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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
23,983 approved · 3,388 refused · 2,665 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 2004 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kennington House, 9 The Street, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9EX
Received 18 Jun 201840 Brigadier Gardens, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3GU
Received 18 Jun 20181 Hornbeam Close, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3DZ
Received 19 Jun 2018Dering Wood Lodge, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8RE
Received 20 Jun 20182 Willow Bank, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0TQ
Received 18 Jun 2018Plot 13 Lamberden Wood, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, Kent
Received 19 Jun 2018St Andrews Catholic Church, 47 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LL
Received 21 Jun 20182 Vineys Gardens, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AZ
Received 21 Jun 2018The Hollies, Ulley Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HX
Received 26 Jun 2018Godinton Park, Godinton Lane, Hothfield, Kent
Received 19 Jun 2018St Marys Church, Church Hill, Chilham
Received 2 Jul 2018Godinton Park, Godinton Lane, Hothfield, Kent
Received 29 Jun 2018Cricketers Cottage, The Lees, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, TN25 4HX
Received 3 Jul 2018East Brabourne House, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LR
Received 3 Jul 2018Wye Dental Surgery, Stone Haven, Little Chequers, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5DX
Received 4 Jul 2018Land rear of 16, High Street, Tenterden, Kent
Received 6 Jul 20183 Coach Drive, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1DY
Received 4 Jul 2018Little Ceton, Ox Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NQ
Received 10 Jul 2018Chi An Geltyon, 2A The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2DA
Received 10 Jul 2018Estate Office, Thorne Business Park, Forge Hill, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AF
Received 9 Jul 2018Shalmsford Bridge Cottage, Canterbury Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8AE
Received 12 Jul 2018239 Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9QW
Received 24 Sept 201822 The Street, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HB
Received 25 Sept 20181 Pittlesden Place, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HT
Received 25 Sept 2018Records 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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