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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
23,477 approved · 3,288 refused · 2,616 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 2004 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Playing field corner of Thornden Lane and, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, Kent
Received 17 Jul 2017Banks House, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Received 18 Jul 201710-23 Caxton Close, Tenterden, Kent
Received 18 Jul 201740 The Moat, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JH
Received 20 Jul 20178 The Chestnuts, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6SU
Received 20 Jul 2017The Oast House, Lacton Oast, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0JF
Received 20 Jul 2017Brook Farm House, The Street, Brook, Ashford, TN25 5PF
Received 21 Jul 2017Withersdane Hall Cottage, Coldharbour Lane, Wye
Received 21 Jul 2017Rook Toll, Faversham Road, Eastwell, Kent
Received 24 Jul 2017Rowan House, Scotton Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5BZ
Received 25 Jul 201725A Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8LD
Received 25 Jul 2017Gillets Manor, Water Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8QB
Received 24 Jul 2017Brunswick House, 6A Brenchley Mews, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0JQ
Received 27 Jul 201736 Waterside, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0AX
Received 28 Jul 20173 Hambrook Close, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8EJ
Received 28 Jul 2017Cranwell House, The Forstal, Church Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NU
Received 28 Jul 2017Birch Tree Cottage, Glebe Close, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NG
Received 31 Jul 20171 Park View Terrace, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HL
Received 1 Aug 20176 Rothley Close, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LP
Received 1 Aug 2017Kincraig, The Street, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4LQ
Received 1 Aug 2017155 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JS
Received 3 Aug 2017East Wing, Old Cloth Hall, North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AG
Received 4 Aug 2017Bennetts, 56 The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2AE
Received 7 Aug 201797 The Limes, Stanhope, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3NY
Received 7 Aug 2017Records 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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