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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
36,259 approved · 5,246 refused · 3,382 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rosemead, Charing Heath Road, Charing, TN27 0AL
Received 15 Apr 202560a High Street, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4LN
Received 11 Apr 2025Hareplain Barn, Hareplain Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8LJ
Received 10 Apr 2025Wealden Barn, Pluckley Road, Smarden, TN27 8RG
Received 16 Apr 2025Newhouse, The Street, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NQ
Received 16 Apr 2025Elvey Granary, Elvey Lane, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0SU
Received 11 Apr 2025Chestnut House, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LL
Received 16 Apr 2025The Boat House, Bonnington Road, Bonnington, TN25 7BN
Received 16 Apr 2025Barn C, Ashenden Farm, Bell Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8LD
Received 16 Apr 2025Broomy Lodge, Brissenden Green Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3JX
Received 16 Apr 2025Appleyard, Rooting Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, TN27 0PY
Received 16 Apr 2025Twysden, Chilmington Green Lane, Chilmington Green, TN23 3DP
Received 17 Apr 2025Little Acres, Ashford Road, High Halden, TN26 3LY
Received 17 Apr 20255 Bank Street, Ashford, TN23 1BZ
Received 15 Apr 2025Hazeldene Farm Bungalow, Egerton House Road, Egerton, Ashford, TN27 9BN
Received 17 Apr 2025Proposed Retail Units, Fourges Way, Ashford, TN25 4DT
Received 17 Apr 202511 West Street, Ashford, TN23 1JY
Received 21 Apr 202564 Sandyhurst Lane, Ashford, TN25 4NT
Received 22 Apr 20258 The Chestnuts, Smeeth, Ashford, TN25 6SU
Received 22 Apr 2025Dawsons, Benenden Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4PF
Received 21 Apr 2025Sycamore House, Church Road, Warehorne, TN26 2LP
Received 22 Apr 202548 East Lodge Road, Ashford, TN23 3DQ
Received 22 Apr 20257, Scotton Street, Wye, TN25 5BU
Received 22 Apr 2025Willoughby House, Kingsford Street, Mersham, TN25 6NZ
Received 22 Apr 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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