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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
26,754 approved · 3,944 refused · 2,862 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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4, Eastgate Road, Tenterden, TN30 7AH
Received 5 Jan 202324, Lower Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3SQ
Received 5 Jan 2023Chelsbourne House, The Street, Brook, TN25 5PL
Received 23 Dec 2022Land Parcels L M and O, Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 5 Jan 2023Land Parcel G10, Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 5 Jan 2023Play Space 1, Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 5 Jan 2023St Michaels And All Angels Parish Church, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6PU
Received 5 Jan 2023Rock Hill House, Rock Hill Road, Egerton, TN27 9DP
Received 5 Jan 2023Setts Wood Farm, Appledore Road, Tenterden, TN30 7DG
Received 5 Jan 2023113-115 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6JY
Received 5 Jan 2023113-115 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6JY
Received 5 Jan 2023Oak Tree Cottage, School Road, Appledore, TN26 2BA
Received 6 Jan 20233 Forestry Cottages, Sole Street, Crundale, CT4 7ES
Received 6 Jan 202312-14 Red Lion, High Street, Biddenden, TN27 8AH
Received 6 Jan 2023Magpies, Bower Road, Mersham, TN25 6NW
Received 6 Jan 2023Land Parcels CH1 and CH2, Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 6 Jan 2023Land Parcels EC6, EC7, EC8, F8 and EC17, Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 6 Jan 2023Land Parcel S1, Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 6 Jan 2023Land Parcel A1 and A2, Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 6 Jan 2023Land Parcel A5, Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 6 Jan 2023Land Parcel DP3, Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 6 Jan 2023Land Parcel EC9, Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 6 Jan 2023Old Rose House, Rose Farm Road, Pluckley, TN27 0TA
Received 6 Jan 2023Land east of Haffenden Barn, Omenden Lane, Smarden
Received 9 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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