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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

21,242Searchable applications

592Recorded as pending

83%Approval rate · 9,722 approved or refused records

1,619Refused applications

8,103 approved · 1,619 refused · 1,244 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Nov 2016 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made19/01092/AS
Proposed two storey/single storey side and rear extensions to form additional accommodation and attached annexe
59 Rogersmead, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LF
Received 29 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01093/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - single storey side extension
Stede Quarter Oast, High Halden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8JG
Received 29 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01094/AS
Demolition of existing general storage, warehousing and workshop and replacement with new industrial units (use B1c) and associated parking
Beult Barn, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3DH
Received 30 Jul 2019
Decision Made18/00207/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 7
Parcel P The Hamlet, Land at Chilmington Green, Bartlets Lane, Chilmington Green
Received 29 Jul 2019
Decision Made18/01835/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 3
Melville House, The Street, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AE
Received 30 Jul 2019
Decision Made18/00402/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions: 2 & 7
Eastwell Manor Hotel, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HR
Received 30 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01095/AS
Provision of 2 new jet wash bays and associated plant
BP, 405 Hythe Road, Ashford, TN24 0QQ
Received 30 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/00686/AMND/AS
Non-material amendment to provide basement level and oak framed glass elevation on planning permission 19/00686/AS (Proposed replacement dwelling and part change of use from agricultural land to residential)
Gorse Farm, Pook Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8JJ
Received 31 Jul 2019
Decision Made18/00337/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 2 (a), (b) & (c)
Mersham Le Hatch Business Village, Hythe Road, Smeeth, Kent, TN25 6NH
Received 31 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01097/AS
Extensions and alterations to outbuilding/workshop and removal of existing building
Brisley Cottage, Canterbury Road, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DW
Received 31 Jul 2019
Decision Made12/00400/CONX/AS
Discharge of Condition 65 (Land Parcels B, C, J, K)
Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 31 Jul 2019
Decision Made12/00400/AM08/AS
Non material amendment to plans approved under Condition 17 relating to the electricity sub station on planning permission 12/00400/AS
Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 1 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01105/AS
Application for Prior Notification of proposed steel framed agricultural portal building and new vehicle access track and hardstanding.
Highfield Farm, Little Robhurst, Woodchurch, Kent
Received 2 Aug 2019
Decision Made18/00575/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 3
Bottle Farm, Hart Hill, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0HN
Received 7 Aug 2019
Decision Made18/01601/CONA/AS
Discharge condition 19 - Revised Reptile Mitigation Strategy and Management Plan
Site B Land north oif, Javelin Way, Ashford, Kent
Received 8 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/00008/EIA/AS
Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment for the north western areas of the site, approximately 4 ha. for approximately 100 dwellings with associated open space and infrastructure.
Land east of Ham Street By-Pass and south west of, Brockmans Lane, Bilsington
Received 8 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01139/AS
Certificate of Lawful Development- Proposed- replacement of heating system with new condensing gas boiler; installation of new radiators.
Barnshill Cottage, 5-6 Thornden Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4PR
Received 7 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01140/AS
Formation of a pond for Great Crested Newts
Worten Home Farm, Worten Road, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3BU
Received 9 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/00525/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 2
Land adjacent to Old Corn Store, Pluckley Road, Charing, Kent
Received 5 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01141/AS
Change of use of part of the second floor and the whole of the first floor (Flats 2, 3 & 4) from ancillary staff accommodation to provide two individual larger HMOs (sui generis) and one HMO (C4) including extraction systems
Paper Duck, 6-10 North Street, Ashford, TN24 8JN
Received 8 Aug 2019
Decision Made11/00473/COAA/AS
Discharge of conditions 23 & 40 (Bilham Lawn Phase)
Land at Cheesemans Green, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 8 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01142/AS
Proposed demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of new store and home gym; Proposed installation of timber doors to existing cart lodge
Pearsons Meadow, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NL
Received 9 Aug 2019
Decision Made17/00568/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 2, 3, 9 & 30
Former Wye College Buildings, High Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 4AH
Received 2 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01106/AS
Change of use of, and works of conversion to existing redundant shop and offices to 3no self contained domestic apartments including rear extension, new walls, fenestration, replacement side lean-to (revision to planning permission 17/00789/AS).
142 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HT
Received 5 Aug 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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