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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

17,452Searchable applications

582Recorded as pending

84%Approval rate · 8,944 approved or refused records

1,441Refused applications

7,503 approved · 1,441 refused · 1,045 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Planning enquiriesplanning.policy@ashford.gov.uk Council source

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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 Made15/00260/AMND/AS
Repositioning of plots 1, 2, 3 and 12, together with associated amendments to landscape, parking layouts and the configuration of the ecological meadow. Minor changes to car port design and road layout to increase areas of landscaping on planning permission 15/00260/AS (Erection of 16 no. dwellings, 4 no. affordable dwellings and 3 no. affordable apartments, car barns, vehicle access, parking and open space)
Land rear of 11 to 22, Waltham Close, Willesborough, Kent
Received 11 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01575/AS
Change of Use and conversion of former bakery to single dwelling; Erection of 6ft boundary fence; Demolition of privy and covered link; removal of shed and holly tree; installation of garden gate.
The Bakery House, The Street, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6NA
Received 11 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01576/AS
Change of Use and conversion of former bakery to single dwelling; Erection of 6ft boundary fence; Demolition of privy and covered link; removal of shed and holly tree; installation of garden gate. Internal and external alterations including the construction of a staircase and new entrance door in flank wall.
The Bakery House, The Street, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6NA
Received 11 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01577/AS
Proposed subdivision of existing holiday cottage into two separate holiday let units
Budds Farm Barn, Budds Lane, Wittersham, Kent
Received 11 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01578/AS
Retrospective application for the erection of a replacement close board fence and decking area.
The Barn, Little Biddenden Green Farm, Lewd Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8NP
Received 11 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01580/AS
Full time stationing of a residential caravan for an agricultural worker (retrospective)
Farm Outbuildings, Faggs Farm, Ashford Road, Bilsington, Kent
Received 11 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01582/AS
Change of use of outbuilding to use as ancillary annexe (retrospective)
Auburn Farm, Stalisfield Church Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0HE
Received 12 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01583/AS
Outline planning application for the erection of detached dwelling to consider access (all other matters reserved)
Land adjacent to The Old Cottage, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 12 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01584/AS
The installation of 4no. new louvres.
Virgin Media Inc Pdsl 058, Wotton Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 6LW
Received 12 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01585/AS
Installation of a ground mounted photovoltaic solar array
Church Farm Barn, Church Hill, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3JB
Received 12 Nov 2019
Decision Made17/01657/CONC/AS
Discharge condition 3, 19
Halden Field, Pope House Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6SS
Received 12 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01586/AS
Installation of telephone kiosk
Proposed new telephone kiosk south of 16A, Bank Street, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1BX
Received 13 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01587/AS
Demolition of existing garage; erection of detached garage/annexe. (Resubmission of application 19/00570/AS)
Long Ridge, Egerton House Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9BD
Received 13 Nov 2019
Decision Made16/01142/CONE/AS
Discharge condition 4
Wolfson House, Upper Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AN
Received 13 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/00360/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions: 4 & 9
Frogs Hole Barn, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8EY
Received 13 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01588/AS
Replacement of garden gate
Providence House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8QA
Received 13 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01589/AS
Installation of 2 internally illuminated replacement fascia signs and 1 internally illuminated projecting signs
Caffyns Skoda, The Boulevard, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0GA
Received 13 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01590/AS
Prior approval for the change of use of an agricultural building and land within its curtilage to one residential dwelling and associated operational development
Agricultural Building south of Coombe Lands, Redbrook Street, High Halden
Received 12 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01591/AS
Conversion of existing garage into annexe
Goldwell Manor Farm, Goldwell Lane, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7DX
Received 13 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01592/AS
Revision to listed building consent 19/00786/AS for new external door requiring modification of an existing window opening and associated brick work
Woolpack Hotel, 26 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AP
Received 14 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/00785/AMND/AS
Revision to planning application 19/00785/AS for new external door requiring modification of an existing window opening and associated brick work
Woolpack Hotel, 26 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AP
Received 14 Nov 2019
Decision Made15/00648/AMND/AS
Non material amendment to permission 15/00648/AS (Creation of a 2 form entry primary school comprising a two storey building, access,car parking and pick up/drop off bays, external play areas including a Multi Use Games Area, informal play area and grass playing field and hard and soft landscaping) for changes to fenestration and landscaping
Land Parcel Primary School, Land at Cheesemans Green, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 14 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01593/AS
Consultation by KCC - Details of Odour Management Plan pursuant to condition 7 of planning permission 06/00024/AS
Ashford Wastewater Treatment Works, Canterbury Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 14 Nov 2019
Decision Made19/01594/AS
Installation of domestic sand school and associated fencing
Goldwell Manor Farm, Goldwell Lane, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7DX
Received 13 Nov 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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