SA
Received 3 Jul 201963 Upper Queens Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8HL
Received 8 Jul 2019Street Record, Sweet Bay Crescent, Ashford, Kent
Received 10 Jul 2019New Flying Horse, Upper Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AN
Received 10 Jul 2019Land between 37 Bank Side and, Ashford Road, Hamstreet, Kent
Received 10 Jul 201922 Constantine Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3PN
Received 11 Jul 201941 Albert Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8NU
Received 16 Jul 2019211 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AF
Received 16 Jul 2019Brabourne Care Centre, 209 Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8PL
Received 17 Jul 20198 Lime Grove, Ashford, TN24 8AE
Received 18 Jul 2019Longbeech Wood north of, Monkery Lane, Charing, Kent
Received 23 Jul 201923 The Moat, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JH
Received 23 Jul 2019Packing Wood, Hamstreet Bypass, Ruckinge, Kent
Received 23 Jul 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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