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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
26,653 approved · 3,934 refused · 2,854 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Stede Quarter Farm, High Halden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8JG
Received 22 Dec 2022Ashford Fire Station, Henwood, Ashford, TN24 8DH
Received 22 Dec 2022Land South of Captain's Wood, Cheeseman's Green Lane, Ashford
Received 22 Dec 2022Site Of Pluckley Brickworks, Plot 19, Station Road, Pluckley, Kent TN27 0DQ
Received 23 Dec 2022Ashford Designer Outlet, Kimberley Way, Ashford, Kent TN24 0SD
Received 23 Dec 2022Chelsbourne House, The Street, Brook, TN25 5PL
Received 23 Dec 2022Mill House, Heath Road, Appledore, Ashford, Kent TN26 2AS
Received 23 Dec 2022Swallow Mill Farm, Swallow Mill Lane, Little Chart, TN27 0QH
Received 23 Dec 2022Land opposite Mill House , Fridd Lane, Bethersden , Ashford , TN26 3DB
Received 23 Dec 2022Land Parcel I, Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 23 Dec 202213, Christopher Bushell Way, Kennington, TN24 9PY
Received 26 Dec 202218, Kiln Close, Challock, TN25 4DA
Received 29 Dec 2022London Beach Golf Club, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6HX
Received 29 Dec 20227, Oak Tree Road, Ashford, TN23 4QR
Received 3 Jan 2023Wilks Farmhouse, Lenham Heath Road, Lenham Heath, ME17 2BT
Received 3 Jan 2023Cart Lodge, Darling Buds Farm, Bethersden, TN26 3EQ
Received 3 Jan 2023Brimley House, The Street, Bethersden, TN26 3AG
Received 4 Jan 202327, Albert Road, Ashford, TN24 8NX
Received 4 Jan 2023Carpenters, Chilham Castle Estate, Chilham, CT4 8DB
Received 4 Jan 2023The Old Farm House, Appledore Road, Tenterden, TN30 7DF
Received 22 Dec 2022Withersdane Hall, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, TN25 5DA
Received 4 Jan 2023Stede Quarter Farm, High Halden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8JG
Received 22 Dec 202216, William Road, Ashford, TN23 7UU
Received 5 Jan 2023Dering Cottage, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, TN27 0PT
Received 5 Jan 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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