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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

17,863Searchable applications

582Recorded as pending

84%Approval rate · 9,038 approved or refused records

1,461Refused applications

7,577 approved · 1,461 refused · 1,061 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made20/00730/AS
Change of use of the land for keeping horses, remove two existing outbuildings and erect a stable block, comprising of two stable and feed store and a collection point for manure
Old Vicarage, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NB
Received 15 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00731/AS
Extension to roof to include velux windows to front roof slope, pitched roof dormers to the rear roof slope and a rear extension.
Amblewood, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6QP
Received 12 Jun 2020
Decision Made19/00443/CONA/AS
Discharge condition 3, 4
24 High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AH
Received 12 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00732/AS
Replacing existing roof light with a front dormer.
20 Chulkhurst, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8ED
Received 15 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00733/AS
Variation of condition 11 on planning permission 19/01193/AS to alter approved drawings in respect of fencing
The Byre, Station Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6SY
Received 15 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00191/AMND/AS
Revision to the container design on planning permission 20/00191/AS (Erection of greenhouse, wood cabin, tool shed, bike shed; conversion of container and landscaping in association with use as a community garden)
Land between Belgic Court and 70 to 80, The Limes, Stanhope, Kent
Received 16 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00734/AS
Erection log garage on a concrete base
35 Mead Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0BS
Received 15 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00735/AS
Lawful development certificate - existing - Erection of garage
Orange Farmhouse, Brook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3SX
Received 10 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00780/AS
Change of use of Unit D from A1, A3, A4 and A5 to Sui Generis (Safe deposit box centre) and jewellery shop and new shop front with external open link shutter
Unit D, 18-20 Elwick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1PF
Received 22 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00781/AS
Variation of Conditions 4 (access), 15 (car and cycle parking) and 18 (approved plans/documents) to alter approved plans on planning permission 19/01735/AS (Variation of conditions 15 &18 of planning permission 18/00191/AS (Erection of 5 new dwellings, new vehicular access, hard and soft landscaping works, and associated work) to alter plot designs)
Land rear of The Red Lion and east of, Tile Lodge Road, Charing
Received 22 Jun 2020
Decision Made16/01531/AM01/AS
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 16/01531/AS (Erection of 2No. dwellings with detached garages. Change of use of land to residential) for plot 1 - increase height of supporting wall to porch; alterations to fenestration; Plot 2 - Removal of lean to porch from the front door; alteration to fenestration including addition of rooflight on rear elevation
Land N of Bagham Road and SW of Berry House Lodge, Mulberry Hill, Chilham
Received 22 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00782/AS
Prior Approval for a proposed change of use from an agricultural building and land within its curtilage to Class R flexible use comprising light industrial use (in connection with the production of ciders), and the change of use of one smaller building from agricultural to retail use (in connection with the sale of ciders)
Bilting Grange Farm, Canterbury Road, Godmersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HA
Received 22 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00783/AS
Proposed garden office outbuilding
Rockhill Oast House, Rock Hill Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9DP
Received 22 Jun 2020
Decision Made17/01759/AM02/AS
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 17/01759/AS. Revised green roof and alterations to planters at Block A and Block B (Phases A2 & A3).
Former Pledges Mill and South Kent College Site and Land south of junction of Beaver Road and, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 22 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00784/AS
Erection of wooden stables and hay/feed store with adjoining exercise yard for 3 small donkeys .
Terry House, Snargate Road, Warehorne, Ashford, TN26 2LT
Received 22 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00785/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - vehicle crossover
65 Bond Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7UL
Received 23 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00814/AS
Proposed single storey rear extension and two storey side/rear extension
8 Forest Cottages, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4AR
Received 29 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00815/AS
Single storey side/rear extension to replace exiting covered pergola.
3 Woodlands Road, Ashford, TN24 0AE
Received 29 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00736/AS
Prior approval of proposed change of use of existing Barn and land within its curtilage to a single residential dwelling with associated operational development.
Barn 3, Stone Green Nurseries, Pluckley Road, Bethersden, Kent
Received 12 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00737/AS
Prior approval for change of use of agricultural building and land within its curtilage to one residential dwelling and associated operational development
Barn 1, Stone Green Nurseries, Pluckley Road, Bethersden, Kent
Received 12 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00738/AS
Prior approval for change of use of agricultural building and land within its curtilage to one residential dwelling and associated operational development
Barn 2, Stone Green Nurseries, Pluckley Road, Bethersden, Kent
Received 12 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00739/AS
Conversion and change of use of rural building into offices (B1 Use)
Hales Place, Woodchurch Road, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3JQ
Received 15 Jun 2020
Decision Made20/00740/AS
Prior Approval application for the change of use of a building and land within its curtilage from a light industrial use to use falling within Class C3 (residential)
Greenacres, Rose Hill, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7HG
Received 12 Jun 2020
Decision Made18/01525/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 5
High View, Church Road, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6NS
Received 15 Jun 2020

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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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