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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
28,140 approved · 4,152 refused · 2,941 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1, Manor Leaze, Smeeth, Kent, TN25 6PX
Received 30 May 20236 Northumberland Avenue, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN24 9QG
Received 30 May 2023Coombewood Barn, Redbrook Street, High Halden, TN26 3JH
Received 30 May 202376 Ellingham Industrial Centre, Ellingham Way, Ashford, TN23 6JZ
Received 30 May 202370-72 W H Smith, Ashford Post Office, High Street, Ashford, TN24 8TB
Received 31 May 2023Low Wood Field rear of Court Lodge, The Street, TN25 5PF
Received 31 May 202319 Hardinge Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 8HB
Received 31 May 2023Parcel C- Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Ashford, Kent TN24 0GB
Received 31 May 202320 Poplar Farm House, Poplar Road, Wittersham, TN30 7PD
Received 31 May 2023Paul Harman Close, Ashford, Kent TN23 3SH
Received 31 May 20236 Tabret Close, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9NE
Received 31 May 2023Summerhill House, Hythe Road, Hythe Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0NE
Received 25 May 202315 Elm Place, Ashford, TN23 5PB
Received 1 Jun 2023The Hollies, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent TN26 2EG
Received 1 Jun 2023130 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent TN26 3SF
Received 1 Jun 20233 Hoads Wood Gardens, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4QB
Received 30 May 20236, Turners Avenue, Tenterden, TN30 6QB
Received 1 Jun 202311, The Martins, High Halden, TN26 3LD
Received 1 Jun 2023Salters Barn, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent, TN30 7NG
Received 1 Jun 20232 Knatchbull Way, Brabourne Lees, Ashford, Kent TN25 6PY
Received 1 Jun 20231 Meadowbrook Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN24 9AY
Received 2 Jun 2023Springers, Ashford Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent TN23 3EW
Received 2 Jun 2023The Yard, Burnthouse Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PT
Received 2 Jun 2023373, Hythe Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0QF
Received 5 Jun 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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