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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
21,101 approved · 2,783 refused · 2,390 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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34 Romulus Gardens, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3PX
Received 6 Aug 202140 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QE
Received 9 Aug 2021Lower Coach House, Rolvenden Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6TT
Received 6 Aug 2021Tollgate House, The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NB
Received 2 Aug 202162 Shirkoak Park, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3RR
Received 10 Aug 2021Busy Bees, Godinton Day Nursery, Godinton Primary School, Lockholt Close, Ashford, TN23 3JR
Received 11 Aug 2021The Bybrook Barn Harvester, Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8QQ
Received 11 Aug 202114 Vineys Gardens, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AZ
Received 13 Aug 2021Church View, Thorne Estate, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PQ
Received 17 Aug 20211 Rother View, Lossenham Lane, Newenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 5PY
Received 23 Aug 2021Gillets Manor, Water Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8QB
Received 23 Aug 2021Land east of The Old Granary, Bonnington Road, Bonnington, Kent
Received 25 Aug 2021Oaklee, Ingleden Park Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NR
Received 26 Aug 2021Land at Little Chart Forstal, Ram Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent
Received 31 Aug 2021Drayson House, 2 The Green, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3PB
Received 1 Sept 20219 Bunkley Meadow, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2HQ
Received 3 Sept 202118 Gybbons Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LL
Received 6 Sept 202143 The Street, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7EA
Received 7 Sept 2021Busy Bees, Godinton Day Nursery, Godinton Primary School, Lockholt Close, Ashford, TN23 3JR
Received 7 Sept 2021Land east of The Old Granary, Bonnington Road, Bonnington, Kent
Received 10 Sept 2021Appledore Village Hall, 76 The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2AE
Received 13 Sept 2021The White House, 31 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LL
Received 14 Sept 2021Swinford Cottage, The Street, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4JX
Received 16 Sept 20218 Maple Close, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3LE
Received 16 Sept 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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