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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
37,148 approved · 5,329 refused · 3,418 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Fullers Oast, Bethersden Road, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QF
Received 30 Jun 2025Bramble Cottage, Ebony Road, Stone, Tenterden, TN30 7HY
Received 1 Jul 20254 Lilyvale Cottages, Lilyvale, Smeeth, TN25 6RB
Received 1 Jul 2025Barn C, Ashenden Farm, Bell Lane, Biddenden
Received 1 Jul 20251 Blue Line Lane, Ashford, TN24 8NA
Received 1 Jul 202527 Greystones, Willesborough, TN24 0FR
Received 1 Jul 2025Malthouse Farm, Rock Hill Road, Egerton, TN27 9EB
Received 1 Jul 202520, Newtown Green, Ashford, TN24 0PE
Received 1 Jul 20252 Church Lane, Molash, Canterbury, CT4 8HB
Received 1 Jul 202539 Swan Street, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7PH
Received 2 Jul 2025Malthouse Farm, Rock Hill Road, Egerton, TN27 9EB
Received 2 Jul 202540 Blossom Lane, Ashford, TN25 4GE
Received 2 Jul 2025Woodland South of Blossom Lane and North of, Hill Rise
Received 2 Jul 2025The Norton Knatchbull School, Hythe Road, Ashford, TN24 0QJ
Received 2 Jul 202556, Bennetts, The Street, Appledore, TN26 2AE
Received 2 Jul 2025The Timbers, Finn Farm Court, Kingsnorth, TN23 3BF
Received 24 Jun 202512, Pope Gardens, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6SQ
Received 2 Jul 202539 The Green, Woodchurch, TN26 3PF
Received 2 Jul 2025Heronden Hall, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7QA
Received 2 Jul 202516, High Street, Biddenden, TN27 8AH
Received 2 Jul 2025St Francis House, Cryol Road, Ashford, TN23 5AS
Received 25 Jun 2025163, Godinton Road, Ashford, TN23 1LW
Received 3 Jul 20253 Hillside Cottages, Faversham Road, Boughton Aluph, TN25 4HU
Received 3 Jul 202533, The Street, Kennington, TN24 9HD
Received 3 Jul 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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