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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

18,760Searchable applications

583Recorded as pending

84%Approval rate · 9,237 approved or refused records

1,506Refused applications

7,731 approved · 1,506 refused · 1,103 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Apr 2018 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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 Made18/01182/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 7
Poppet Wood Farm, Thurstons Lane, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3HP
Received 26 Nov 2018
Decision Made09/01534/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions: 3, 4 & 5
Heronden Hall, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7QA
Received 26 Nov 2018
Decision Made18/01724/AS
Erection of detached garage
52 The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2AE
Received 26 Nov 2018
Decision Made18/00641/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 2, 5, 8, 10,13 & 14
Melrose Cottage, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3LF
Received 26 Nov 2018
Decision Made18/00022/GPDE/AS
Notification of a larger home extension - Single storey rear extension (depth 7.97m, height 4m, eaves height 2.577m)
Ashdale, 364 Sandyhurst Lane, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4PF
Received 26 Nov 2018
Decision Made18/01725/AS
Provision of new driveway access to new dwelling permitted under application 16/01604/AS
Land SE of adjacent and rear of Drayson House, The Green, Woodchurch, Kent
Received 26 Nov 2018
Decision Made13/00749/CONF/AS
Re-discharge condition 3
Rolvenden Football Club, Barret Field, Benenden Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4PF
Received 27 Nov 2018
Decision Made18/01726/AS
Two storey side extension & replacement of rear conservatory
6 Johnson Close, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0UE
Received 27 Nov 2018
Decision Made17/00714/AMND/AS
Revision to the reduction in roof pitch and raising of eaves on dwellings and reorganisation of parking layout on planning permission 17/00714/AS for the Erection of 4 no. two bedroom semi-detached houses, with associated car parking
Land between 1 Rose Villas and 25, Lower Denmark Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 27 Nov 2018
Decision Made18/01727/AS
Change of use to small HMO, garage conversion (retrospective)
3 Crownfield Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5ED
Received 27 Nov 2018
Decision Made18/01734/AS
Installation of outdoor air conditioning condenser units.
22A High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AP
Received 28 Nov 2018
Decision Made18/01735/AS
Fit out of premises at ground floor level only. Installation of fascia and projecting signs and refurbishment of existing. Installation of outdoor air conditioning condenser units.
22A High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AP
Received 28 Nov 2018
Decision Made18/01772/AS
1 non-illuminated fascia signage
Smarden Charter Hall, Chessenden Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NF
Received 6 Dec 2018
Decision Made16/01136/CONH/AS
Discharge of condition 15
Plot 2, Land adjacent to the William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road, Willesborough, Kent
Received 6 Dec 2018
Decision Made18/01773/AS
Prior approval of proposed change of use of an agricultural building and land within its curtilage to a dwellinghouse and associated operational development
Building at Great Chilmington, Chilmington Green Lane, Great Chart, Kent
Received 7 Dec 2018
Decision Made18/01774/AS
Conversion of agricultural building to dwelling
Agricultural Building south of, Park Farm, Gill Lane, Ruckinge, Kent
Received 6 Dec 2018
Decision Made18/01775/AS
Replacement of 6 x sash windows on front of house with like for like; repointing of the entire front of property in lime mortar
Chrisholme, The Square, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BY
Received 7 Dec 2018
Decision Made18/01776/AS
Siting of new stable block and small yard, with associated landscaping including boundary treatment.
Lodgeland Farm Cottage, Harbourne Lane, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3JF
Received 7 Dec 2018
Decision Made18/01263/AMND/AS
Revision to the orientation of the building on planning permission 18/01263/AS for the erection of an agricultural building with associated hardstanding
Old House Farm, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3HJ
Received 7 Dec 2018
Decision Made18/01777/AS
Change of use to a large HMO
40 Bond Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7UG
Received 7 Dec 2018
Decision Made16/01090/AM02/AS
Revision to positions of plots 2 & 3 and changes to fenestration on all plots on planning permission 16/01090/AS (Erection of four detached dwellings, with associated landscaping, provision of new accesses onto Shrubcote Road and Appledore Road with private parking, and provision of a sustainable drainage system, and other ancillary works)
Land west of Shrubcote and south west of, Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 7 Dec 2018
Decision Made18/01778/AS
Changes to window openings within the southern elevation involving like for like replacement of the bay and triple casement windows, the replacement of modern frame casement with a double casement and insertion of new high level window
34-36 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QE
Received 7 Dec 2018
Decision Made18/01736/AS
Reduction in length of brick frontage boundary wall to increase width of driveway and widening of existing dropped kerb/footpath crossing.
Ross House, 31 The Green, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AJ
Received 28 Nov 2018
Decision Made18/01737/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - consent to add secondary glazing to windows to listed building
Leacon Farmhouse, Leacon Lane, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0EN
Received 28 Nov 2018

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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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