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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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
26,960 approved · 3,975 refused · 2,876 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Oct 2001 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Pookwell, Sandhurst Lane, Rolvenden, Kent TN17 4PQ
Received 30 Jan 2023Lords Poultry Farm, Canterbury Road, Challock, Kent TN25 4BB
Received 30 Jan 202311, Station Road, Pluckley, TN27 0RA
Received 30 Jan 2023The White Cottage, Appledore Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 7DF
Received 27 Jan 2023Land to the East of the Cottage, Chart Road, Great Chart, Ashford, TN23 3AE
Received 30 Jan 2023Sicklefield House, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent TN30 6SP
Received 30 Jan 2023Little Dexter, Magpie Hall Road, Kingsnorth, TN26 1HF
Received 30 Jan 2023The Granary, Lime Kiln Farm, The Cut, Smarden, Kent TN27 8QN
Received 30 Jan 2023Land South of Bliby Lodge, Ashford Road, Mersham, TN25 7JD
Received 31 Jan 2023Fredsland Farm, Elvey Lane, Pluckley, TN27 0SU
Received 31 Jan 2023Thanet Terrace, The Street, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent TN26 1EH
Received 31 Jan 2023Land At Newtown Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 0PN
Received 31 Jan 20232, Middlecroft, The Croft, Tenterden, TN30 6RG
Received 31 Jan 202325, Crofton Close, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN24 9BU
Received 31 Jan 2023Land south of Captains Wood, Land at Cheesemans Green, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 31 Jan 2023Outer Gate Lodge, Park Drive, Hothfield, TN26 1DR
Received 31 Jan 202382, Lucilla Avenue, Kingsnorth, TN23 3PS
Received 1 Feb 2023Church Green Cottage, Church Road, Smeeth, TN25 6SA
Received 1 Feb 2023Goodshill Farmhouse, Cranbrook Road, Tenterden, TN30 6UN
Received 1 Feb 2023Hill House, Rye Road, Newenden, TN18 5PL
Received 1 Feb 2023Former Lacton Booster Station, Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent TN24 0TR
Received 31 Jan 202312 Vineys Gardens, Tenterden, TN30 7AZ
Received 25 Jan 2023Land adjacent to the Compasses Inn, Accommodation, Sole Street, Crundale, CT4 7ES
Received 1 Feb 2023Maslow Court, Canterbury Road, Chilham, CT4 8DZ
Received 1 Feb 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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