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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
25,491 approved · 3,716 refused · 2,780 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Land East of Hope House, Ashford Road, High Halden, TN26 3NA
Received 20 Sept 2022Land North of and adjacent to 35, Riversdale Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 7TP
Received 20 Sept 2022Hornbrook Oast, Appledore Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3TJ
Received 21 Sept 20229, Millfield, High Halden, TN26 3LX
Received 21 Sept 202298-100, Hythe Rd, Ashford, Kent TN24 8PR
Received 21 Sept 20222 Walnut Close, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN24 9AX
Received 21 Sept 2022Land East of Hope House, Ashford Road, High Halden, TN26 3NA
Received 21 Sept 202267 Churchfield Way, Wye, TN25 5ET
Received 21 Sept 202211, North Street, Ashford, TN24 8LF
Received 19 Aug 202246, Bond Road, Ashford, TN23 7UG
Received 21 Sept 2022Land to south of, New Barn Farm, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3BS
Received 21 Sept 2022Forge Field Oast, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8ER
Received 21 Sept 2022Upper Ensign House, Selling Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent CT4 8BB
Received 21 Sept 202263, Poplar Hall, The Street, Appledore, TN26 2AF
Received 22 Aug 2022Plot 50 Land South and East of Tilden Gill Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 21 Sept 2022Plot 66 Land South and East of TIlden Gill Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 21 Sept 20222 Bybrook Road, Kennington, TN24 9JA
Received 22 Sept 2022Church Hill Cottage, Church Hill, Charing, TN27 0BU
Received 22 Sept 202211 Hunter Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0RY
Received 20 Sept 2022Newtown Railway Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, TN24 0PN
Received 22 Sept 2022Silver Birches, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BH
Received 22 Sept 2022The Cider Press, Coldblow, Woodchurch, TN26 3PH
Received 22 Sept 2022The Kennels, Coldharbour Lane , Kent , Wye, TN25 5DB
Received 22 Sept 2022Warren Cottage, Stumble Lane, Kingsnorth, TN23 3EZ
Received 22 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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