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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
20,530 approved · 2,653 refused · 2,334 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Aug 2006 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Cherry Trees, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2EQ
Received 3 Dec 20201 Parkside Court, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LW
Received 3 Dec 2020The Rectory, Church Hill, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3EG
Received 4 Dec 2020Sand House, Woodbury Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JH
Received 3 Dec 2020Scout Hut, Place Lane, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3PG
Received 4 Dec 20201 Beult Meadow, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8PZ
Received 4 Dec 2020Henden Cottage, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 4 Dec 202030 The Moat, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JH
Received 9 Dec 2020Great Heron Wood, Appledore Road, Kenardington, Kent
Received 10 Dec 202052 Upper Queens Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8HF
Received 14 Dec 2020Kiln Field, Tenterden, Kent
Received 14 Dec 202028 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QE
Received 14 Dec 2020Apple Tree Cottage, Wye Road, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HY
Received 11 Dec 2020The Forge House, 64-68 North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AS
Received 17 Dec 202035 Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8LD
Received 18 Dec 2020Glebe Cottage, Church Hill, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3EQ
Received 18 Dec 2020Berwick House, 8 Elwick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1PF
Received 18 Dec 2020Hinton, The Grove, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0RS
Received 21 Dec 2020Hillside, Church Hill, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AQ
Received 21 Dec 2020The Lees House, Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NS
Received 21 Dec 2020Heather Cottage, 2 Townland Green, Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SD
Received 21 Dec 20202 The Green, Canterbury Road, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DF
Received 4 Jan 2021Hillside, Church Hill, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AQ
Received 21 Dec 20203 East Hill, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RL
Received 6 Jan 2021Records 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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