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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

21,156Searchable applications

593Recorded as pending

83%Approval rate · 9,706 approved or refused records

1,618Refused applications

8,088 approved · 1,618 refused · 1,236 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made20/00079/AS
Demolition of nine garages and erection of one single-storey dwelling and associated works
Garages behind 2 to 8, Beacon Oak Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 20 Jan 2020
Decision Made20/00080/AS
Single storey extension to front elevation and garage conversion.
58 Highfield Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0JW
Received 17 Jan 2020
Decision Made16/00124/AM01/AS
Removal of apartment block 3 (plots 82 - 86) as approved by application 16/00124/AS ((Bilham Lawn Phase) Construction of 86 new dwellings with associated access, parking, landscaped areas, internal roads for the development, details of part of distributor road C and surface water drainage measures) and amended by application 16/00124/AMND/AS. Replaced with four 3 bed houses (plots 82-85) (2x two storey, 2x two and a half storey)
Bilham Lawn Parcel B9, Land at Cheesemans Green, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 20 Jan 2020
Decision Made20/00081/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - extension of the existing driveway crossover
22 Heathfield Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8QD
Received 21 Jan 2020
Decision Made20/00082/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
Barn at, Spot House Farm, Warehorne Road, Warehorne, Kent
Received 20 Jan 2020
Decision Made17/01916/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 & 9
Land at 2, Hamilton Road, Willesborough, Kent
Received 21 Jan 2020
Decision Made16/00986/CONE/AS
Discharge of conditions: 5, 6
Former Travis Perkins Trading Co Limited, Victoria Crescent, Ashford, TN23 7HP
Received 15 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/00538/CONB/AS
Discharge conditions 3, 6, 7 & 8
Land between Mill House and 8, Orchard Lane, Challock, Kent
Received 15 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01019/AS
Change of use of land for the provision of 11 residential car parking bays.
56-58 New Street, Ashford, Kent
Received 16 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01020/AS
Removal of condition 7 on planning permission 18/01523/AS (The erection of 2no. holiday let accommodation units, following the demolition of the existing timber framed sports hall at Rats Castle)
Rats Castle, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DY
Received 15 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01023/AS
Retrospective change of use from general industrial (B2) to place of worship
Unit 5 Ashford Works, Cobbswood Industrial Estate, Brunswick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1EL
Received 16 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01024/AS
Proposed vehicle crossing
43 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SA
Received 16 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01025/AS
Outline application with all matters reserved for the erection of a detached four bedroom dwelling with curtilage and access within existing residential amenity garden land.
Part of garden at, Four Acres, Shawlands Lane, High Halden, Kent
Received 16 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01026/AS
Proposed erection of outbuilding for educational purposes; following removal of existion phone mast and fencing enclosure
Hope View School, Station Approach, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8EG
Received 16 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01027/AS
Detached two bedroom house with off road parking.
1 Pound Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3EJ
Received 17 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01028/AS
Construction of two storey side extension
Woodlands, Canterbury Road, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DL
Received 16 Jul 2019
Decision Made17/00419/CONA/AS
Discharge conditions 2, 3, 5 & 10
Collina House Hotel, 5 East Hill, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RL
Received 16 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01029/AS
Erection of two semi-detached two bedroom houses, associated parking and amenity space.
20 Star Road, Ashford, TN24 8BX
Received 16 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01030/AS
Replacement of two illuminated, three non-illuminated and one replacement non-illuminated hanging sign(s)
The Tickled Trout, Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5EB
Received 16 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01031/AS
Erection of office (B1a) building (retrospective)
Mardan, Kingsford Street, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6PF
Received 17 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01032/AS
Reserved matters for the development of 82 residential dwellings within Parcel R, Main Phase AAP 1 including associated roads, parking, landscaping, open space and infrastructure pursuant to outline permission granted under 12/00400/AS
Parcel R, Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 16 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01033/AS
Replacement of two illuminated, three non-illuminated and one replacement non-illuminated hanging sign(s)
The Tickled Trout, Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5EB
Received 16 Jul 2019
Decision Made18/01771/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 2, 7 & 12
Smarden Charter Hall, Chessenden Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NF
Received 16 Jul 2019
Decision Made19/01034/AS
Change of use to provide 4 no. pitch Gypsy site comprising of 1 no. mobile, 1 no. tourers and 1 no. dayroom for each pitch (amended description)
Brockton Farm Paddock, Vicarage Lane, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0BT
Received 16 Jul 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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