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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26,199 approved · 3,849 refused · 2,820 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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36, Olantigh Road, Wye, TN25 5EJ
Received 24 Oct 20231, Beult Meadow, Smarden, TN27 8PZ
Received 24 Oct 2023The Minnis, Smarden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8ND
Received 24 Oct 2023Mill House, Stocks Road, Wittersham, TN30 7EJ
Received 24 Oct 2023105, Folly Lodge, The Street, Willesborough, TN24 0NB
Received 24 Oct 2023Questeds Cottage, Annexe, Frith Road, Aldington, TN25 7DQ
Received 25 Oct 2023Hans Farm, Agricutural Building At, Kitsbridge Lane, Ruckinge, TN26 2PX
Received 25 Oct 2023234, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 9QL
Received 25 Oct 202360A, High Street, Rolvenden, TN17 4LN
Received 25 Oct 202358 Kingsnorth Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 6HT
Received 25 Oct 2023The Barrow House, The Street, Egerton, TN27 9DJ
Received 25 Oct 2023Old Obeden Farm House, Snughorne Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PR
Received 23 Oct 2023Breton Court, Grange Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6EE
Received 25 Oct 2023120, Lakemead, Singleton, TN23 4XZ
Received 25 Oct 202321 Essetford Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 5BT
Received 26 Oct 2023The Old Kennels, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5DB
Received 26 Oct 2023Orchard Farm, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, TN27 8DY
Received 26 Oct 20232 Byre Cottages, Pett Lane, Charing, TN27 0DS
Received 26 Oct 2023Unit 1, Hall Avenue, Orbital Park, Sevington, TN24 0AA
Received 26 Oct 2023Land to the south of Cider Works, Cider Works, Bell Lane, Smarden, TN27 8FS
Received 26 Oct 2023Hibbsden House, Rolvenden Road, Tenterden, TN30 6TT
Received 27 Oct 2023Flat 1, 140 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6HT
Received 27 Oct 20236 The Willows, Trosley House, Bethersden Road, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1ND
Received 27 Oct 2023Glovers, Ball Lane, Kennington, TN25 4EB
Received 27 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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