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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
40,545 approved · 5,713 refused · 3,567 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Verralls Oak, Stonebridge Green Road, Egerton, Ashford, TN27 9AP
Received 23 Jan 2026Barhams Mill Farm, Barhams Mill Road, Egerton, TN27 9BU
Received 23 Jan 2026Barhams Mill Farm, Barhams Mill Road, Egerton, TN27 9BU
Received 23 Jan 2026Romney Cottage, Little Hookstead Farm, Wrens Nest Lane TN26 3NH
Received 23 Jan 20262 Orpins Close, Brabourne, Ashford, TN25 6PT
Received 23 Jan 2026Orchard Rise, Warehorne Road, Hamstreet, TN26 2JW
Received 23 Jan 2026Hoseney House, Sandy Lane, Tenterden, TN30 7DA
Received 21 Jan 2026Woodland Northeast of, 37-51 Coach Drive, Hothfield
Received 23 Jan 2026Setts Wood Farm, Appledore Road, Tenterden, TN30 7DG
Received 23 Jan 2026Turks Head Farm, High Halden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN26 3HT
Received 26 Jan 202670, Birling Road, Ashford, TN24 8BE
Received 26 Jan 2026Storage Building West of Pemsey Field View, Lees Road, Brabourne
Received 26 Jan 2026Shorts Wood House, Tenterden Road, From Clapper Hill To Pb, Biddenden, TN27 8DW
Received 26 Jan 2026Land north of The Bungalow, Green Lane, Challock
Received 26 Jan 2026Regency Cottage, Biddenden Road, Smarden, TN27 8QG
Received 26 Jan 2026Loudon Court, Loudon Way, Ashford
Received 26 Jan 2026Little Park Farm, Cherry Orchard Lane, Bonnington, Ashford, TN25 7AZ
Received 26 Jan 2026Land rear of Millgarth, The Hill, Charing
Received 26 Jan 2026Millgarth, The Hill, Charing
Received 26 Jan 2026Biddenden Place, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8BB
Received 26 Jan 202670 Cradlebridge Drive, Willesborough, TN24 0RF
Received 26 Jan 2026Brambledown, Tamley Lane, Hastingleigh, Ashford, TN25 5HW
Received 20 Jan 2026May Cross, Stone Cross Road, Bilsington, Ashford, TN26 2PJ
Received 21 Jan 2026Little Halden Farm, Barn At, Tenterden Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4JL
Received 27 Jan 2026Records 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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