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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
37,464 approved · 5,372 refused · 3,434 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Forge Cottage, 81 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0NA
Received 30 Jul 2025Former Naccolt Brickworks, Naccolt Road, Wye, TN25 5NX
Received 30 Jul 2025Kippington, Redbrook Street, High Halden, TN26 3QU
Received 30 Jul 20251 Maple Place, Appledore, TN26 2BZ
Received 30 Jul 2025Birchwood Farmhouse, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, TN27 8DY
Received 28 Jul 2025Clover Farm, (aka Daniel Farm) The Pinnock, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0SY
Received 30 Jul 2025High Halden Church Of England Primary School, Church Hill, High Halden, TN26 3JB
Received 31 Jul 20254 Taywood Close, Ashford, TN24 0AT
Received 25 Jul 2025Beulah Cottages, Harris Lane, High Halden
Received 31 Jul 2025Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE
Received 28 Jul 202538 Lodge Wood Drive, Ashford, TN25 4GA
Received 31 Jul 2025Ham Street Woods National Nature Reserve, Bourne Lane , Ham, Ashford, TN26 2HH
Received 1 Aug 202550, Upper Queens Road, Ashford, TN24 8HF
Received 1 Aug 2025Trimworth Barn, Olantigh Road, Crundale, Canterbury, CT4 7EA
Received 1 Aug 2025Forge Cottage, 81 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0NA
Received 30 Jul 2025Forge Cottage, 81 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0NA
Received 4 Aug 2025The land to the South of Rosemary Lane known as, The Old Orchard, Rosemary Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8PF
Received 4 Aug 2025Rear of 72-74 Hythe Road, Tufton Road, Ashford
Received 4 Aug 202532 The Street, Appledore, Ashford, TN26 2BX
Received 4 Aug 202533, Emperor Way, Kingsnorth, TN23 3QY
Received 4 Aug 2025Footpath to J10 roundabout starting between 79 and Forge Cottage, 81 The Street, Willesborough
Received 4 Aug 2025Sea Glympse, Frith Road, Aldington, TN25 7DQ
Received 4 Aug 2025The Briars, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6JB
Received 4 Aug 202531 Fullers Way, Biddenden, Kent, TN27 8DE
Received 4 Aug 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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