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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
28,763 approved · 4,270 refused · 2,992 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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45, Lower Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3SG
Received 2 Aug 202345, Lower Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3SG
Received 2 Aug 202312 Churchfield Way, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5EQ
Received 2 Aug 202330-32, High Street, Wye, TN25 5AL
Received 2 Aug 2023Land At Waterbrook Park West Of, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, TN24 0LH
Received 2 Aug 2023Hurst Villa, Hurst Lane, Charing, TN27 0BH
Received 2 Aug 20232 Goodwin House, Bedlam Lane, Egerton, TN27 9DA
Received 2 Aug 2023Former Wye College Buildings, High Street, Wye, TN25 4AH
Received 2 Aug 20239-34,35-50 and 51-66 Beaver Court, Ashford, Kent TN23 5QR
Received 2 Aug 2023Jollis Field, Coldbridge Lane, Egerton, Ashford, Kent TN27 9BP
Received 2 Aug 2023Former Wye College Buildings, High Street, Wye, TN25 4AH
Received 2 Aug 2023Field Cottage, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BB
Received 2 Aug 202378, Beacon Oak House, Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6LR
Received 2 Aug 2023The Old Stables, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3LE
Received 24 Jul 2023Appledore Methodist Church, The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent TN26 2AE
Received 3 Aug 2023Chilham Water Mill, Ashford Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent CT4 8EE
Received 3 Aug 2023Willow Trees, Pluckley Road, Smarden, TN27 8ND
Received 3 Aug 2023Jasper Kingscote Crescent, Ashford
Received 1 Aug 2023Chilham Castle, Chilham Castle Estate, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DB
Received 2 Aug 2023Pett Place, Pett Lane, Charing, Ashford, Kent TN27 0DS
Received 26 Jul 2023South Stour Apiary, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth, TN25 7HX
Received 3 Aug 2023South Hill Farm, Tamley Lane, Hastingleigh, Ashford, Kent TN25 5HL
Received 27 Jul 2023Centre Of Pond 47m From Fairlawn, The Forstal 64m From Blind Lane, Blind Lane, Mersham, Kent TN25 6NU
Received 4 Aug 2023Beale Lands Farm House, Shawlands Lane, High Halden, TN26 3JA
Received 4 Aug 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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