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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
25,408 approved · 3,698 refused · 2,772 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1, Montpelier Business Park, Dencora Way, Ashford, TN23 4FG
Received 8 Sept 2022Ashdown, Steeds Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent TN26 1NQ
Received 14 Sept 2022Crea House, The Street, Chilham, CT4 8BX
Received 15 Sept 2022Hales Place, Oaks Road, Tenterden, TN30 6RH
Received 15 Sept 2022Pine View, Peening Quarter Road, Wittersham, TN30 7NP
Received 15 Sept 2022Court Lodge Farm, The Street, Great Chart, TN23 3AY
Received 15 Sept 2022Caradon, Mill Lane, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0SL
Received 12 Sept 2022Oast at Park House Farm, Westwell Lane, West Of Westwell, Westwell, Ashford, Kent TN25 4LF
Received 15 Sept 2022Anchor Barn, Peening Quarter Road, Wittersham, Kent TN30 7NP
Received 16 Sept 202228 Eythorne Close, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN24 9LP
Received 16 Sept 2022Vine Cottage, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BB
Received 16 Aug 202230, Fullers Way, Biddenden, TN27 8FQ
Received 16 Sept 20221 New Rents, Kenardington Road, Appledore, TN26 2BS
Received 16 Sept 2022The Barn, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NE
Received 17 Sept 2022Woodchurch House, Site Containers At, Brook Street, Woodchurch, TN26 3SN
Received 19 Sept 2022Ashfield, Lewd Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8NP
Received 19 Sept 20224 Chiltern End, Ashford, Kent TN24 8QJ
Received 19 Sept 20228 The Heath, Crabapple Cottage, Heath Road, Appledore, TN26 2AX
Received 20 Sept 20224, Old Mill Court, Biddenden, TN27 8DD
Received 20 Sept 202234, Sandyhurst Lane, Ashford, TN25 4NS
Received 20 Sept 2022Site B adjacent Wyvern Way, Henwood, Ashford
Received 20 Sept 202230A High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8AH
Received 12 Sept 202221, Northumberland Avenue, Kennington, TN24 9QF
Received 20 Sept 202212-14 Red Lion, High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8AH
Received 20 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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