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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
25,913 approved · 3,791 refused · 2,803 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2003 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oakleigh House, Watercress Lane, Ashford, TN23 5EL
Received 1 Nov 2022Iraden, Hareplain Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8LH
Received 25 Oct 2022The Barn, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NE
Received 1 Nov 2022Thompsons House, Taylors Hill, Chilham, CT4 8BZ
Received 1 Nov 2022The Old Granary, Lossenham Lane, Newenden, TN18 5QQ
Received 1 Nov 2022The Barn New Barn Farm, Pluckley Road, Bethersden, TN26 3EU
Received 1 Nov 202245, Belmore Park, Ashford, TN24 8UW
Received 1 Nov 2022East Brabourne House, The Street, Brabourne, TN25 5LR
Received 1 Nov 2022Greenlands, 358 Sandyhurst Lane, Boughton Aluph, TN25 4PE
Received 1 Nov 202270, Lower Vicarage Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AS
Received 1 Nov 2022Stag Enterprise Park, Leacon Road, Ashford, TN23 4TW
Received 1 Nov 2022Coomb Farm, Shabani Oast, Pilgrims Way, Brabourne Downs, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent TN25 5LY
Received 26 Oct 2022Land East of Railway and North of John Lewis at Home, Fougeres Way, Ashford, TN23 3HB
Received 2 Nov 2022Orchard Cottage, Tile Kiln Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN24 9NT
Received 2 Nov 202253, Laurens Van Der Post Way, Ashford, TN23 3GW
Received 2 Nov 2022New Langley Farm, Bethersden Road, Smarden, TN26 3HF
Received 2 Nov 2022Doublequick Farm, Lenham Heath Road, Lenham Heath, ME17 2BZ
Received 2 Nov 20222 Townland Green, Heather Cottage, Front Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3SD
Received 2 Nov 2022126 Beaver Road, Ashford, TN23 7SR
Received 1 Nov 2022Willowbed Farm, Long Length, Kingsnorth, TN23 3JG
Received 27 Oct 2022Jcb Honda, The Parade, Sevington, TN24 0HT
Received 2 Nov 2022Anchor Barn, Peening Quarter Road, Wittersham, TN30 7NP
Received 2 Nov 2022Land southeast of 1 Wilkinson Close, Ashford Road, Charing
Received 2 Nov 202214, Damara Way, Kingsnorth, TN25 7FD
Received 3 Nov 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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