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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

24,663Searchable applications

589Recorded as pending

83%Approval rate · 10,414 approved or refused records

1,743Refused applications

8,671 approved · 1,743 refused · 1,498 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Council contacts

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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 Made22/00701/AS
Proposed replacement single storey rear extension, garage extension, front first floor extension and raised platform.
Mountfield, Plain Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6QL
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made20/01594/CONJ/AS
Part discharge of condition 25 (Breeam based report - Pre-Occupation requirements)
Site M, The Long Barrow, Sevington
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made22/00702/AS
Removal of existing sectional pavilion building and replace with new pavilion building on land adjacent to the existing pavilion.
Shadoxhurst Recreation Ground, Hornash Lane, Shadoxhurst, Kent
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made18/00321/CONB/AS
Discharge condition 31 (Sewage treatment)
Phase 2 Old Clockhouse Green, Canterbury Road, Challock, Kent
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made22/00704/AS
Proposal: Single storey rear extension, alternative scheme to that refused under application 22/00007/AS.
Old Homersham Barn, Bedlam Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PG
Received 3 May 2022
Decision Made20/00873/AMND/AS
Non material amendment to planning permission 20/00873/AS (Outline planning permission to consider access, landscaping, layout and scale for the demolition of the existing building and erection of a replacement proposed B2 industrial building ) To reduce the building's proposed footprint by 3,400sqft, and reduction in parking to allow for a larger service yard.
Grove Business Park, Henwood, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8AB
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made22/00705/AS
Change of use of land to garden, conversion of former stable buildings to incidental residential accommodation and associated fenestration
2 Line Cottages, Olantigh Road, Crundale, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7EA
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made22/00706/AS
Change of use application for conversion of annexe to holiday let
Annexe at, Ridge House, Egerton Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PD
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made22/00707/AS
Proposed demolition of existing dwelling. Construction of a new two storey dwellinghouse to consist of five bedrooms with separate garden store and associated landscaping.
Fostums, Roman Road, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7EP
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made22/00708/AS
Demolition of redundant barn and replacement with a single dwelling [renewal of planning permission 19/00344 dated 7 June 2019]
Barn B, New Langley Farm Buildings, Bethersden Road, Smarden, Kent
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made22/00709/AS
Proposed single storey 1 bed holiday let
The Old Post Office, Hamstreet Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2NY
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made22/00710/AS
Provision of a three-bay car port
Zig Zag, Wye Road, Hastingleigh, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5HE
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made22/00711/AS
Proposed external flue for woodburning stove.
Tyle House Oast, Stocks Road, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7EH
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made22/00712/AS
Proposed side extension to bring existing extension inline with front façade. Loft conversion of existing roof space with window to west elevation.
7 Squirrel Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4GG
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made22/00713/AS
Temporary Agricultural Worker Dwelling - resubmission of 21/00227/AS
The Wilderness, Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LS
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made22/00714/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed Construction of dormer window to create loft conversion
31 Orlestone View, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2LB
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made22/00715/AS
Proposed first floor to be separated from ground floor to provide 2 office spaces. Provision of new entrance door from flat roof at first floor level.
Lloyds Bank Plc, 6 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AP
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made22/00716/AS
Removal of partition walls, insertion of new partition walls and doors at ground and first floors
Lloyds Bank Plc, 6 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AP
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made21/02033/CONA/AS
Discharge condition 3 (mechanical ventilation or flues), 4 (schedule of works), 5 (construction of walls)
2A North Street, Ashford, TN24 8JN
Received 4 May 2022
Decision Made22/00717/AS
Prior notification for the change of use of an agricultural building and land within its curtilage to a dwelling house and associated operational development
Little Dexter, Magpie Hall Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1HF
Received 5 May 2022
Decision Made22/00718/AS
Proposed erection of an outside open swimming pool with pool house, demolition of the existing cart barn/garage and erection of replacement garage and garden store and associated landscaping (revision to planning permission 21/01272/AS)
Chart House, The Street, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3AP
Received 5 May 2022
Decision Made22/00719/AS
Single storey rear extension
Merrick, Stonebridge, Brook, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5PJ
Received 6 May 2022
Decision Made22/00720/AS
Prior notification proposed agricultural Storage Building
Little Court Lodge Farm, Magpie Hall Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1HH
Received 6 May 2022
Decision Made22/00721/AS
Proposed two storey rear extension, photo voltaic panels and new rooflights, new dormer windows revision of planning permission 21/00775/AS
Tylers, The Street, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4LQ
Received 5 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.

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