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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
27,601 approved · 4,056 refused · 2,911 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Land At Waterbrook Park West Of, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, TN24 0LH
Received 29 Mar 2023Raywood Bungalow, Pluckley Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0AJ
Received 30 Mar 2023Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 30 Mar 2023Grass Verge of Paper Lane, Paper Lane, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0TS
Received 30 Mar 2023The Limes Community Garden, The Limes, Stanhope, TN23 3NY
Received 30 Mar 20231 New Rents, Kenardington Road, Appledore, Ashford, Kent TN26 2BS
Received 31 Mar 2023Casita, Canterbury Road, Challock, Ashford, Kent TN25 4DW
Received 31 Mar 2023Churchlands Farm, Church Road, Stone, Kent TN30 7JT
Received 31 Mar 2023Plot Adjacent To Units A1 To A5 Isis Business Park, The Courtyard, Orbital Park, Sevington, Ashford, Kent TN24 0SQ
Received 31 Mar 2023Hope Farm House, Peening Quarter Road, Wittersham, TN30 7NP
Received 31 Mar 2023White Hart, Rye Road, Newenden, Kent TN18 5PN
Received 31 Mar 20238-9 Middle Row, High Street, Ashford, TN24 8SQ
Received 31 Mar 20231, Albert Road, Ashford, TN24 8NY
Received 31 Mar 2023Land at Morph's Field, Station Road, Tenterden, TN30 6HE
Received 3 Apr 2023Dacliffe Industrial Estate, The Estate Office, Bench Hill, Kenardington, Ashford, Kent TN26 3TG
Received 3 Apr 2023John Mayne Church of England Primary School, High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8AL
Received 29 Mar 20234, Cherry Garden Crescent, Wye, TN25 5AS
Received 3 Apr 202315, The Weald, Ashford, TN24 8RA
Received 3 Apr 20234 Bradbridge Green, Singleton, TN23 5WA
Received 3 Apr 2023Nash Court, Watery Lane, Westwell, TN25 4JL
Received 24 Mar 2023Land Opposite Mill House, Fridd Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3DB
Received 3 Apr 20234 Bramble Villas, Bramble Lane, Wye, TN25 5EE
Received 3 Apr 2023Parcel A, Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, TN24 0GB
Received 3 Apr 202317 Birling Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 8BD
Received 4 Apr 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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