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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
18,567 approved · 2,412 refused · 2,157 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Vesper Lands, Vesper Hawk Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PU
Received 26 Jul 2019Dial Cottage, 26 Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NJ
Received 26 Jul 2019Union Chapel, The Street, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AD
Received 29 Jul 2019St Margarets Church, Church Lane, Hothfield
Received 26 Jul 2019Smarden Primary School, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8ND
Received 29 Jul 201962 The Street, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HD
Received 29 Jul 2019Mercedes Benz of Ashford, Monument Way, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0HB
Received 29 Jul 2019The Blacksmiths Arms, 84 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NA
Received 30 Jul 201969 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LR
Received 31 Jul 2019B&Q Warehouse, B and Q Warehouse, Norman Road, Ashford, TN23 7DG
Received 1 Aug 2019St Marys Church, The Street, Westwell, Kent
Received 1 Aug 2019Chessenden House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NB
Received 5 Aug 20191 Vesper Court, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8LZ
Received 7 Aug 201921 Dove Close, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3NU
Received 8 Aug 2019129 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NB
Received 7 Aug 2019Strawberry Hill, Knoll Hill, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7BZ
Received 9 Aug 201925A Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8LD
Received 12 Aug 2019239 Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9QW
Received 12 Aug 2019The Granary, Ram Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PU
Received 13 Aug 2019The Old Court, 8 Tufton Street, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1QN
Received 13 Aug 20194 Osier Field, Kennington, Ashford, TN25 4PL
Received 14 Aug 201985 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NA
Received 14 Aug 201912 The Cobs, Woodbury Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JH
Received 15 Aug 2019The Old Bothy, Henden Hall, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 15 Aug 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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