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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
28,688 approved · 4,251 refused · 2,986 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 May 2001 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holmwood Cottage, Cherry Orchard Lane, Bonnington, Ashford, Kent TN25 7AZ
Received 24 Jul 2023Forestry track from Pluckley Road to Brimstone Wood, part of Benacre Wood
Received 24 Jul 20235, Greenbank, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9NJ
Received 24 Jul 2023Land between Loudon House and Lockholt Close
Received 24 Jul 2023Land to East of Nursery Cottages, Thornden Lane, TN17 4PS
Received 24 Jul 2023The Vicarage, Church Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6AT
Received 24 Jul 2023The Bungalow, Westwell Lane, West Of Westwell, Westwell, TN26 1AJ
Received 24 Jul 2023Windy Barn, Romden Road, Romden, Smarden, TN27 8RA
Received 24 Jul 2023Meadow Rise, Tile Lodge Road, Charing, TN27 0BA
Received 25 Jul 202327 Abbott Way, Tenterden, TN30 7BZ
Received 25 Jul 2023Greenway, Coldbridge Lane, Egerton, Ashford, Kent TN27 9BP
Received 25 Jul 20238A, Beaver Lane, Ashford, TN23 4NP
Received 25 Jul 2023Sportsman Farm, High Halden Lane, High Halden, TN30 6SY
Received 25 Jul 202320, Balinger, Eastgate Road, Tenterden, TN30 7AH
Received 25 Jul 2023Hammer Mill Farm, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8HD
Received 19 Jul 2023Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 25 Jul 2023Court Glebe, The Street, Wittersham, Ashford, Kent TN30 7EA
Received 25 Jul 202315 Carters Wood, Hamstreet, TN26 2NN
Received 25 Jul 2023New Property At The Cot, Ashford Road, Bethersden, TN26 3BD
Received 25 Jul 2023East Lodge, Chart Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 3BL
Received 26 Jul 202325, Magazine Road, Ashford, TN24 8NJ
Received 25 Jul 20231 Harts Cottages, Bourne Lane, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent TN26 2HH
Received 20 Jul 2023Beynon Cottage, The Street, Brook, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5PG
Received 26 Jul 2023Pett Place, Pett Lane, Charing, Ashford, Kent TN27 0DS
Received 26 Jul 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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