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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
41,056 approved · 5,771 refused · 3,592 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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99, Lower Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3SG
Received 15 Jun 202611, Church Street, Wye, TN25 5BN
Received 15 Jun 2026Bethersden Cricket Club, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3BQ
Received 15 Jun 2026Land between the Pig and Whistle Farmhouse and Minden Cottage, Ashford Road
Received 15 Jun 20266-7, Hilton Road, Ashford, TN23 1EW
Received 16 Jun 2026Barns C and D, New Langley Farm Buildings, Bethersden Road, Smarden
Received 16 Jun 2026North Lodge, Godinton Lane, Ashford, TN26 1DP
Received 15 Jun 2026122 Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5EA
Received 16 Jun 2026Ashford Retail Park, Barrey Road, Sevington, TN24 0SG
Received 16 Jun 2026Tollgate House, 40 Headcorn Road, Biddenden, TN27 8JN
Received 16 Jun 202611, Church Street, Wye, TN25 5BN
Received 15 Jun 2026Woodstock, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2EG
Received 17 Jun 2026Land South Of 1 Harts Cottages, Bourne Lane, Hamstreet
Received 17 Jun 2026Fairlight, Swain Road, Tenterden, TN30 6PD
Received 17 Jun 2026Field to the west of National Grid Converter Station, Church Lane, Aldington
Received 17 Jun 2026Garth End, Redbrook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QS
Received 17 Jun 202662, The Street, Willesborough, TN24 0JD
Received 17 Jun 2026Beech House, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6SR
Received 20 May 2026Electrical Substation North of, 314-316 Sandyhurst Lane, Ashford
Received 17 Jun 202691, Osborne Road, Willesborough, TN24 0EG
Received 17 Jun 2026Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE
Received 18 Jun 2026Battle Hill Farm Certified Campsite, Church Lane, Kenardington, TN26 2NQ
Received 18 Jun 2026Ashford Designer Outlet, Kimberley Way, Ashford, TN24 0SD
Received 18 Jun 2026Civic Centre , Tannery Lane, Ashford, TN23 9ZY
Received 19 Jun 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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