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Ashford Borough Council
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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

16,903Searchable applications

581Recorded as pending

84%Approval rate · 8,808 approved or refused records

1,400Refused applications

7,408 approved · 1,400 refused · 1,024 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records

Decision Made18/01840/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions: 5, 6 & 7
The Panorama, Park Street, Ashford, Kent
Received 19 Sept 2019
Decision Made16/01878/CONB/AS
Discharge of condition 5
Agricultural Buildings at, Hegg Hill Farm, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, Kent
Received 19 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/00650/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 2 (in relation to wine room extension) & 3b
Chart House, The Street, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3AP
Received 19 Sept 2019
Decision Made18/00098/CONC/AS
Discharge of condition 63 (The application is made in respect of the elements of the site for which full permission has been grantee (i.e. SME units and Truck Stop)
Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, Kent
Received 19 Sept 2019
Decision Made16/01828/CONB/AS
Discharge of conditions: 13 & 16
Land rear of 1, Ragstone Hollow, Aldington, Kent
Received 20 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01347/AS
Removal of condition 4 on planning permission ref 16/00653/AS to allow annexe to be occupied independently.
Annexe at, 1 Stone Cottages, Bartlets Lane, Chilmington Green, Ashford, TN23 3DW
Received 20 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/00020/GPDE/AS
Notification of a larger homes extension - single storey rear extension (depth 4m x eaves 2.5m x ridge 3.8m)
99 Bentley Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0HS
Received 23 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/00477/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13 & 18
Former Pig Research Unit, Amage Road, Wye
Received 23 Sept 2019
Decision Made16/01210/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 2, 3, 4 & 9
Halden Place, Halden Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4JG
Received 23 Sept 2019
Decision Made16/01202/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 2, 3 & 4
Halden Place, Halden Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4JG
Received 23 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01348/AS
Installation of a 12x4m swimming pool.
New Stoneham, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NJ
Received 23 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/00356/AMND/AS
Revision to increase eaves height; reduction in ridge height Increase in finished floor level; omission of projecting cantilever canopies; insertion of balcony; internal changes to office layout; amended car park layout (reduction from 60 to 57 spaces) to accommodate Habitat Receptor site; reconfiguration of pallet storage area and changes to landscape planting on planning permission 19/00356/AS (Removal of condition 31 on planning permission 16/01387/AS restricting occupation)
Vatre Terracotta Ltd, Maidstone Road, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1AR
Received 23 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01349/AS
Change of use of the ground floor to a nail bar (sui generis); Change of use of the upper floor to a residential flat (retrospective)
31 High Street, Ashford, TN24 8TF
Received 23 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01350/AS
Works of conversion to facilitate nail bar at ground floor and conversion to residential flat at upper floor, retention of replacement windows and doors at rear.
31 High Street, Ashford, TN24 8TF
Received 23 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01351/AS
Formation of new permanent car parking bay
Land rear of 1, Ragstone Hollow, Aldington, Kent
Received 20 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01352/AS
Certificate of Lawful Development- Proposed- Pool house and tennis court
Fairwinds, Station Road, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2DF
Received 20 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01353/AS
Formation of a pond for Great Crested Newts
Langley Lodge, Daniels Water, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1JU
Received 20 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01354/AS
Vehicle crossover
60 Romney Road, Ashford, TN24 0RR
Received 23 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01355/AS
Demolition of existing single storey garage and replacement single storey side extension to provide ancillary accommodation; infill single storey extension to rear elevation and provision for a new visitor parking space in the front garden
13 Saw Lodge Field, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3PB
Received 23 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01356/AS
Vehicle crossover
71 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SA
Received 23 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01357/AS
Repair to ground floor bay window brickwork on front elevation
98 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JB
Received 23 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01358/AS
Alterations to roof design on rear and side extension; alterations to fenestration
2 Sticketts Cottages, Steeds Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN26 1NH
Received 23 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/01088/AMND/AS
Revision of make from Robinsons to Hartley Botanic and reduction in size from 6330mm x 3532mm to 5860mm x 3366mm on planning permission 19/01088/AS (Erection of Greenhouse)
Little Kensham Farm, Sandhurst Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4PH
Received 24 Sept 2019
Decision Made19/00931/AMND/AS
Revision to the addition of two velux windows in the roof above the workshop and addition of window on gable end on planning permission 19/00931/AS (Proposed new garage/workshop)
Oakfield Lodge, Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4PL
Received 24 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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