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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
29,182 approved · 4,345 refused · 3,015 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Westcroft, South Stour Avenue, Ashford, TN23 7RS
Received 13 Sept 2023Orchard Cottage, Tile Kiln Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9NT
Received 7 Sept 2023Field to South of Elm Cottage, Naccolt Road, Naccolt, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5NX
Received 13 Sept 2023Larkfield, Maidstone Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JD
Received 6 Sept 2023Chequer Tree Paddock, Colliers Hill, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 7HT
Received 6 Sept 2023Unit 1, Hall Avenue, Orbital Park, Sevington, TN24 0AA
Received 13 Sept 2023Little Goat Lees Bungalow, Ulley Road, Kennington, TN24 9HX
Received 13 Sept 20236 Ground Floor, Elwick Road, Ashford, TN23 1PD
Received 1 Sept 2023Sunglen Naturist Park, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3AJ
Received 13 Sept 2023Ashford Truck Stop, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, TN24 0GB
Received 13 Sept 2023Agricultural Buildings and yard north west of Great Chilmington Farmhouse, Chilmington Green Lane, Chilmington Green
Received 13 Sept 2023Agricultural Buildings and yard north west of Great Chilmington Farmhouse, Chilmington Green Lane, Chilmington Green
Received 13 Sept 2023Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 13 Sept 202389, Tally Ho Road, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1HW
Received 14 Sept 2023The Old Pub, Frith Road, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 7HQ
Received 5 Sept 2023St Matthews Church, Church Road, Warehorne
Received 14 Sept 2023Station Garage, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0RP
Received 14 Sept 2023Kings Wood View, Buck Street, Challock, TN25 4AT
Received 14 Sept 2023Mabels Wood, Taylors Hill, Chilham
Received 14 Sept 20232 Church Cottages, Rye Road, Newenden, TN18 5PN
Received 15 Sept 2023158-160, Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5DP
Received 6 Sept 202352, High Street, Ashford, TN24 8TE
Received 15 Sept 202371 Forest Avenue, Ashford, TN25 4GB
Received 6 Sept 2023Great Engeham Farm, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3PU
Received 15 Sept 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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