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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
27,755 approved · 4,083 refused · 2,919 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 17 Apr 2023Little Black Dog, The Street, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent TN23 3AN
Received 17 Apr 2023The Pippins, Warehorne Road, Hamstreet
Received 17 Apr 202312, Poplar Road, Wittersham, TN30 7PG
Received 17 Apr 20232 Home Farm Cottages, Coach Drive, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent TN26 1DZ
Received 17 Apr 2023Toke Farm, Ashford Road, Great Chart, TN23 3DH
Received 17 Apr 2023Hans Farm, Agricutural Building At, Kitsbridge Lane, Ruckinge, TN26 2PX
Received 17 Apr 20234 Knockhurst Court, Vineys Gardens, Tenterden, TN30 7AZ
Received 17 Apr 202331, High Street, Rolvenden, TN17 4LP
Received 17 Apr 202316 Village Way, Hamstreet, TN26 2HX
Received 18 Apr 2023Field Cottage, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BB
Received 18 Apr 2023Bevenden Lodge, Ashford Road, Great Chart, TN26 1JL
Received 18 Apr 2023Korkers Sausages Ltd, High Street, Rolvenden, TN17 4LN
Received 18 Apr 202342, Emperor Way, Kingsnorth, TN23 3QY
Received 18 Apr 202315, Henden Place, The Green, Woodchurch, TN26 3PF
Received 19 Apr 202338 Haywain Close, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent TN23 3QL
Received 17 Apr 2023Island Farm Oast, Crocken Hill Road, Egerton, TN27 9BJ
Received 19 Apr 2023Sunnyside Down & Peony House, Warehorne Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent TN26 2JR
Received 19 Apr 2023Hornes Place Oast, Kenardington Road, Appledore, Ashford, Kent TN26 2BS
Received 19 Apr 2023Vine Cottage, Cobbs Hill, Chilham, CT4 8AL
Received 19 Apr 2023The Castletons Oak, Benenden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8DN
Received 19 Apr 2023Plantin House, Wellesley Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 8ES
Received 19 Apr 2023Duesden, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8BJ
Received 11 Apr 2023Godinton Park, The Cart Shed, Godinton Lane, Hothfield, TN23 3BP
Received 19 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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