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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
41,227 approved · 5,786 refused · 3,595 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Paved Area South of, 34-38 High Street, Ashford
Received 21 Aug 20262 Goldwell Bungalow, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BP
Received 21 Aug 2026The Hollies, Penderel Mews, Tenterden, TN30 6QF
Received 21 Aug 2026Development Site West of Four Acres, Charing Heath Road, Charing
Received 24 Aug 2026The Cottage, The Street, Egerton, TN27 9DJ
Received 24 Aug 2026Land East of Eurogate Business Park, Thompson Road, Kennington
Received 24 Aug 2026White Beams, Ashford Road, High Halden, TN26 3LY
Received 24 Aug 2026Land to North of Church Lane, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1LY
Received 24 Aug 2026126, Lower Vicarage Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AP
Received 24 Aug 2026Evegate Manor, Station Road, Smeeth, TN25 6GB
Received 24 Aug 2026Evegate Manor, Station Road, Smeeth, TN25 6GB
Received 24 Aug 2026Egerton Grange, The Street, Egerton, TN27 9DJ
Received 24 Aug 2026Whiston House, Whiston Avenue, Bethersden, TN26 3LA
Received 17 Aug 2026Heronden, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LR
Received 24 Aug 2026126, Lower Vicarage Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AP
Received 24 Aug 2026Jenkey Farm, Church Lane, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1LY
Received 24 Aug 2026The Park, Ashford
Received 24 Aug 2026Tree Tops, Bedlam Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PQ
Received 25 Aug 2026129 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0NB
Received 24 Aug 2026Berridge Farm, Brook Street, Woodchurch, TN26 3SX
Received 25 Aug 2026Land South-west of the junction of Bullfinch Avenue and Avocet Way, Finberry, Sevington, Ashford
Received 25 Aug 20263 West Cross, Tenterden, TN30 6JR
Received 25 Aug 2026Harven Cottage, Watery Lane, Westwell, TN25 4JH
Received 25 Aug 2026Land South of Hillcrest, Church Lane, Shadoxhurst
Received 25 Aug 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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