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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
35,093 approved · 5,159 refused · 3,334 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 1996 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Pilgrims Farm, Pilgrims Way, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, TN25 4EU
Received 18 Feb 2025Four Winds, New Road, Egerton, TN27 9DT
Received 20 Feb 2025Boat Nursery, Bonnington Road, Bonnington, Ashford, TN25 7BN
Received 20 Feb 2025The Shack, Stalisfield Church Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0NJ
Received 20 Feb 2025Chilham Castle, Chilham Castle Estate, Chilham, CT4 8DB
Received 20 Feb 2025Greenacres, Rose Hill, Stone, TN30 7HG
Received 21 Feb 2025Redundant Agricultural Buildings at, Brisley Lodge, Brisley Lane, Ruckinge, Ashford, TN26 2PW
Received 21 Feb 202517 Oast Meadow, Willesborough, TN24 0AS
Received 21 Feb 2025Amsbury House, Ingleden Park Road, Tenterden, TN30 6NS
Received 21 Feb 202571, Scotton Street, Wye, TN25 5BW
Received 24 Feb 2025Holistic Building, Lake House, Maidstone Road, Westwell, Ashford, TN26 1AR
Received 20 Feb 2025Hazel Hatch, Lilyvale, Smeeth, TN25 6RB
Received 24 Feb 2025Chilham Water Mill, Ashford Road, Chilham, CT4 8EE
Received 24 Feb 2025Lyddendane House, Lyddendane Road, Hastingleigh, TN25 5HZ
Received 24 Feb 20252 Post Office Row, Soleshill Road, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8JR
Received 24 Feb 2025Stone Lodge, The Grove, Pluckley, TN27 0RR
Received 24 Feb 2025Agricutural Buildings Rear Of Hornes Place Oast, Kenardington Road, Appledore, TN26 2BS
Received 24 Feb 2025Butchers Farm, The Street, Molash, Canterbury, CT4 8HE
Received 21 Feb 2025Faye Acre, Church Hill, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0BU
Received 25 Feb 202555 Avocet Way, Finberry, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 7FR
Received 19 Feb 20251 The Holt, Frogs Hill, Newenden, TN18 5PX
Received 25 Feb 20253 Temple Close, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3PW
Received 25 Feb 20257 New Street, Ashford, TN24 8TN
Received 25 Feb 20256 Poplar Field, Poplar Road, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7NY
Received 25 Feb 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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