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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41,056 approved · 5,771 refused · 3,592 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Mai Barn, Romden Road, Romden, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QZ
Received 19 Jun 20261 - 7 Good Intent Cottages, Stonebridge Green Road, Egerton
Received 19 Jun 202647, Kings Prospect, Willesborough, TN24 0GX
Received 19 Jun 2026122 Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5EA
Received 16 Jun 2026114, Beaver Lane, Ashford, TN23 5NX
Received 19 Jun 2026Mirador, Hornbrook Lane, Woodchurch, TN26 3TH
Received 19 Jun 2026Eastwell Manor Hotel, Faversham Road, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, TN25 4HR
Received 19 Jun 2026Upton House, 39 Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6LL
Received 19 Jun 2026Harbourne Vineyard, Harbourne Lane, High Halden, TN26 3JD
Received 22 Jun 2026Woodland west of, Sweet Bay Crescent, Ashford
Received 22 Jun 2026Tenterden Vineyard, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Received 18 Jun 2026Wye School, Kempe Centre, Olantigh Road, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5EJ
Received 19 Jun 2026181, Quantock Drive, Ashford, TN24 8QN
Received 22 Jun 2026Land North East of 74, North Street, Biddenden
Received 19 Jun 2026Park Mall and associated car parks, Park Street, Ashford, TN24 8RY
Received 22 Jun 2026187, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 9QH
Received 22 Jun 2026Lilac House, 27 North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8AG
Received 15 Jun 2026Network Rail, Old Railway Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, TN24 0PN
Received 22 Jun 2026The Moat, Ashford Road, Charing
Received 23 Jun 2026Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington
Received 23 Jun 20262 Home Farm Cottages, Coach Drive, Hothfield, TN26 1DZ
Received 23 Jun 2026156 Kingsnorth Road, Ashford, TN23 6LS
Received 23 Jun 2026Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington
Received 23 Jun 2026International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HT
Received 23 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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