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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
29,519 approved · 4,398 refused · 3,032 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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88 The Ridge, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9EU
Received 26 Oct 2026Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 27 Oct 2026Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 27 Oct 2026Laundry Cottage, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, TN27 0PT
Received 26 Oct 2026123, Adams Drive, Willesborough, TN24 0FX
Received 6 Nov 2023Kippington, Redbrook Street, High Halden, TN26 3QU
Received 6 Nov 202313 Middle Row, The Carvery, High Street, Ashford, TN24 8SQ
Received 6 Nov 2023Oakleigh Farm, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3HX
Received 6 Nov 20232, Church Yard, Ashford, TN23 1QG
Received 6 Nov 2023Apple Garth, Denwood Street, Crundale, CT4 7EF
Received 6 Nov 2023Brook House, The Street, Brook, TN25 5PF
Received 2 Nov 2023Barnfield, South Stour Road, Mersham, TN25 7HR
Received 6 Nov 20238 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QE
Received 1 Nov 2023Gower House, Susans Hill, Woodchurch, TN26 3RE
Received 6 Nov 2023The Old Railway Station, Headcorn Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8JA
Received 6 Nov 2023Land adjacent to Griffin House, School Road, Appledore, TN26 2BA
Received 6 Nov 2023Corran, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8BL
Received 7 Nov 202312 Roker Park, Rectory Close, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent TN26 3QD
Received 7 Nov 202312, Churchfield Way, Wye, TN25 5EQ
Received 7 Nov 2023Ashford Truck Stop, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, TN24 0GB
Received 7 Nov 2023Ashford Truck Stop, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, TN24 0GB
Received 7 Nov 20239-34,35-50 and 51-66 Beaver Court, Ashford, TN23 5QR
Received 7 Nov 202326, Oaks Road, Tenterden, TN30 6RD
Received 7 Nov 2023Woodstock House, Tenterden Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NB
Received 7 Nov 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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