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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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
24,342 approved · 3,466 refused · 2,687 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Lazy Meadow Farm, Smarden Road, Bethersden, TN26 3HE
Received 14 Jun 2022Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart
Received 20 Jun 20226 Long Row, Flood Street, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 7HD
Received 21 Jun 2022Ashford College, Elwick Road, Ashford, TN23 1NN
Received 21 Jun 2022Medhurst Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8DZ
Received 28 Jun 2022East Hill House, 3 East Hill, Tenterden, TN30 6RL
Received 27 Jun 20226 Long Row, Flood Street, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 7HD
Received 21 Jun 202222 Kingsnorth Road, Ashford, TN23 6HS
Received 14 Jun 2022Agricultural Barn 2 Horsemarsh Farm, Appledore Road, Kenardington, Ashford, Kent. TN26 2LZ
Received 28 Jun 2022Amberley, Ashford Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, TN26 2EW
Received 28 Jun 2022Agricultural Building, Wanden Farm, Wanden Lane, Egerton
Received 23 Jun 2022Field Side, Pound Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3EJ
Received 30 Jun 2022Orchard View, Shrubcote, Tenterden
Received 23 Jun 2022The Bluebells, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AR
Received 23 Jun 202224 Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6QU
Received 23 Jun 20223 Ruffets Wood, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3QQ
Received 23 Jun 20227 Butterside Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3PD
Received 24 Jun 2022Ashford Fire Station, Henwood, Ashford, TN24 8YF
Received 23 Jun 2022Braid Farm Campsite, Braid Farm, Burnthouse Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PT
Received 23 Jun 2022Agricultural Barn 2 The Grange Appledore Road Kenardington Kent TN26 2LZ
Received 29 Jun 2022Land rear of Anver and adjacent Cricket Ground, Ulley Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 23 Jun 20222 New Rents, Kenardington Road, Appledore, Ashford, TN26 2BS
Received 28 Jun 2022Ashford College, Elwick Road, Ashford, TN23 1NN
Received 21 Jun 2022Willow House, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8NQ
Received 27 Jun 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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