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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
27,520 approved · 4,047 refused · 2,907 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Church View, Church Hill, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3JB
Received 23 Mar 202320 Mansion House Close, Biddenden, TN27 8DE
Received 24 Mar 2023Nash Court, Watery Lane, Westwell, TN25 4JL
Received 24 Mar 2023Howletts Farm, Soleshill Road, Chilham, CT4 8JU
Received 24 Mar 2023The Old Barn, Lossenham Lane, Newenden, TN18 5QQ
Received 24 Mar 2023St Margarets Church, Church Hill, Bethersden
Received 24 Feb 2023Tiffenden House, Harbourne Lane, High Halden, TN26 3JE
Received 24 Mar 2023Friars Marsh, Lossenham Lane, Newenden, Kent TN18 5QQ
Received 24 Mar 2023Land South of Wittersham Road, Wittersham, Ashford, Kent, TN30 7PX
Received 24 Mar 202312, Front Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3QE
Received 24 Mar 2023Appleby Farm, Mundy Bois Road, Egerton, TN27 9EU
Received 24 Mar 2023Little Surrenden, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3BG
Received 22 Mar 202327, Crofton Close, Kennington, TN24 9BU
Received 24 Mar 2023Chilham Castle, Chilham Castle Estate, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DB
Received 27 Mar 2023Old Barrack Farm, Reading Street, Tenterden, Kent TN30 7HT
Received 27 Mar 2023Little Dering Farm, Pluckley Road, Smarden, TN27 8RG
Received 27 Mar 2023153, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6JS
Received 27 Mar 2023Turks Head Farm, High Halden Road, Biddenden, TN26 3HT
Received 27 Mar 2023Rowan House, Wye Road, Boughton Aluph, TN25 4EP
Received 27 Mar 2023Boniface Farm, Shawlands Lane, High Halden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3JA
Received 27 Mar 2023Hayes Farm, Ebony Road, Stone, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 7JB
Received 24 Mar 2023Twysden Cottage, Daniels Water, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent TN26 1JU
Received 27 Mar 2023Turks Head Farm, High Halden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3HT
Received 27 Mar 20231-2 Prospect Cottages, The Street, Bethersden, TN26 3AE
Received 27 Mar 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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