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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
33,617 approved · 4,981 refused · 3,276 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jul 1999 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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23 Jemmett Road, Ashford, TN23 4QD
Received 15 Aug 202410, Wells Close, Tenterden, TN30 6QJ
Received 16 Aug 2024Wyevale Garden Centre, Marsh Road, Hamstreet, TN26 2JZ
Received 16 Aug 2024Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 16 Aug 2024Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 16 Aug 2024Bridge Cottage, Highfield Lane, Sevington, TN24 0FN
Received 15 Aug 2024The Brogues, Benenden Road
Received 16 Aug 2024Proposed Retail Units, Fourges Way, Ashford, TN25 4DT
Received 16 Aug 2024International House, Dover Place, Ashford, Kent TN23 1HU
Received 19 Aug 2024White Lion Hotel, 57 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6BD
Received 19 Aug 20244, Bybrook Road, Kennington, TN24 9JA
Received 19 Aug 2024Park House Farm, Oast At, Westwell Lane, West Of Westwell, Westwell, TN25 4LF
Received 19 Aug 20242, Common Garden, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NJ
Received 19 Aug 2024Oast Meadow, The Street, Brook, Ashford, Kent TN25 5PG
Received 19 Aug 2024Capel Barn, Capel Road, Hamstreet, TN26 2EH
Received 19 Aug 2024Box Farm, Bedlam Lane, Egerton, TN27 9BY
Received 19 Aug 2024White Lion Hotel, 57 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6BD
Received 19 Aug 2024Capel Barn, Capel Road, Hamstreet, TN26 2EH
Received 20 Aug 2024Capel Barn, Capel Road, Hamstreet, TN26 2EH
Received 20 Aug 20244 Hoppers Way, Singleton, Ashford, Kent TN23 4GP
Received 20 Aug 2024Astra Music Studios Fairview Farm, Fiddling Lane, Brabourne, TN25 6AP
Received 20 Aug 2024Phr Farms, Bircholt Lane, Brabourne, TN25 5LD
Received 20 Aug 2024Trybairn, Blackwall Road, Wittersham, Ashford, Kent TN30 7EG
Received 20 Aug 2024Cedar Court, Woodbury Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6JH
Received 20 Aug 2024Records 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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