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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
24,195 approved · 3,443 refused · 2,681 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 2004 to 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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London House, The Street, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3AD
Received 17 Jun 2022Adlers Yard land between 240 and 250, Beaver Road, Ashford
Received 21 Jun 2022Petersfield, Appledore Road, Tenterden, TN30 7DF
Received 14 Jul 2022Green Lane Farmhouse, Green Lane, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4BL
Received 17 Jun 2022Former Pole Barn, Silk Farm, Amage Road, Wye
Received 17 Jun 2022The White House, 283 Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9QW
Received 17 Jun 20228 Park Farm Close, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LD
Received 17 Jun 2022Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart
Received 20 Jun 202243 Bishop Crescent, Tenterden, TN30 7BF
Received 27 Jun 2022Little Oak Farm, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3BQ
Received 20 Jun 20221 The Gatehouse, Otium Lake, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0DQ
Received 20 Jun 202254 Bucksford Lane, Singleton, Ashford, TN23 4YR
Received 14 Jul 2022Merristone, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0QU
Received 16 Jun 2022Heath Barn 1, Wanden Lane, Egerton, Ashford, TN27 9DB
Received 21 Jun 2022Cradle Bridge Level Crossing Conningbrook Park, Kennington Road, Willesborough
Received 28 Jun 2022Smarden Primary School, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8ND
Received 20 Jun 2022Network Rail, Old Railway Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, TN24 0PN
Received 23 Jun 2022The Crown Inn, The Street, Stone, Tenterden, TN30 7JN
Received 28 Jun 20227 North Pends, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9EE
Received 28 Jun 20224 Fir Toll, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0QZ
Received 21 Jun 2022Ham Mill Cottages, Ham Mill Lane, Warehorne
Received 14 Jul 20228-10 High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8AH
Received 29 Jun 2022Former Wye College Buildings, High Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 4AH
Received 28 Jun 2022Petersfield, Appledore Road, Tenterden, TN30 7DF
Received 14 Jul 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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