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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
29,026 approved · 4,322 refused · 3,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Rose Farm, Rose Farm Road, Pluckley, TN27 0RG
Received 21 Aug 20232 Goodshill House Cottage, Cranbrook Road, Tenterden, TN30 6UN
Received 22 Aug 2023Rogers Wood, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, TN27 8ET
Received 22 Aug 2023Oak Farm Barn, Giggers Green Road, Aldington, TN25 7BT
Received 22 Aug 2023The Nursery, The Street, Hothfield, Ashford, TN26 1EH
Received 21 Aug 2023Kpc House, Canterbury Road, Willesborough, TN24 0BP
Received 22 Aug 2023Fernwood, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, TN27 8DY
Received 22 Aug 2023Coldharbour Farm, Knock Hill, Stone, TN30 7JX
Received 23 Aug 202353, Clarke Crescent, Kennington, TN24 9SA
Received 23 Aug 202311 Badgers Den, Singleton, Ashford, TN23 5LE
Received 22 Aug 20231, Fountains Close, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0TH
Received 23 Aug 2023Ford Mill, Office Building At, The Street, Little Chart, TN27 0QA
Received 23 Aug 202327, Lilac House, North Street, Biddenden, TN27 8AG
Received 23 Aug 2023Site K2, The Boulevard, Orbital Park, Sevington, TN24 0GA
Received 23 Aug 2023Land to North West of Smarden Road Pluckley, Ashford, Kent TN27 0RD
Received 23 Aug 2023Little Bower, Shottenden Lane, Molash, CT4 8HU
Received 23 Aug 2023Little Bower, Shottenden Lane, Molash, CT4 8HU
Received 23 Aug 2023Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent TN25 6AF
Received 23 Aug 202320, Beacon Oak Road, Tenterden, TN30 6RY
Received 24 Aug 2023Unit 5a, Rutherford Road, Eureka Leisure Park, Ashford, TN25 4BN
Received 24 Aug 2023Field to the south and east of 1 The Grove, Pluckley, TN27 0RS
Received 24 Aug 2023Petersfield, Appledore Road, Tenterden, TN30 7DF
Received 24 Aug 2023Land adjacent to Riverfield Farm, Etchden Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3DS
Received 24 Aug 202326, Beaver Road, Ashford, TN23 7RP
Received 25 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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