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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
28,379 approved · 4,198 refused · 2,956 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Sports Pavillion rear of Kingsnorth Village Hall, Church Hill, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent TN23 3EF
Received 16 Jun 2023Land at Orchard Farm, Canterbury Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 19 Jun 20234, Hazel Heights, Ashford, TN25 4GF
Received 19 Jun 2023Whippletree Farm, Pond Wood, Harbourne Lane, High Halden, TN26 3JF
Received 19 Jun 2023Court Lodge, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, TN25 4JX
Received 19 Jun 2023Mill Farm House, Mill Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6NA
Received 19 Jun 2023Manor House, Faversham Road, Boughton Aluph, TN25 4HT
Received 19 Jun 202326, Albert Road, Ashford, TN24 8NX
Received 19 Jun 2023Court Lodge, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, TN25 4JX
Received 19 Jun 2023Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford
Received 19 Jun 2023Heronden Hall, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7QA
Received 15 Jun 20234 Priory Cottages, Priory Road, Bilsington, Ashford, Kent TN25 7AU
Received 19 Jun 2023Bedlam House, Bedlam Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PG
Received 19 Jun 202311 Hunter Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent TN24 0RY
Received 19 Jun 2023Cherry Tree House, Woodchurch Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 7AE
Received 19 Jun 2023Kemble, Shoreham Lane, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6EG
Received 19 Jun 2023Old Thatched Barn, Headcorn Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8JA
Received 20 Jun 202353 Furners Farmhouse, The Street, Wittersham, Ashford, Kent TN30 7EA
Received 20 Jun 2023Land between Boughton Cottage and Millview Cottage, Mill Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8NN
Received 20 Jun 2023Kingsnorth Industrial Estate, Dairy Crest, Wotton Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 6LN
Received 21 Jun 202317, Otium Lake, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0DZ
Received 21 Jun 2023Hurst Hill Farm, Pluckley Road, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent TN26 1ER
Received 21 Jun 2023The Old Bakery, Flat 1, The Street, Egerton, TN27 9AH
Received 21 Jun 2023Ashstone House, Hamstreet Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent TN26 2EB
Received 20 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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