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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
26,476 approved · 3,904 refused · 2,836 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
104 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5EA
Received 5 Dec 2022Longhouse Farm, River Hall Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8JE
Received 6 Dec 2022The Bybrook Barn Harvester, Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 8QQ
Received 25 Nov 2022Beechwood Farm, Ashford Road, ST. MICHAELS, TN30 6HX
Received 6 Dec 2022Heronden Hall, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7QA
Received 6 Dec 2022Ashford Fire Station, Henwood, Ashford, TN24 8DH
Received 6 Dec 202213, Rectory Close, Woodchurch, TN26 3QD
Received 6 Dec 2022Shirkoak Farm, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3PZ
Received 7 Dec 2022109 Noakes Meadow, Ashford, TN23 4RB
Received 7 Dec 2022Honeysuckle Cottage, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3PU
Received 7 Dec 2022Greenacres, Rose Hill, Stone, TN30 7HG
Received 7 Dec 20221 Brookfield Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 4ET
Received 7 Dec 2022Iraden, Hareplain Road, Biddenden, TN27 8LH
Received 7 Dec 2022Quinnies, Pilgrims Way, Boughton Aluph, TN25 4EU
Received 8 Dec 20224 Faversham Road, Challock, Kent TN25 4BQ
Received 8 Dec 2022Stevenson Bros, Ashford Road, Bethersden, TN26 3AP
Received 8 Dec 20221 Linden Business Centre, Ashford Road, High Halden, TN26 3LJ
Received 8 Dec 2022Henden Hall, The Old Bothy, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BB
Received 9 Dec 202233, Heathside, Appledore, TN26 2AT
Received 9 Dec 2022Burnt House Barn, Pilgrims Way, Charing, TN27 0DR
Received 9 Dec 2022Meadowbank, Shoreham Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6EH
Received 12 Dec 202227, Scotton Street, Wye, TN25 5BU
Received 12 Dec 2022Apple Tree Court, Woodchurch Road, Appledore, Ashford, Kent TN26 2BD
Received 12 Dec 2022Amherst Court, Bedlam Lane, Egerton, TN27 9DA
Received 2 Dec 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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