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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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
26,560 approved · 3,916 refused · 2,846 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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17 Upper Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5AW
Received 12 Dec 2022Stede Court, High Halden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8JG
Received 12 Dec 2022Land southeast of 1 Wilkinson Close, Ashford Road, Charing, Kent
Received 12 Dec 2022Orchard Barn, Gribble Bridge Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8DH
Received 12 Dec 202210, Hoads Wood Gardens, Ashford, Kent TN25 4QB
Received 12 Dec 202230 High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8AH
Received 12 Dec 2022Westwell House, Flat 1, Rolvenden Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6TT
Received 5 Dec 2022Land at Oaklands Farm, Pluckley Road, Hothfield, Ashford, TN26 1ER
Received 13 Dec 2022Barn North West of Bluebell Lodge, Green Lane, Challock, Kent. TN25 4BL
Received 13 Dec 2022Forge House, The Street, Molash, CT4 8HH
Received 5 Dec 2022Thanet Cottage, Bethersden Road, Hothfield, TN26 1EP
Received 13 Dec 2022Land at Park Farm South East , Finn Farm Road , Bridgefields , Ashford
Received 13 Dec 2022Barn at Maid Morton, Maid Morton, Hythe Road, Ashford, TN25 6SS
Received 13 Dec 2022Swallow Mill Farm, Swallow Mill Lane, Little Chart, TN27 0QH
Received 14 Dec 202236 High Street, Charing, Ashford, Kent TN27 0HX
Received 5 Dec 2022The Limes, East Hill, Tenterden, TN30 6RL
Received 7 Dec 2022Boundary Farm, Cranbrook Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6UR
Received 14 Dec 2022Mannering Farm House, Benenden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BY
Received 15 Dec 2022Tearnden Farm, Smarden Road, Bethersden, TN26 3HE
Received 15 Dec 2022Vine Cottage, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BB
Received 15 Dec 2022The Knoll, Lees Road, Brabourne, TN25 5LE
Received 15 Dec 2022109, Ryeland Way, Kingsnorth, TN25 7FU
Received 15 Dec 2022Land And Building Adjacent To Stone Corner Farmhouse, Ebony Road, Stone, TN30 7JG
Received 16 Dec 2022Electricity Sub Station 16m From Tanners, Old Ashford Road 7m From Old Ashford Road, Old Ashford Road, Charing, TN27 0JG
Received 16 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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