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Ashford Borough Council
Planning applications.
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 dates21,464Searchable applications
577Recorded as pending
83%Approval rate · 9,772 approved or refused records
1,628Refused applications
8,144 approved · 1,628 refused · 1,271 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Planning information Planning and DevelopmentContact planning Planning ContactsLocal plan Emerging Local Plan and Design CodePre-application advice Pre-Application AdviceArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.policy@ashford.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decision Made21/00467/AS
Part two storey/part first floor rear extension
1 Chapel Row, Chapel Road, Hothfield, Ashford, TN25 4LP
Received 11 Mar 2021 - Decision Made18/00652/AM02/AS
Non-material amendment to Planning Permission 18/00652/AS (Full planning application for 353 dwellings, new accesses from Finn Farm Road, Cheeseman's Green Lane and Brockman's Lane and creation of a T junction between Finn Farm Road and Rutledge Avenue. Creation of a new access serving 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 Finn Farm Road. On site highway works together with associated parking, infrastructure, drainage, open space, landscaping and earthworks) to amend materials schedule for Parcel 1
Land south of Park Farm East, Hamstreet Bypass, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 11 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00468/AS
Works of conversion to facilitate change of use of curtilage listed Cart Shed into an education building with new link corridor and WC addition
The Cart Shed, Godinton Park, Godinton Lane, Hothfield, Kent
Received 11 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00469/AS
Works of conversion to facilitate change of use of curtilage listed Cart Shed into an education building with new link corridor and WC addition
The Cart Shed, Godinton Park, Godinton Lane, Hothfield, Kent
Received 11 Mar 2021 - Decision Made20/01441/CONC/AS
Part discharge of condition 27 (a - pre-commencement)
Sites A3a and A3c, Hall Avenue, Orbital Park, Sevington
Received 11 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00470/AS
Rear Extension comprising part single storey and part two storey
15 Holmwood Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5DJ
Received 12 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00471/AS
Change of use, and works of conversion, of existing workshop and offices to 4 no. light industrial units (use class E(g))
100 Ellingham Industrial Centre, Ellingham Way, Ashford, Kent, TN23 6LZ
Received 11 Mar 2021 - Decision Made19/00997/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 15 (phased programme archaeological work)
Land between Doctors Surgery and 80, The Street, Appledore, Kent
Received 12 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00473/AS
Minor internal alterations in conjunction with conversion works.
The Old Bakery House, The Street, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6NA
Received 11 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00474/AS
Erection of 4 x 2 bedroom and 3 x 3 bedroom bungalows and the provision of new public amenity space, together with associated access, parking and landscaping
Land north of 14 and 15, Kirkwood Avenue, Woodchurch
Received 11 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00475/AS
Prior Approval for the Change of Use of an Agricultural Building and land within its curtilage to Dwellinghouse (Class C3).
Paddock Hill Farm, Hythe Road, Smeeth, Kent
Received 12 Mar 2021 - Decision Made16/00124/CONB/AS
Discharge condition 1 (soft landscaping and tree planting & parking arrangements).
Bilham Lawn Parcel B9, Land at Cheesemans Green, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 12 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00476/AS
Proposed single-storey side extension.
The Hayloft, Holmans Farm, Wittersham Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7HA
Received 15 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00477/AS
Single storey front extension.
2 Shiregate Cottages, Soleshill Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8JX
Received 12 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00478/AS
Proposed replacement dwelling with detached garage.
Honeysuckle Cottage, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3PU
Received 15 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00009/GPDE/AS
Notification of a larger homes extension - single storey rear extension (depth 5.40 x eaves 2.70m x ridge 2.70m).
20 Hither Field, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0HZ
Received 12 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00480/AS
Provision of a sand school for domestic use at existing paddock
Wrens Nest, Wrens Nest Lane, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3NH
Received 15 Mar 2021 - Decision Made19/01032/AM01/AS
Non material amendment to planning permission 19/01032/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) to vary the approved plans relating to the eastern section covering plots 52-82 to alter house styles, reduction in number of dwellings, highway realignment and amendments to floor plans/elevations
Parcel R, Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 12 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00481/AS
Conversion of garage to a home gym.
2 Coach House Mews, The Street, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4LQ
Received 15 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00010/GPDE/AS
Notification of a larger homes extension - single storey rear extension (depth 5.50 x eaves 3.04m x ridge 3.04m).
Anlico, Warehorne Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2JW
Received 15 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00482/AS
Erection of front porch and first floor side extension.
8 Cypress Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3JP
Received 15 Mar 2021 - Decision Made20/00097/AMND/AS
Non material amendment to planning permission 20/00097/AS (Demolition of outbuilding, attached garage and conservatory; erection of single storey rear extension; two storey side extension; additional dormer to rear and detached garage) to amend the roofstyle and fenestration of approved orangery element only
Coach House Elmstone, North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AE
Received 15 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00483/AS
Erection of a single storey extension & a two storey side extension.
Vine Cottage, The Street, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2HE
Received 15 Mar 2021 - Decision Made21/00489/AS
Prior notification for the erection of a building to accommodate wood storage and associated woodland machinery
Aldworth, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2EG
Received 15 Mar 2021
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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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