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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

23,625Searchable applications

589Recorded as pending

83%Approval rate · 10,177 approved or refused records

1,706Refused applications

8,471 approved · 1,706 refused · 1,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Jan 2016 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made19/01195/AS
Retrospective relocation of the Falconry Centre including a small extension, 75 additional car parking spaces, a covered cycle shed for 10 bikes along with landscaping and ecological enhancements within the walled garden adjacent to the Green Keepers sheds (revision to design and layout as approved under planning permission 18/00402/AS)
Eastwell Manor Hotel, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HR
Received 19 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01196/AS
Construction of new vehicular access from highway (retrospective)
Wymondham, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1LQ
Received 19 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01197/AS
Proposed car-port and timber clad workshop, together with enlargement of existing vehicular cross-over
1 Leslie Crescent, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6BX
Received 19 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01198/AS
Single storey rear extension
235 Beaver Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7SJ
Received 20 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01199/AS
Erection of a two storey side extension; single storey rear extension (Part Retrospective). (revision to approved application 18/01225/AS)
10 York Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9QQ
Received 19 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01200/AS
Demolition of existing garage to the side and erection of two storey side extension (with basement level), single storey rear extension, replacement windows, new access and driveway from Maytham Road
The Little House, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NJ
Received 19 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01201/AS
Erection of three detached houses
London Beach Golf Club, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HX
Received 19 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01238/AS
Garage conversion; first floor side/rear extension with dormer window; and single storey rear extension.
15 Wood Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3AQ
Received 29 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01239/AS
Certificate of Lawful Development - Existing - Change of use from public house of residential accommodation to solely residential
Worlds Wonder, Kenardington Road, Warehorne, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2LU
Received 29 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01202/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
West Hoy Oast, Shenley Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PS
Received 21 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01203/AS
Removal of condition 03 on planning permission 86/01317/AS to allow the Granary to be used as an independent dwelling
Durrants Court, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3BS
Received 20 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01204/AS
Erection of a Single Storey Rear and Side Extension
4 Hedgerows, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5WL
Received 20 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01205/AS
Outline application to consider access and layout for the erection of 4no new two storey dwellings with shared access driveway
Coppins Lodge, Charing Heath Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AL
Received 19 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01206/AS
Full planning permission for a detached 3-storey building containing 12 x 2 bedroom flats for active retirees with associated parking and landscaping (amended scheme)
London Beach Golf Club, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HX
Received 19 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01207/AS
Demolition of existing agricultural buildings, storage buildings, stables and bungalow. Erection of 3no. new residential dwellings with associated parking and amenity.(Amended scheme)
Ellison Court Equestrian Centre, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DT
Received 21 Aug 2019
Decision Made18/00433/AMND/AS
Non-material amendment on planning permission 18/00433/AS (Proposed two storey side extension, extension to existing front porch) to replace existing porch with oak frame porch
14 Sayer Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JT
Received 20 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01208/AS
Erection of three 5-bed dwellings with attached garages; new accesses along with associated parking
Land north west of El Ashere, Wye Road, Boughton Aluph, Kent
Received 21 Aug 2019
Decision Made16/01271/CONG/AS
Discharge of conditons: 15 & 16
Courtlands, Church Hill, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AQ
Received 20 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01209/AS
Demolition of single storey teaching block and erection of two storey teaching block in two phases, with associated hard and soft landscaping (revision to planning permission 18/01396/AS)
The Norton Knatchbull School, Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0QJ
Received 20 Aug 2019
Decision Made18/00465/CONB/AS
Discharge of condition 5 (1)
Land between Beechwood Farm and London Beach Golf Club, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent
Received 22 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01210/AS
Single storey rear extension
Shorts Wood House, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DW
Received 22 Aug 2019
Decision Made16/01428/CONA/AS
Discharge of Condition 1 & 3
Poultry Shed east of Honeywell Barn, Wye Road, Boughton Aluph, Kent
Received 20 Aug 2019
Decision Made17/01759/AM01/AS
Minor Design changes to Block A of Phase A3 on planning permission 17/01759/AS (Proposed minor material amendments to planning permission 16/01157/AS involving design changes to Phase A2 (X3 commercial uses (Use Classes A1/A2/B1) & Phase A3 (216 residential units) with associated parking, substations, landscaping and access works relating to land south of Victoria Road ONLY with no design changes to the approved development of land north of Victoria Road for the purposes of a brewery with shop, bar and restaurant (use classes B2/A1/A3/A4).)
Phase A3, Victoria Road, Ashford, TN23 7HJ
Received 21 Aug 2019
Decision Made19/01211/AS
Proposed first floor rear extension and new window to existing first floor side elevation
1 Brookfield Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4ET
Received 21 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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