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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40,545 approved · 5,713 refused · 3,567 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Garage north east of 9, Church Hill, Chilham
Received 27 Jan 202629 Scotton Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5BU
Received 27 Jan 20264, Avery Cottage, North Street, Biddenden, TN27 8AQ
Received 27 Jan 202627-27a, Bank Street, Ashford, TN23 1DG
Received 27 Jan 2026Harleydene, Ashford Road, Bethersden, TN26 3BD
Received 27 Jan 2026Land between Monarch House and Bourne Farm, Ashford Road, High Halden
Received 22 Jan 2026Land north east of Soles Hill Farm, Soleshill Road, Chilham
Received 27 Jan 2026Iraden, Hareplain Road, Biddenden, TN27 8LH
Received 27 Jan 202615, The Black Lion, The Street, Appledore, TN26 2BU
Received 27 Jan 2026Little Bedgebury Farm, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3HT
Received 27 Jan 2026Ham Street Vineyard, Warehorne Road, Warehorne, Ashford, TN26 2JT
Received 27 Jan 2026Glendale House, Coopers Lane, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 7HH
Received 27 Jan 2026107 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9DE
Received 27 Jan 2026Greenlands, Watery Lane, Westwell, TN25 4JJ
Received 27 Jan 2026Iraden, Hareplain Road, Biddenden, TN27 8LH
Received 27 Jan 2026Iraden, Hareplain Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8LH
Received 27 Jan 2026Unit 2, Arrowhead Road, Waterbrook Park, Sevington, TN24 0FL
Received 28 Jan 2026Newtown Railway Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, TN24 0PN
Received 26 Jan 2026Land to the west of Greenways, Warehorne Road
Received 28 Jan 202634 William Judge Close, Tenterden, TN30 7DS
Received 28 Jan 2026Number One, Carlton Road, Ashford, TN23 1DP
Received 28 Jan 2026Ferramenta, Market Place, Charing, TN27 0LR
Received 28 Jan 2026The Corn Store, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU
Received 29 Jan 202629 Scotton Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5BU
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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