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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
41,298 approved · 5,794 refused · 3,595 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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9 Siskin Close, Kennington, TN25 4QL
Received 2 Sept 20267 Scotton Street, Wye, TN25 5BU
Received 2 Sept 2026Captains Cottage, 1A Crocken Hill Road, Egerton, Ashford, TN27 9EG
Received 27 Aug 202623 Halden Close, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3ER
Received 26 Aug 2026Berridge Farm, Brook Street, Woodchurch, TN26 3SX
Received 2 Sept 2026Stemps Land, Ebony Road, Stone, TN30 7JG
Received 2 Sept 202619, Applegarth, Singleton Road, Great Chart, TN23 3BB
Received 2 Sept 2026Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington
Received 3 Sept 2026Land North by Northwest of 2 Brimstone Road, Hamstreet, Ashford
Received 3 Sept 2026Seymour House, 28-30 Scotton Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5BZ
Received 28 Aug 2026County Square, Elwick Road, Ashford
Received 3 Sept 2026The Barn, Ashford Road, Bilsington, TN25 7JT
Received 3 Sept 2026Seymour House, 28-30 Scotton Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5BZ
Received 28 Aug 2026Mansion Copse Farm, Church Lane, Hothfield, Ashford, TN26 1EL
Received 28 Aug 2026Ashford International Sports And Social Club, Beaver Road, Ashford, TN23 7SG
Received 28 Aug 2026The Vicarage, Old Way, Appledore, TN26 2DB
Received 3 Sept 2026Geddesden, Freizingham Lane, Rolvenden, TN17 4PT
Received 3 Sept 202697, Tally Ho Road, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1HW
Received 3 Sept 2026Orchard Cottage, Shottenden Road, Chilham, CT4 8JA
Received 4 Sept 202689A Shirkoak Park, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3RR
Received 4 Sept 2026Land North of Tudor Cottage, Calleywell Lane, Aldington
Received 1 Sept 202616 Waterside, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0AX
Received 4 Sept 2026Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Kent
Received 21 Apr 2026The Old Granary, Bonnington Road, Bonnington, Ashford, TN25 7BN
Received 4 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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