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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
20,598 approved · 2,659 refused · 2,340 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 2005 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ashminster House, Clive Dennis Court, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0LX
Received 11 Feb 202171 Forest Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4GB
Received 10 Feb 20214 Vineys Gardens, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AZ
Received 10 Feb 2021St Michaels and All Angels Parish Church, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6PU
Received 11 Feb 202146 Upper Queens Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8HF
Received 15 Feb 2021Maple Cottage, 76A The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NA
Received 17 Feb 20217 Lower Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3SQ
Received 17 Feb 202122 Forum Way, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3RJ
Received 18 Feb 2021Upper Field House, The Green, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3PB
Received 22 Feb 2021Land rear of Rose Cottage Farm, North Street, Biddenden, Kent
Received 22 Feb 2021Brambles, The Street, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LU
Received 27 Apr 2021The Studio, Frogshole Farm, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8EY
Received 30 Apr 2021172 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AE
Received 12 Jul 20213 Elmfield, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RE
Received 12 Jul 202126 Albert Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8NX
Received 17 Aug 2021126A High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HT
Received 17 Aug 202117 Sweet Bay Crescent, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3PQ
Received 17 Aug 202127 Oak Tree Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4QP
Received 20 Aug 202163 Upper Queens Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8HL
Received 12 Oct 2021Park Wood, Station Road, Smeeth, Kent
Received 14 Oct 2021Garden House, Church Lane, Hothfield, Ashford, TN26 1EL
Received 19 Oct 2021Court Lodge, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4JX
Received 20 Oct 20215 Hambrook Close, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8EJ
Received 20 Oct 2021Beachy House, Rothley Close, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LP
Received 23 Feb 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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