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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
21,692 approved · 2,892 refused · 2,446 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Apr 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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The Rectory, 36 High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AH
Received 27 Apr 20226 Cherry Garden Lane, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AR
Received 4 May 2022Charing Church of England Primary School, School Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0JN
Received 5 May 20226 Eastwell Meadows, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QR
Received 6 May 2022Land East of and adjoining Bucksford Manor, Chart Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 9 May 2022Accommodation at, Flying Horse Inn, Cage Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QD
Received 6 May 2022Walnut Tree Cottage, The Street, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3AP
Received 9 May 202239 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LL
Received 10 May 2022120 Lower Vicarage Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AP
Received 11 May 2022Godinton Primary School, Lockholt Close, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3JR
Received 11 May 2022Heronden Hall, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7QA
Received 12 May 202237 Forest Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4GB
Received 13 May 2022Packing Wood, Hamstreet Bypass, Ruckinge, Kent
Received 13 May 2022The Old Burial Ground, Station Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 20 May 2022Tenterden Recreation Ground, East Cross, Tenterden, Kent
Received 20 May 2022Isaac Wood near Kiln Farm, Bond Lane, Kingsnorth
Received 20 May 2022Land between 3 and 4, Maple Place, Appledore
Received 24 May 20226 Old Mill Court, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DD
Received 24 May 2022Drayson House, 2 The Green, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3PB
Received 26 May 2022Mill Hatch, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 30 May 2022Mill Hatch, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 30 May 2022Hamstreet Woods National Nature Reserve rear of Bournewood and, Carters Wood, Hamstreet, Kent
Received 26 May 2022159 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5DP
Received 31 May 2022Chessenden House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NB
Received 31 May 2022Records 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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