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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

25,159Searchable applications

582Recorded as pending

83%Approval rate · 10,531 approved or refused records

1,759Refused applications

8,772 approved · 1,759 refused · 1,525 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jul 2015 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made20/00290/AS
Demolition of an existing building and the erection of a new dwelling (alternative scheme to 19/00477/AS)
Former Pig Research Unit, Amage Road, Wye
Received 27 Feb 2020
Decision Made19/01314/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 3
Little Lodge, Charing Heath Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AL
Received 28 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00292/AS
Proposed change of use from equestrian to smallholding with an educational aspect incorporated to include landscaping, observation area, woodland, paddocks, food store, stables, barn/toilets, polytunnel, teepee and glamping pods, visitor parking and erection of dwelling for staff accommodation
Land south of Swiss Cottage, Rolvenden Hill, Rolvenden, Kent
Received 27 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00293/AS
Extension to garage to serve house approved under application 18/01505/AS
Part of garden north of Poplar Farm House, Poplar Road, Wittersham
Received 28 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00294/AS
Proposed new foul drainage system (Bio chemical treatment Plant)
Wildlife Heritage Foundation, Headcorn Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PJ
Received 2 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00295/AS
Proposed installation of French doors within existing openings (Revision to planning permission 18/00990/AS).
117 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JY
Received 28 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00296/AS
Insertion of opening between dining room and sitting at ground floor. Proposed installation of French doors within existing opening. Existing storage within courtyard to be removed. Proposed bathroom alterations at first floor. Provision of a new en-suite to one of the second floor bedrooms and the repositioning of existing cupboard doors to landing & hallway at second floor level. (Revisions to listed building consent18/00991/AS).
117 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JY
Received 28 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00297/AS
Erection of a front and rear dormer windows
23 Rising Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4QG
Received 2 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00298/AS
Replacement of conservatory with single storey rear extension
44 Warwick Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9EH
Received 2 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00299/AS
Replacement of joinery to front dormer windows.
Briton House, Grange Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6EE
Received 2 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00300/AS
Erection of single storey side & rear extensions
Sand Pett, Charing Heath Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AT
Received 2 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00301/AS
Two Storey Front Extension (Resubmission of application 07/00139/AS)
4 Northdown, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8RB
Received 2 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00302/AS
Proposed removal of condition 3 (restriction for ancillary occupation) on planning permission 01/01455/AS to provide an independent dwelling
The Stables, Bower Road, Mersham, Kent, TN25 6NJ
Received 28 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00303/AS
Alterations to attic including construction of new ashlar walls, raising ceilings, addition of insulation, repair of attic staircase & guarding, construction of new box room floor and walls, installation of boilers + boiler flues. Removal and replacement of plastic rainwater goods with metal gutters and downpipes, construction of rainwater drains. Removal of old boiler flues and making good brickwork. New flues. Repointing and replacement of damaged brickwork.
Buxford Mill, Bucksford Lane, Singleton, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4TZ
Received 28 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00304/AS
Erection of 6 residential dwellings with access off station road, together with associated parking and landscaping
Eastern part of, Site of Pluckley Brickworks, Station Road, Pluckley, Kent
Received 28 Feb 2020
Decision Made20/00305/AS
The erection of a 20m high monopole supporting 3no. antennas and 2no. 0.3mm dishes, the installation of 2no. equipment cabinets and 1no. meter cabinet on new base and the installation of ancillary equipment.
Proposed Telecommunications mast grass verge opposite Bagham Farm House, Canterbury Road, Chilham, Kent CT4 8DF
Received 28 Feb 2020
Decision Made18/01549/AM01/AS
Revision to 18/01549/AS (New detached, four bedroom dwelling, with garage, amenity curtilage and access, (within existing residential amenity garden land) for the approved dwelling to be re-orientated to line up with the fence boundary to its immediate neighbour.
Beale Lands Farm House, Shawlands Lane, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3JA
Received 2 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00306/AS
Alterations to elevations, walls, and roof to facilitate conversion to residential use (as approved under prior approval 18/00178/AS), and change of use of industrial storage areas to residential gardens
Building B, Church Farm, Bell Lane, Smarden, Kent, TN27 8NT
Received 2 Mar 2020
Decision Made18/01559/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 3
Lacton Manor, Westwell Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4NG
Received 2 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00307/AS
Erection of a new 2 bedroom dwelling with integral garage for an agricultural worker, removal of mobile home, garage and shed.
Longhouse Farm, River Hall Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8JE
Received 2 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00308/AS
Proposed single storey side and rear extensions
Maynes, Wittersham Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7HA
Received 2 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00309/AS
Demolition of existing conservatory, infill rear extension, front extension and first floor side extension
2 Eastwell Meadows, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QR
Received 3 Mar 2020
Decision Made19/01118/CONA/AS
Discharge condition 3, 5
Land south west of The Old Corn Store, Pluckley Road, Charing, Kent
Received 2 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00003/OLE/AS
Alterations to the HV overhead lines to include the removal of the HV overhead line and re-location of a pole and the installation of an HV and LV underground cables. New cables to connect into a new Substation
Wyncot Kennels, Wye Road, Hastingleigh, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5HE
Received 28 Feb 2020

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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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