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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
25,323 approved · 3,689 refused · 2,766 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2003 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ranters Hall, Benenden Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4JE
Received 2 Sept 2022West Meadow (Intended name), Rolvenden Road, Tenterden, TN30 6UD
Received 5 Sept 20221 Abbottsfield, Lees Road, Brabourne, TN25 6RN
Received 5 Sept 202218, Hawthorn Road, Kingsnorth, TN23 3LT
Received 5 Sept 2022Birchwood Farmhouse, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, TN27 8DY
Received 5 Sept 2022Loudon Court, Flat 52, Loudon Way, Ashford, TN23 3NE
Received 5 Sept 2022Yew Tree Cottage, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Received 29 Jul 2022Fernwood, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, TN27 8DY
Received 5 Sept 2022Little Croft, Sandy Lane, Tenterden, TN30 7DA
Received 5 Sept 2022Caradon, Mill Lane, Pluckley, TN27 0SL
Received 5 Sept 2022Outbuildings at Raywood Farm, Pluckley Road, Charing, TN27 0AH
Received 1 Aug 2022Mai Barn, Romden Road, Romden, Smarden, Kent TN27 8QZ
Received 5 Sept 2022Shorts Wood Yard, Tenterden Road, From Clapper Hill To Pb, Biddenden, TN27 8DW
Received 6 Sept 2022Goldwell Oast, Ninn Lane, Great Chart, TN23 3BY
Received 6 Sept 2022Land East of 79, , Torrington Road, Ashford, TN23 7TG
Received 6 Sept 202235 Greyhound Chase, Singleton, Ashford, Kent TN23 5LL
Received 5 Sept 2022Manor Pound Bungalow, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, TN25 6QR
Received 6 Sept 20223 Sabre Crescent, Singleton, Ashford, Kent TN23 5LD
Received 5 Sept 2022Forest Lodge, Malthouse Lane, Warehorne, Ashford, Kent TN26 2EL
Received 6 Sept 2022Washenden Cottage, High Halden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8DA
Received 7 Sept 2022Chart Court Farm, Chart Court Liveries, Pluckley Road, Little Chart, TN27 0QH
Received 6 Sept 2022Wittersham Sports Field, Poplar Road, Wittersham
Received 7 Sept 202280, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6JB
Received 7 Sept 202279, York House, Sandyhurst Lane, Ashford, TN25 4NU
Received 7 Sept 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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