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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

17,267Searchable applications

582Recorded as pending

84%Approval rate · 8,889 approved or refused records

1,423Refused applications

7,466 approved · 1,423 refused · 1,042 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Planning information Planning and Development Contact planning Planning Contacts Local plan Emerging Local Plan and Design Code Pre-application advice Pre-Application Advice Article 4 directions Article 4 Directions

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 Made19/01445/AS
Proposed first floor front extension (Retrospective)
170 Jemmett Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4RH
Received 11 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01446/AS
Demolition of existing garage and erection of bungalow within the grounds of Terra Nova, with associated access and provision of 2 additional parking spaces
Terra Nova, Pilgrims Lane, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8AA
Received 11 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01447/AS
Outline application with all matters reserved for one pair of semi-detached houses.
59 Jemmett Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4QA
Received 14 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01449/AS
Three storey rear extension and loft conversion. Re-submission of 19/00436/As and 19/00876/AS.
89 Bentley Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0HR
Received 14 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01450/AS
Erection of chalet bungalow
Braemar, Barns Farm Lane, Kenardington, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2ND
Received 14 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01451/AS
Variation to condition 12 of planning permission 19/00667/AS to change approved drawing
The Coach House, Oak Grove Lane, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3BX
Received 11 Oct 2019
Decision Made14/00899/CONQ/AS
Discharge of Condition 23 (phase 2 - site management plan)
100 The Panorama, Park Street, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8EU
Received 11 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01416/AS
Notification for Prior Approval for the proposed changes of use of a building and land within its curtilage from a use falling within Class B1(c) (light industrial) to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouse).
Barn at Philpotts, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 1 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01417/AS
Change of use from post office to flexible A1, A2 or A3 uses
Biddenden Post Office, High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AL
Received 7 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/00960/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 4
Weavers Cot, 14 Cot Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8JB
Received 3 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01080/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions: 2 & 3
The Surgery, Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SF
Received 7 Oct 2019
Decision Made16/01271/CONH/AS
Discharge of condition 27
Courtlands, Church Hill, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AQ
Received 4 Oct 2019
Decision Made18/00652/CONA/AS
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Phasing), 5 (Construction and Enviromental Managment Plan- in part: shared infrastructrure only ) & 17 (Archaeology Watching Brief)
Land south of Park Farm East, Hamstreet Bypass, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 4 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01418/AS
Certificate of Lawful Development- Proposed- To convert an existing door and window to the side of the house to a single larger glazed door/french window and install an additional window.
Beddlestone Farm, Hampton Lane, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5PN
Received 4 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01419/AS
Certificate of Lawful Development - Proposed- Loft conversion with rear box dormer and 3 front roof lights
Portland, Green Lane, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BJ
Received 4 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01420/AS
Change of use of existing touring caravan site to provide for the following: 'Area (A) - Use of existing caravan holiday site as static mobile home holiday park; Area (B) - Continuation in use of central plot as touring caravan holiday site; Area (C) - Change of use of former Nursery Area and caravan / motorhome storage and residential area, to extension area of the caravan holiday site for siting of static mobile homes; and Area (D) - Provision of internal roads to provide on plot parking'.
Blossoms Caravan Park, Church Hill, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0BU
Received 4 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01421/AS
Erection of porch to front elevation
35 Brookfield Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4ES
Received 7 Oct 2019
Decision Made17/01357/COND/AS
Discharge of condition 15 (fibre to the premises)
Trafalgar House, Elwick Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 7 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/00512/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions: 3 & 4
2 Ridgeway Cottages, The Ridgeway, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6SG
Received 7 Oct 2019
Decision Made17/01357/AMND/AS
Non Material Amendment for alterations to the approved fenestration along the sites west facing elevation.
Trafalgar House, Elwick Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 7 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01422/AS
Reserved Matters submission for the development of a new 4 bed dwelling and 3no. car space garage to fulfil the principles established in the approved outline planning consent 18/00865/AS 'Outline Planning application with all matters reserved for the construction of a permanent farm managers dwelling'
Land north east of Leacon Farm, Leacon Lane, Charing, Kent
Received 7 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01423/AS
Extension to Existing Agricultural Building
Frith Court Farm, The Pinnock, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0SY
Received 7 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/00776/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 & 13
Land west of Viaduct Terrace, Warehorne Road, Warehorne, Kent
Received 7 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01424/AS
Certificate of Lawful Development- Proposed- Rear Dormer Window.
13 Musgrove, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7UN
Received 7 Oct 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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