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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41,227 approved · 5,786 refused · 3,595 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land Known as Part of The Dowles, Kenardington, Ashford
Received 26 Aug 2026Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ
Received 26 Aug 2026Withersdane Hall, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, TN25 5DA
Received 26 Aug 2026Woodlands, Canterbury Road, Challock, TN25 4DL
Received 26 Aug 2026Agricultural Building, Great Bromley Farm, Blackwall Road, Wye, TN25 5PA
Received 26 Aug 2026The Manse, Plain Road, Smeeth, TN25 6QN
Received 26 Aug 202637, Jubilee Field, Wittersham, TN30 7PF
Received 27 Aug 2026Braeside, Padwell Lane, Great Chart, TN23 3AU
Received 27 Aug 2026Holly Tree House, 62 Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0NS
Received 19 Aug 2026Heronden, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LR
Received 24 Aug 2026Quercus Corner, The Street, Stone, TN30 7JL
Received 28 Aug 2026Paved Area South of, 34-38 High Street, Ashford
Received 21 Aug 20261, New Rents, Ashford, TN23 1LE
Received 28 Aug 2026Mallards, Forge Hill, Bethersden, TN26 3AF
Received 28 Aug 2026Ashford International Sports And Social Club, Beaver Road, Ashford, TN23 7SG
Received 28 Aug 2026Woolpack Corner Farm, Woolpack Corner, Benenden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BU
Received 28 Aug 202630B, High Street, Biddenden, TN27 8AH
Received 28 Aug 2026Plot of land SW of Coldharbour Farm, Knock Hill, Stone, TN30 7JX
Received 1 Sept 20262 Bailey Field, Ashford Road, Bethersden, TN26 3AS
Received 1 Sept 2026Ripleys Scrap Yard, Brisley Lane, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 7JE
Received 1 Sept 2026Bridge Cottage, Highfield Lane, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0FN
Received 1 Sept 2026Acorn House, The Ridgeway, Smeeth, TN25 6SG
Received 1 Sept 2026The Pound House, Granary Court Road, Smeeth, TN25 6RE
Received 1 Sept 2026L Hirondelle, Kingsford Street, Mersham, TN25 6PE
Received 1 Sept 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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