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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
40,773 approved · 5,734 refused · 3,578 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Orchard Cottage, Shottenden Road, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8JA
Received 18 Mar 202618 Blackwall Road North, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0NU
Received 18 Mar 20264 Old Rectory Close, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6LZ
Received 18 Mar 2026The Glen, Nickley Wood Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LZ
Received 19 Mar 2026Tearnden Oast, Smarden Road, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3HE
Received 16 Mar 2026Conningbrook, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 16 Mar 2026Conningbrook, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 17 Mar 2026Church View, Church Hill, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3JB
Received 20 Mar 2026Dexter Barn, River Hall Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8EG
Received 20 Mar 2026Tenterden Vineyard, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Received 20 Mar 2026Potts Farm House, Chennell Park Road, Tenterden, TN30 6XA
Received 20 Mar 2026Cherry Trees, Norton Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3AL
Received 20 Mar 20265 Kiln Field, Tenterden, TN30 7BY
Received 20 Mar 2026Cumberland Bungalow, The Street, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BX
Received 23 Mar 20263 Stace Close, Tenterden, TN30 6RP
Received 23 Mar 202643, Drake Road, Willesborough, TN24 0UZ
Received 23 Mar 2026Hungry Hall, Mill Lane, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 7AL
Received 23 Mar 20265, Scotton Street, Wye, TN25 5BU
Received 23 Mar 20262, Chequers Park, Wye, TN25 5BA
Received 23 Mar 20261, Martins Close, Tenterden, TN30 7AJ
Received 23 Mar 202655, Site Of, Mabledon Avenue, Ashford, TN24 8BN
Received 23 Mar 20261 - 10 Mayors Place, Tenterden, TN30 6JX
Received 23 Mar 202671, Scotton Street, Wye, TN25 5BW
Received 23 Mar 2026Gains Cottage, Quarrington Lane, Mersham, TN25 5NG
Received 23 Mar 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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