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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

24,070Searchable applications

589Recorded as pending

83%Approval rate · 10,276 approved or refused records

1,725Refused applications

8,551 approved · 1,725 refused · 1,455 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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 Made20/01490/AS
Single storey side extension
76 Beecholme Drive, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9BZ
Received 2 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01491/AS
Single storey rear extension with a pitched roof and velux windows
Oaklands Farm, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PD
Received 2 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01492/AS
Two storey rear extension to replace the existing conservatory and a single storey side extension
Bramley House, Bonnington Road, Bilsington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7JU
Received 2 Nov 2020
Decision Made19/00905/CONB/AS
Discharge of conditions 2 & 3
Little Bedgebury Farm, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3HT
Received 2 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01493/AS
Erection of new dwelling
Garden land rear of, 237 Canterbury Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 2 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01494/AS
Proposed single storey rear extension.
87 Rylands Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9LR
Received 2 Nov 2020
Decision Made17/00578/CONB/AS
Discharge condition 2d (external fittings - dwellings) , 2q (downpipes and guttering), 13 (shopfronts)
Land Parcel 9 Former Rowcroft and Templer Barracks site, Templer Way, Ashford, Kent
Received 2 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01495/AS
Detached garage and gardeners store (retrospective - revision to planning permission 17/00440/AS)
Lordings Oast, Peening Quarter Road, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7NP
Received 3 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01496/AS
Proposed alterations and raising of the existing roof, proposed loft conversion, proposed rear extension, internal and external alterations to include flue, balcony and front dormer
Maryville, Bethersden Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1LH
Received 3 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01497/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - hip to gable roof alteration and dormer window
60 Kings Prospect, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0JB
Received 3 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01498/AS
Two storey rear extension
14 Forge Meads, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7PE
Received 3 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01011/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 3
Woodmead, Ruckinge Road, Bilsington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7JX
Received 3 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01499/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - proposed - use of unit as E(d) fitness and conditioning studio.
11 Willesborough Industrial Park, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0TD
Received 3 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01500/AS
Extension to the Commercial Workshop
Boundsgate Corner, Baddlesmere, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0JX
Received 3 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/00263/CONA/AS
Discharge of Condition 2
St Teresas Catholic Church, Maidstone Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8TX
Received 3 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01501/AS
Garage conversion to additional living accommodation
1 Ashgrove, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4PB
Received 4 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01502/AS
Proposed utilities building.
Wildlife Heritage Foundation, Headcorn Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PJ
Received 4 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01503/AS
Installation of sand school, erection of a pole barn on agricultural land. Extension of a balancing pond and the change of land from agricultural to pond (sui generis) (retrospective)
Coldharbour Farm Bungalow, Daniels Water, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1JY
Received 4 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01504/AS
New 3 bay garage to replace existing garage and concrete slab area
Boundary Farm, Cranbrook Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6UR
Received 4 Nov 2020
Decision Made18/00207/AM01/AS
Revision to planning permission 18/00207/AS (Reserved Matters approval for the development of Parcel P for 99 dwellings, together with associated access roads, footpaths, drainage, car/cycle parking, groundworks, landscaping and infrastructure) to vary facing bricks to plots 7 & 8 from Kensington yellow Multi to Crest Marston Red Multi.
Parcel P The Hamlet, Land at Chilmington Green, Bartlets Lane, Chilmington Green
Received 4 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01505/AS
Construction of driveway to allow access to Broadstone Cottage
Broadstone Cottage, The Street, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4LQ
Received 4 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01506/AS
Revision to planning permission 19/01661/AS (Change of use of former post office to coffee shop and residential dwelling; extension to roof; New first floor window on rear elevation; replacement of ground floor windows on rear elevation; modification to first floor window on front elevation) to provide revised entrance.
Woodchurch Post Office, 13 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3PA
Received 5 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01507/AS
Infilling walls and door of car barn to inlude roller door (retrospective)
21 David Henderson Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3FT
Received 5 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01508/AS
Single storey rear extension to residential dwelling (revision to planning permission 20/00298/AS)
44 Warwick Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9EH
Received 5 Nov 2020

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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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