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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

24,988Searchable applications

588Recorded as pending

83%Approval rate · 10,490 approved or refused records

1,749Refused applications

8,741 approved · 1,749 refused · 1,513 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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 Made18/00652/CONF/AS
Discharge of the remainder of condition 5 (parcels 2 & 3 only)
Land south of Park Farm East, Hamstreet Bypass, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 27 Feb 2020
Decision Made18/00381/COND/AS
Discharge of condition 13 (partial)
1 The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2BU
Received 21 Feb 2020
Decision Made17/00018/COAG/AS
Part discharge of condition 62 (fibre broadband) - Plots 4 & 5 only
Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 21 Feb 2020
Decision Made18/01339/CONC/AS
Discharge of condition 5
Larkins Barn, Darling Buds Farm, Tuesnoad Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3EQ
Received 21 Feb 2020
Decision Made17/01654/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 19
Bloomsburys Biddenden, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DQ
Received 21 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00242/AS
Change of use of former stables/barn to residential; addition and alteration of windows to front, rear and side elevations; installation of flue. (Resubmission of application 18/00894/AS)
Stables of the Bull Inn, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Kent
Received 21 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00243/AS
Addition and alteration of windows to front, rear and side elevations; installation of flue internal works relating to the conversion. (Resubmission of application 18/00895/AS)
Stables of the Bull Inn, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Kent
Received 21 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00244/AS
New detached 4 bedroom dwelling including off-street parking (Resubmission of application 13/01367/AS)
Land between Beech Hedges and 1, Cherry Garden Crescent, Wye
Received 21 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00245/AS
Certificate of Lawful Development- Proposed- single storey rear extension
53 Caesar Avenue, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3PZ
Received 24 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00246/AS
Certificate of Lawful Development- Proposed- Replacement of garage door and internal alterations
Lacton Barn, The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NA
Received 24 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00247/AS
Erection of single storey side and rear extension incorporating car port to front to provide annexe accommodation
The Orchard, Hamstreet Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1NL
Received 21 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00007/GPDE/AS
Notification of a larger homes extension - single storey rear extension (depth 5.7m x eaves 2.6m x ridge 2.8m)
13 Albemarle Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0HH
Received 24 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00248/AS
Variation of Conditions 2 & 6 (Drawings & Drainage) on planning application 19/01209/AS Demolition of single storey teaching block and erection of two storey teaching block in two phases, with associated hard and soft landscaping. To update approved drawings to increase building height by 300mm, provide flues and add ground floor doors & vary condition 6. AMENDED DESCRIPTION
The Norton Knatchbull School, Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0QJ
Received 21 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00249/AS
Proposed installation of new glazed double entrance doors behind existing roller shutter; proposed new opening to be formed with roller shutter doors; fixed and removable external bollards to be installed outside new entrance and new warehouse entrance
Unit 9, Ashford Trade Centre, Hall Avenue, Orbital Park, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0SP
Received 21 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00250/AS
Proposed Change of Use of existing Annexe to Annexe and Holiday Let accommodation.
Annexe at, Potts Farm Oast, Chennell Park Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6XA
Received 24 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00251/AS
Proposed timber framed out building for use as an art studio
Taylor Farm House, Bond Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3ES
Received 24 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00253/AS
Erection of a front porch; first floor front extension and single storey rear extension.
1 Moat Park House, Ashford Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0JL
Received 24 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00254/AS
Erection of single storey rear extension; installation of rear rooflights
136A Sandyhurst Lane, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4NX
Received 24 Feb 2020
Decision Made12/00400/COAA/AS
Discharge of condition 34 - Parcel A, E, F(part)
Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 21 Feb 2020
Decision Made18/00959/AMND/AS
Retention of, and alteration to roof on existing dormers on planning permission 18/00959/AS (The erection of a two storey rear extension with first floor Juliet Balcony and single storey side extension. Existing flat roof dormers replaced with pitched construction, extension to existing conservatory and decking extended)
83 Lower Vicarage Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9BH
Received 24 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00255/AS
Installation of an Air Conditioning Unit to the rear elevation of the office unit; Installation of air ventilation grills to rear elevation. (Revision to 19/01665/AS)
103 Sir John Fogge Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3TJ
Received 24 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00256/AS
Erection of first floor extension; single storey rear extension; installation of first floor windows to existing bungalow
9 Chequers Park, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5BA
Received 25 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00257/AS
Two storey rear extension and extension of roof
Rehoboth, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6QP
Received 25 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00258/AS
Removal of existing side elevation and car port; erection of single-storey wrap-around side and rear extension and porch (Revision to planning application 19/00319/AS)
12 Glebelands, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8EA
Received 25 Feb 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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