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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
26,199 approved · 3,849 refused · 2,820 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Orchard Lea, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LH
Received 19 Oct 20238-9 Middle Row, High Street, Ashford, TN24 8SQ
Received 20 Oct 2023Butchers Farm, The Street, Molash, Canterbury, CT4 8HE
Received 16 Oct 2023Byways, Ball Lane, Kennington, TN25 4EB
Received 20 Oct 2023Land west of Haffenden Barn, Omenden Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8QR
Received 20 Oct 2023Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, TN25 6AF
Received 20 Oct 2023Land Adjacent to Oakdene, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8BL
Received 20 Oct 2023Miles House, Green Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3LG
Received 20 Oct 2023London Beach Golf Club, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6HX
Received 20 Oct 2023(Land west of), Chilmington Green Road, Great Chart with Singleton, Ashford, TN23 3DL
Received 20 Oct 2023Kimberley, Spelders Hill, Brook, TN25 5PB
Received 23 Oct 202366, Albemarle Road, Willesborough, TN24 0HN
Received 23 Oct 2023Old Obeden Farm House, Snughorne Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PR
Received 23 Oct 202311, Hunter Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0RY
Received 23 Oct 2023Church Hill Cottage, Church Lane, Aldington, TN25 7EG
Received 23 Oct 202310-12, Lees Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent TN24 0NN
Received 23 Oct 20231 East Mountain Cottage, East Mountain Lane, Kennington, TN25 4EA
Received 23 Oct 202310 The Singleton Centre, Hoxton Close, Singleton, TN23 5GR
Received 23 Oct 202335 Bishopswood, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3RD
Received 23 Oct 2023Odden Farm, Appledore Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3TQ
Received 23 Oct 20232 Moat House, The Moat, Charing, TN27 0JJ
Received 23 Oct 2023War Memorial, The Street, Wittersham
Received 23 Oct 2023Land rear of 11 to 22, Waltham Close, Ashford, Kent
Received 24 Oct 2023The Oast House, Lacton Oast, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0JF
Received 24 Oct 2023Records 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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