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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
26,285 approved · 3,872 refused · 2,824 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 High Street, Rolvenden, Kent TN17 4LN
Received 27 Oct 2023Land to the South of Chart Road, Ashford
Received 27 Oct 2023Four Winds, New Road, Egerton, TN27 9DT
Received 27 Oct 2023Byways, Hampton Lane, Brabourne, TN25 5PN
Received 30 Oct 202310 Havillands Place, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5GJ
Received 30 Oct 2023Silver Birches, Musgrove, Ashford, TN23 7UN
Received 30 Oct 2023Bardleden Manor, Biddenden Road, Smarden, TN27 8QG
Received 30 Oct 2023Old Obeden Farm House, Snughorne Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PR
Received 19 Oct 2023Stone Cottage, Hassell Street, Hastingleigh, TN25 5JE
Received 30 Oct 202313 Middle Row, The Carvery, High Street, Ashford, TN24 8SQ
Received 30 Oct 2023Field to the west of National Grid Converter Station, Church Lane
Received 30 Oct 2023High Croft, Ox Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6NQ
Received 30 Oct 2023Flat 1, 140 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6HT
Received 27 Oct 2023Valentine House, Canterbury Road, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4DE
Received 30 Oct 202317-25, New Rents, Ashford, TN23 1JJ
Received 30 Oct 2023London Cottage, The Street, Bethersden, TN26 3AD
Received 31 Oct 2023Goddens, Appledore Road, Tenterden, TN30 7DD
Received 31 Oct 202310-10a Bank Street, Ashford, TN23 1BX
Received 30 Oct 2023The Grange Bungalow and land rear of, Appledore Road, Kenardington, TN26 2LZ
Received 31 Oct 20235 Winser Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4NL
Received 31 Oct 20239, The Bothy, Church Hill, Chilham, CT4 8DA
Received 1 Nov 20235, Ox Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6NG
Received 1 Nov 2023Cherry Trees, Norton Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3AL
Received 30 Oct 202345, Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5ED
Received 1 Nov 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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