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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

17,312Searchable applications

582Recorded as pending

84%Approval rate · 8,904 approved or refused records

1,425Refused applications

7,479 approved · 1,425 refused · 1,042 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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 Made19/01462/AS
Change of use from class A1 Shop/Retail to 2 No. 3 bedroom houses including alterations to front bays/door.
4 West Cross, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JL
Received 15 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01463/AS
Works of conversion from retail to 2 no. 3 bedroom houses including removal of existing single storey extension; alterations to front bays/door; addition of windows to rear elevation
4 West Cross, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JL
Received 15 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/00323/PRE
Proposal to build 4 new dwellings
Land south of, Thornden Lane, Rolvenden, Kent
Received 14 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01464/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - dormer to side elevation
Buckman Green Cottage, Romden Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8QZ
Received 15 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01465/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - proposed - single storey rear extension
Sharmi, Cranbrook Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6UW
Received 15 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01466/AS
Single storey side extension
Bowerland Oast, Bowerland Farm, Bowerland Lane, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8ED
Received 15 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01467/AS
Variation of condition 11 on planning permission 17/00622/AS (Erection of detached dwelling) to change window detailing
The Old Rectory, 6 Rectory Close, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QD
Received 15 Oct 2019
Decision Made18/01062/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 13 & 16
Stonebridgelands, Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SL
Received 16 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01468/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - new front porch and replacement pitched roof
Halfpennys, Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LU
Received 16 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01469/AS
Repair roof, install 3 No. new conservation rooflights to southern roofslope; install new cupola.
Well Cottage, Taylors Hill, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BZ
Received 16 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01470/AS
Single storey rear extension, rear dormer windows and first floor extension above flat roof.
The Old Bakehouse, The Street, Hastingleigh, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5HU
Received 16 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01471/AS
Replacement single storey rear extension; conversion of, and extension to, existing garage with 2 no. car parking spaces to front
13 Haffenden Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QE
Received 16 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01472/AS
An oak timber framed open entrance porch (revision to planning permission 18/01421/AS)
Munks Cottage, Headcorn Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PN
Received 17 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01473/AS
An oak timber framed open entrance porch and bricking up of existing window (revision to listed building consent 18/01413/AS)
Munks Cottage, Headcorn Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PN
Received 17 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01474/AS
Removal of conservatory to be replaced by two storey rear extension; conversion of garage; installation of first floor windows to both side elevations.
The Magnolias, 12 Homestead, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4PX
Received 17 Oct 2019
Decision Made14/01402/CONT/AS
Discharge of condition 34
Ashford Designer Outlet, Kimberley Way, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0SD
Received 16 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01475/AS
Rear extensions to 129 & 131 Beaver Road
129 and 131 Beaver Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7SG
Received 17 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01476/AS
Detailed application for a mixed-use development comprising;- film/ TV Studios with associated post-production offices and workshop and media village (18,845 sqm) (Use Class B1); a hotel (Use Class C1) including ancillary space and circa 62 serviced apartments (Use Class C3) (max. 112m AOD); a multi-storey carpark (max. 62m AOD); change of use, internal and external alterations to the listed Locomotive Shed buildings, including increasing the height by an additional two-storeys (max. 62m AOD), to provide flexible commercial floorspace (7,185 sqm) for use in connection with the film/TV studios (Use Class B1/ D1) including 265 sqm café (Use Class A3) and circa 302 residential units (Use Class C3) and internal parking spaces; change of use, internal and external alterations to listed Engine Shed building, including increasing the height by an additional two storeys (max.53m AOD) , to provide (2,605 sqm) flexible commercial space (Use Class B1/ D2/A3) and; change of use, internal and external alterations of the Paint Shop building, Acetylene Store and Clock Tower listed buildings to provide ancillary uses to the film/TV studios (Use Class B1); plus associated infrastructure including open space, landscape and public realm provision, external parking, servicing, pedestrian and vehicular access and associated engineering, utilities and infrastructure works. INCLUDES AMENDED DESCRIPTION
Newtown Railway Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0PN
Received 17 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01477/AS
Change of use of stables for ancillary accommodation and for storage in connection with applicant's business. Stationing of log cabin mobile home for gypsy family (part retrospective).
Little Greenacres Meadow, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8EH
Received 17 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01478/AS
Extension to detached garage (Resubmission of application 18/01573/AS)
Cherry Trees, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QU
Received 17 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01479/AS
Proposed change of use of redundant agricultural building to a single holiday let.
Forsham Farm, Wassall Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4PP
Received 18 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/00516/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions: 4, 8, 15, 16 & 19
The Poplars, Kingsnorth Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 6HR
Received 18 Oct 2019
Decision Made11/00405/CONK/AS
Discharge of condition 45 (part (a) for Phase 3
Former South Kent College Site, Jemmett Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 21 Oct 2019
Decision Made19/01480/AS
Proposed front porch
13 Barnett Field, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4RG
Received 21 Oct 2019

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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.

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