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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
29,292 approved · 4,362 refused · 3,019 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Land Opposite Mill House, Fridd Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3DB
Received 26 Sept 2023Shalmsford Bridge Cottage, Canterbury Road, Chilham, CT4 8AE
Received 26 Sept 2023Bromley Green Pumping Station , Bromley Green Road, TN26 2EQ
Received 12 Oct 2023Old Vicarage, The Square, Chilham, CT4 8BY
Received 12 Oct 2023Odiam Farm, Lower Road, Stone, TN30 7JH
Received 13 Oct 20236 Galloway Drive, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4QQ
Received 13 Oct 202367 Aylesbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN25 4QH
Received 13 Oct 202310, Beacon Oak Road, Tenterden, TN30 6RY
Received 13 Oct 2023Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, TN25 6AF
Received 16 Oct 2023Elm Tree Farm, South Stour Road, Mersham, TN25 7HS
Received 16 Oct 2023Site of the former Andrews Garage, Plains Road, Smeeth, Ashford, TN25 6RA
Received 16 Oct 2023Chatsworth, Singleton Road, Great Chart, TN23 3BA
Received 16 Oct 2023Stone Green Farm, The Street, Stone, TN30 7JT
Received 16 Oct 2023Land at Watery Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Ashford, Kent TN25 4JL
Received 16 Oct 2023Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road
Received 16 Oct 2023Homestall Farm, Ashford Road, High Halden, TN26 3BS
Received 16 Oct 2023Homestall Farm, Ashford Road, High Halden, TN26 3BS
Received 16 Oct 202358, The Limes, Stanhope, TN23 3NX
Received 16 Oct 202393, High Street, Ashford, TN24 8SA
Received 17 Oct 2023The Bybrook Barn Harvester, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ
Received 17 Oct 2023Willowdene, Egerton House Road, Egerton, TN27 9BN
Received 17 Oct 2023107, Tally Ho Road, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1HW
Received 17 Oct 202334, Park Road, Kennington, TN24 9DL
Received 17 Oct 2023Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford
Received 17 Oct 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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