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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

24,607Searchable applications

589Recorded as pending

83%Approval rate · 10,393 approved or refused records

1,738Refused applications

8,655 approved · 1,738 refused · 1,497 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2015 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made17/01674/AMND/AS
Non-material amendment to planning permission 17/01091/AS to provide amendments at roof level of blocks 5A and 5B
Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 28 Apr 2022
Decision Made22/00680/AS
Proposed erection of a detached single dwelling house with associated parking to serve both the existing and proposed dwellings and to provide garden land.
1 Grange Crescent, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6DY
Received 28 Apr 2022
Decision Made22/00681/AS
Single storey replacement rear extension
Taylor Farm House, Bond Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3ES
Received 28 Apr 2022
Decision Made22/00683/AS
Removal of condition 4 from planning permission 15/01363/AS
The Stables, Blackberry Barn, Ebony Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7JG
Received 29 Apr 2022
Decision Made22/00684/AS
Proposal to remove the existing step and replace with a ramp to create safe access and egress for disabled people and those with mobility problems.
Woodchurch Memorial Hall, The Green, Woodchurch, Kent, TN26 3PF
Received 28 Apr 2022
Decision Made22/00685/AS
Proposed conversion of existing garage into habitable accommodation.
27 Abbott Way, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7BZ
Received 28 Apr 2022
Decision Made21/00840/AMND/AS
Minor amendment to planning permission 21/00840/AS (Infrastructure route which includes carriageway, footpath/cycleway, indicative locations of visitor parking bays and soft verges to the Phase 2 Avenue providing access to the Chilmington Green Secondary School site within at Chilmington Green, Great Chart, Ashford) to alter the junction configuration at crossroads at Chilmington Avenue and Chilmington Green Road.
Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 29 Apr 2022
Decision Made22/00686/AS
Proposed rear extension and proposed dormer window to front elevation.
Maple House, Church Lane, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4BU
Received 29 Apr 2022
Decision Made22/00687/AS
Provision of external shutters, extraction unit and flue, new window
3A The Singleton Centre, Hoxton Close, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5GR
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made22/00688/AS
Proposed single storey rear extension and side infill extension
29 Old Orchard, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4PY
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made22/00689/AS
Proposed single story rear extension with raised decking
Hornbrook Cottage, Appledore Road, Woodchurch, Kent, TN26 3TJ
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made22/00690/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Alterations of roof with a flue, windows on the conservatory, and an alternative roof material for conservatory.
Manor Cottage, Church Lane, Hothfield, Ashford, TN26 1EL
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made22/00691/AS
Proposed construction of a sand school and all associated operational development
White House Farm, Shenley Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9HY
Received 2 May 2022
Decision Made22/00692/AS
Listed Building Consent - Proposed insertion of new partitions with fire doors on ground, first and second floor within new lobbies to create fire separation to comply with Building Control fire safety requirements
The Nutmeg Cafe, 51 High Street, Ashford, TN24 8SG
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made22/00693/AS
Proposed demolition of existing outbuilding and replacement with new ancillary building.
Home Cottage, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QX
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made22/00695/AS
Proposed extension to single storey rear garden room with external decking.
Haffenden Barn, Omenden Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8QR
Received 2 May 2022
Decision Made22/00696/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed shepherd hut to provide ancillary accommodation
Church End, Church Lane, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4DB
Received 2 May 2022
Decision Made12/01245/AM09/AS
Non material amendment to planning permission 12/01245/AS (Creation of a country park for recreational and water-sports purposes with a range of associated facilities including an activity centre, a public house/restaurant, change of use of Manor to offices, car parks and other ancillary works and structures including works to the Julie Rose Stadium; construction of 300 dwelling residential development with associated infrastructure and landscaping; and provision of an aggregates storage and distribution facility) To make a minor layout change to the improved road junction outside Plot 187 to form a mini roundabout
Conningbrook, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made19/01476/CONG/AS
Discharge of condition 48 (Ecology - Management plan)
Land at Newtown Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made19/01476/CONH/AS
Discharge of condition 53 (Neighbourhood TV/Satellite signal - assessment of impact)
Land at Newtown Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made22/00698/AS
Variation of condition 19 (approved drawings) on planning permission 21/01900/AS to change site plan and plot 2 floor plans and elevations.
Palace View, Pilgrims Way, Charing, Kent
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made22/00699/AS
Retention of the timber barn, large container to be clad and used for office and partly ancillary retail of fishing tackle. To retain the greenhouse for the use to grow plants for maintaining the hedgerow and woodland and for future sales. to retain the pontoons for storage of fish.
The Wilderness, Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LS
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made21/01941/CONA/AS
Discharge condition 6 (Details of proposed surfacing)
Rother Valley Farm, Lossenham Lane, Newenden, Kent
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made22/00700/AS
Variation of condition 3 on planning permission 18/01789/AS to amend plans as no longer looking to add a second floor
Ashford Baptist Church, St Johns Lane, Ashford, TN23 1PS
Received 3 May 2022

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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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