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Ashford Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Ashford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

16,859Searchable applications

580Recorded as pending

84%Approval rate · 8,799 approved or refused records

1,398Refused applications

7,401 approved · 1,398 refused · 1,021 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Aug 2018 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Council contacts

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas44 mapped area records

Article 4 direction areas75 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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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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More application records

Decision Made19/01329/AS
Change of use of car bay for MOT Testing
Barretts of Ashford, The Parade, Orbital Park, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0HT
Received 16 Sept 2019
Decision Made16/01142/CONC/AS
Discharge of conditions 5 in part, 6 & 7
Wolfson House, Upper Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AN
Received 13 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/00831/CONA/AS
Discharge condition 4 & 6
The Granary, Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5ED
Received 13 Sept 2019
Decision Made18/01790/AMND/AS
Addition of new external door to side elevation on planning permission 18/01790/AS (New dwelling along with crossover parking, bin & bike storage)
Land adjacent 39, Warwick Road, Kennington, Kent, TN24 9EH
Received 13 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01330/AS
Demolition of offices and redevelopment with twenty dwellings with associated garages, parking and internal estate roads and open space.
Former A D A S offices, Olantigh Road, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5EL
Received 13 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01331/AS
Change of use of cold store to a B2 General Industrial Use
Soles Hill Farm, Soleshill Road, Chilham, Kent, CT4 8JZ
Received 16 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01332/AS
Variation of condition 9 on planning permission 17/01525/AS to provide side hung casements with window restrictors to the windows on the side elevation of plot 4 with all glazing to be obscure.
Snowdrops, Church Lane, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4DD
Received 16 Sept 2019
Decision Made16/00850/AM02/AS
Revision to the omission of one window on south elevation and one window on north elevation; addition of rooflight on south elevation on planning permission 16/00850/AS (Erection of a two storey, 2 bedroom dwelling and new associated access.)
Shipley Hatch, Ashford Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3EW
Received 17 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01339/AS
Demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings; erection of replacement dwelling and car port barn and associated works (revision to planning permission 19/00459/AS)
Penlan Farm, New House Lane, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0RX
Received 16 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01340/AS
Replacement of existing conservatory with single storey rear extension; Conversion of garage to games room
5 Ploughmans Way, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3HU
Received 17 Sept 2019
Decision Made17/00258/CONH/AS
Discharge condition 10
Land rear of Rose Cottage Farm, North Street, Biddenden, Kent
Received 18 Sept 2019
Decision Made14/01430/AMND/AS
Revision to planning permission 14/01430/AS (Erection of a front and rear single storey extensions with new roof cladding) to change the flat roof over the kitchen to a pitched roof.
St Michaels Village Hall, Grange Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6DU
Received 17 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/00003/LB
Tenterden War Memorial
Tenterden War Memorial, High Street, Tenterden, Kent
Received 17 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01341/AS
Erection of Single Storey Rear Extension
11 Bornefields, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5AH
Received 18 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/00574/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 2, 3, 4 & 8
Brook Baptist Chapel, The Street, Brook, Ashford, TN25 5PF
Received 18 Sept 2019
Decision Made16/01877/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 2
Agricultural Buildings at, Hegg Hill Farm, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, Kent
Received 18 Sept 2019
Decision Made18/01709/CONB/AS
Discharge condition 9
Stubbs Restaurant and Hotel, 379 Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DU
Received 18 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01342/AS
Reserved matters application for details of layout, scale, landscaping and appearance for the erection of two detached dwellings with associated access pursuant to outline planning permission granted under 18/01569 /AS
Land SE of Plumtrees, Bowerland Lane, Chilham
Received 18 Sept 2019
Decision Made18/01569/CONB/AS
Discharge conditions 5, 7, 13,14, 17
Land SE of Plumtrees, Bowerland Lane, Chilham
Received 19 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01378/AS
New access, including gate and fence, new garage, secure store along with games room over (resubmission of application 10/01363/AS)
Brook Farm, Brook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3SR
Received 27 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01343/AS
Two storey rear and side extension
Barfield, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6NJ
Received 19 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01344/AS
Certificate of Lawful Development- Proposed- Single Storey rear extension
40 Rosewood Drive, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4QF
Received 18 Sept 2019
Decision Made18/01558/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 3, 6, 7, 8, & 9
Lacton Manor, Westwell Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4NG
Received 18 Sept 2019
Decision Made14/01402/CONS/AS
Part discharge of conditon 19b
Ashford Designer Outlet, Kimberley Way, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0SD
Received 19 Sept 2019

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What these statistics cover

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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