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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
33,862 approved · 5,010 refused · 3,283 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jul 1999 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Charing Library, Market Place, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0LR
Received 6 Sept 202490 Ellingham Industrial Centre, Ellingham Way, Ashford, TN23 6JZ
Received 6 Sept 202471 Scotton Street, Wye, TN25 5BW
Received 9 Sept 2024Land South of Regency Cottage Bethersden Road, Smarden, TN27 8QG
Received 9 Sept 2024Mcguinness House, Pook Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8JJ
Received 9 Sept 20247 Green Mews, Chilmington Green, TN23 8AQ
Received 9 Sept 202421 High Snoad Wood, Challock, TN25 4DQ
Received 9 Sept 2024Glebe Cottage, Church Hill, Kingsnorth, TN23 3EQ
Received 9 Sept 2024Chatsworth, Singleton Road, Great Chart, TN23 3BA
Received 9 Sept 2024Land At Waterbrook Park West Of, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, TN24 0LH
Received 9 Sept 2024The Well House, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NJ
Received 9 Sept 202414, Elwick Road, Ashford, TN23 1PF
Received 9 Sept 2024Beech Court, Canterbury Road, Challock, TN25 4DJ
Received 9 Sept 202428-30 Scotton Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5BZ
Received 9 Sept 2024195 Quantock Drive, Ashford, TN24 8QN
Received 10 Sept 20244, St Cosmas Close, Challock, TN25 4BX
Received 10 Sept 20243 Stace Close, Tenterden, TN30 6RP
Received 10 Sept 20248, Fairfield Terrace, Hamstreet, TN26 2HS
Received 10 Sept 20248-9 Middle Row, High Street, Ashford, Kent TN24 8SQ
Received 11 Sept 20248-9 Middle Row, High Street, Ashford , TN24 8SQ
Received 11 Sept 2024Land 100m Northeast of 5 Avocet Way, Finberry, Sevington
Received 11 Sept 2024Home Farm, Hythe Road, Smeeth, TN25 6SP
Received 12 Sept 2024Beech Court, Canterbury Road, Challock, TN25 4DJ
Received 9 Sept 202483 High Street, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8SA
Received 12 Sept 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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