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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
40,435 approved · 5,698 refused · 3,562 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Aug 1995 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mias, Frensham Road, Rolvenden Layne, TN17 4NJ
Received 12 Dec 2025The Old Railway Station, Headcorn Road, Biddenden, TN27 8JA
Received 15 Dec 2025Lower Knockwood Farm, Woodchurch Road, Tenterden, TN30 7DP
Received 13 Dec 202516 Ellen Close, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0GX
Received 15 Dec 2025Honeyset Barn, Honeyset Farm, Bethersden Road, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QR
Received 15 Dec 202517-19 & 21 Church Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5BN
Received 15 Dec 2025Land West of, 3-7 Greensand Place, Egerton
Received 15 Dec 2025Mr Bean, 8 Sayers Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6BW
Received 15 Dec 2025Little Black Dog, The Street, Great Chart, TN23 3AN
Received 15 Dec 2025Obeden Farm, Bell Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PR
Received 15 Dec 202548 Front Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3QE
Received 15 Dec 2025265, Hythe Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0QB
Received 16 Dec 2025The John Wallis Church of England Academy, Millbank Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3HG
Received 16 Dec 2025Wyevale Garden Centre, Marsh Road, Hamstreet, TN26 2JZ
Received 16 Dec 20253 Steeds Close, Kingsnorth, TN26 1NF
Received 16 Dec 2025Land Between The Glenmore Centre And Tyreweb, Crowbridge Road, Willesborough, TN24 0TL
Received 16 Dec 2025Elvey Farm, Elvey Lane, Pluckley, TN27 0SU
Received 16 Dec 2025Redbrook Cottage, Redbrook Street, Woodchurch, TN26 3QS
Received 16 Dec 2025Vicarage, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6PY
Received 16 Dec 2025Four Winds, New Road, Egerton, TN27 9DT
Received 16 Dec 2025Four Winds, New Road, Egerton, TN27 9DT
Received 16 Dec 2025Jubilee Field, Wittersham
Received 16 Dec 2025Chatsworth, Singleton Road, Great Chart, TN23 3BA
Received 17 Dec 2025Hogben House, Church Lane, Aldington, TN25 7EG
Received 11 Dec 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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