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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
29,440 approved · 4,381 refused · 3,028 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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24, Northbrooke, Ashford, TN24 8DZ
Received 6 Oct 2023Former Wye College, High Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AH
Received 6 Oct 2023Knoll Hill Woodlands, Aldington
Received 3 Oct 2023Littlehaven, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, TN26 2EQ
Received 3 Oct 2023Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Ashford
Received 6 Oct 2023Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 6 Oct 2023The Old Granary, Penstock Hall Farm, Canterbury Road, Ashford, TN25 5LL
Received 6 Oct 2023Fourwinds, Hart Hill, Charing, TN27 0HN
Received 9 Oct 2023Former Naccolt Brickworks, Naccolt Road, Naccolt, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5NX
Received 9 Oct 2023Pig And Whistle Farmhouse, Agricultural Barn At, Ashford Road, Great Chart, TN23 3DH
Received 9 Oct 202369, The Street, Willesborough, TN24 0NA
Received 9 Oct 2023Rose Court, The Street, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3AD
Received 5 Oct 2023Anver, Ulley Road, Kennington, TN24 9HY
Received 9 Oct 2023Proposed Dwelling Land At Little Court, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4ND
Received 10 Oct 2023Mackley Farm, Knock Hill, Stone, TN30 7JX
Received 10 Oct 2023Fairview, Selling Road, Chilham, CT4 8BE
Received 10 Oct 2023Conningsby, Kingsford Street, Mersham, TN25 6PE
Received 10 Oct 2023Four Winds, New Road, Egerton, TN27 9DT
Received 10 Oct 20237 Lime Grove, Ashford, Kent TN24 8AE
Received 10 Oct 2023Shalmsford Bridge Cottage, Canterbury Road, Chilham, CT4 8AE
Received 6 Oct 202323 Willow Tree Close, Ashford, Kent TN24 0AL
Received 10 Oct 2023The Old Bakery, Court Lodge Road, Appledore, TN26 2DD
Received 10 Oct 2023., Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, TN25 6AF
Received 11 Oct 2023Upway, Rye Road, Newenden, Kent TN18 5PL
Received 11 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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