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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
27,130 approved · 3,991 refused · 2,886 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
41, The Street, Wittersham, Ashford, Kent TN30 7EA
Received 13 Feb 2023226, Faversham Road, Kennington, TN24 9AN
Received 13 Feb 2023Hothfield Service Station, Maidstone Road, Hothfield, TN26 1AP
Received 13 Feb 2023The Haven, Kiln Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3BA
Received 13 Feb 20237 Barrow Hill Terrace, Barrow Hill, Ashford, Kent TN23 1NF
Received 13 Feb 20236, Roethorne Gardens, Tenterden, TN30 6RU
Received 13 Feb 202382, Hunter Avenue, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent TN24 0HG
Received 13 Feb 2023Land Adjoining Holly House, The Street, Westwell, Ashford, TN25 4LQ
Received 10 Feb 2023Delta, Laws Lane, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 7HG
Received 13 Feb 2023Pilgrims, Pilgrims Lane, Chilham, CT4 8AA
Received 13 Feb 2023White House Farm, Shenley Road, Smarden, TN27 9HY
Received 10 Feb 2023Oakdene, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BL
Received 13 Feb 20236 Homewood Road, Tenterden, TN30 7AU
Received 13 Feb 2023Owley Farm, Acton Lane, Wittersham, TN30 7HL
Received 13 Feb 202398 Henley Meadows, Tenterden, TN30 6EQ
Received 14 Feb 20231, Sprotlands Avenue, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0AQ
Received 14 Feb 202315, Henden Place, The Green, Woodchurch, TN26 3PF
Received 14 Feb 20233 Sandhurst Lane Cottages, Sandhurst Lane, Rolvenden, TN17 4PG
Received 15 Feb 20234 Sandhurst Lane Cottages, Sandhurst Lane, Rolvenden, TN17 4PG
Received 15 Feb 2023Langley Farm, Barn At, Bethersden Road, Smarden, TN26 3HF
Received 15 Feb 202380, Townland Farm, Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent TN26 3SA
Received 15 Feb 2023Goldilocks Dog Grooming, 8 Swallowfield, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0BX
Received 15 Feb 2023CANTERBURY ROAD, BYBROOK, KENT, TN24 9SG
Received 15 Feb 2023LOUDON WAY, GODINTON PARK, KENT, TN23 3QS
Received 15 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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