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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
38,016 approved · 5,416 refused · 3,452 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 1996 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 5 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Electricity Sub Station, Appledore Road, Kenardington
Received 27 Aug 2025Green Farm Cottage, Church Lane, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1LS
Received 5 Sept 2025Holiday Let Barn at Hornes Place Oast, Kenardington Road, Appledore, TN26 2BS
Received 5 Sept 2025Land between Boughton Cottage and Millview Cottage, Mill Lane, Smarden
Received 5 Sept 20254 Albemarle Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0HL
Received 28 Aug 20257 Brendon Drive, Ashford, TN24 8HY
Received 8 Sept 20255 The Green, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3PE
Received 8 Sept 2025Hamden Grange Farm, Bethersden Road, Smarden, TN26 3HF
Received 8 Sept 2025Kenardington Substation, Appledore Road, Kenardington, Ashford, TN26 2NE
Received 8 Sept 202539 Swan Street, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7PH
Received 8 Sept 2025Church House, Church Hill, High Halden, TN26 3JB
Received 8 Sept 2025Corona, 31 Watercress Lane, Ashford, TN23 5EL
Received 28 Aug 2025Wrens Nest, Wrens Nest Lane, High Halden, TN26 3NH
Received 8 Sept 202517 Otium Lake, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0DZ
Received 8 Sept 2025Knollys, The Green, Boughton Aluph, TN25 4JB
Received 8 Sept 2025Beech Court, Canterbury Road, Challock, TN25 4DJ
Received 1 Sept 2025Great Maytham Hall, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4NE
Received 8 Sept 2025Snowdrop Cottage, Ball Lane, Kennington, TN25 4EB
Received 8 Sept 2025Bond Cottage, Bond Lane, Kingsnorth, TN23 3ES
Received 8 Sept 2025Pearsons Meadow, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8NL
Received 9 Sept 2025The Well House, 24 Oaks Road, Tenterden, TN30 6RD
Received 9 Sept 202535 Silver Hill Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0NZ
Received 2 Sept 20257, Sun Rise, Ashford, TN25 4GH
Received 9 Sept 2025Thatch Cottage, Sole Street, Crundale, CT4 7EN
Received 9 Sept 2025Records 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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