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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26,476 approved · 3,904 refused · 2,836 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Byre Cottages, Pett Lane, Charing, TN27 0DS
Received 2 Dec 2022Site C Ashford Orbital, Monument Way, Sevington, TN24 0HB
Received 2 Dec 20226 High Street, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 4LN
Received 2 Dec 2022Vine Cottage, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BB
Received 2 Dec 2022Office building Little Criol Farm, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent
Received 5 Dec 2022Hothfield Heathlands Nature Reserve, Maidstone Road, Hothfield
Received 1 Dec 2022Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 2 Dec 2022Hop Farm, Park Lane, Great Chart, TN26 1JZ
Received 2 Dec 2022Land to the South of Sicklefield House, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Ashford, TN30 6EJ
Received 2 Dec 2022Smallhythe Place, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Received 2 Dec 2022Shepperlands, Chennell Park Road, Tenterden, TN30 6XA
Received 5 Dec 2022Westwell House, Flat 1, Rolvenden Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6TT
Received 5 Dec 2022Rogers Wood, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, TN27 8ET
Received 5 Dec 202212, Tudor Road, Kennington, TN24 9DN
Received 5 Dec 2022Beale Farm, Cripple Hill, High Halden, TN26 3HZ
Received 5 Dec 202234, High Street, Wye, TN25 5AL
Received 5 Dec 202236 High Street, Charing, Ashford, Kent TN27 0HX
Received 5 Dec 20221 Holly Tree Cottages, Appledore Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 7BE
Received 5 Dec 2022Anchor Barn, Peening Quarter Road, Wittersham, Ashford, Kent TN30 7NP
Received 5 Dec 20222, Maple Place, Appledore, TN26 2BZ
Received 5 Dec 2022Forge House, The Street, Molash, CT4 8HH
Received 5 Dec 2022Vane Farm, Headcorn Road TN27 8PN
Received 5 Dec 2022Unit 3, Pound Lane, Kingsnorth, TN23 3JE
Received 5 Dec 20227, Bank Street, Ashford, TN23 1BZ
Received 5 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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