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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

25,217Searchable applications

582Recorded as pending

83%Approval rate · 10,547 approved or refused records

1,761Refused applications

8,786 approved · 1,761 refused · 1,530 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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

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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 Made20/00310/AS
Single storey rear extension
Longthorne Farm, Kingsford Street, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6PF
Received 4 Mar 2020
Decision Made19/00572/CONB/AS
Discharge of conditions 3, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17 & 18
30-32 High Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AL
Received 3 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00311/AS
Proposed garage conversion, glazed link and new dormer window
October House, 51 Blackwall Road South, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NX
Received 4 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00312/AS
Prior approval for change of use of agricultural barn and land within its curtilage to two dwellings and associated operational development
Agricultural Barn at, Spring Bourne Farm, Harris Lane, High Halden, Kent
Received 4 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00313/AS
Erection of three detached single storey dwellings and landscaping
Land East of Little Rye, Pilgrims Way, Charing, Kent
Received 3 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00314/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - erection of single storey side extension
35 Western Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1LY
Received 3 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00318/AS
Retrospective application for the change of use of part of the land to agricultural storage; The changing of site levels and extension of hardstanding; Security fencing and alterations to site entrance gate.
La Vale, Manor Pound Lane, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LG
Received 5 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00319/AS
Lawful development certificate - existing - Use of building at rear of Wychwood Cottage as a residential dwelling.
Wychwood Cottage, Stonegate Lane, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2PR
Received 5 Mar 2020
Decision Made18/01549/CONB/AS
Discharge of condition 4
Beale Lands Farm House, Shawlands Lane, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3JA
Received 5 Mar 2020
Decision Made17/00950/CONA/AS
Discharge of Condition 14
Land to rear of 96A, Kingsnorth Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 5 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00320/AS
Demolition of existing barn and detached annexe; erection of 2 cottages and associated works.
Swift Farm, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NX
Received 5 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00321/AS
Erection of single storey two bedroom annexe building (amended description)
94 Canterbury Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0BN
Received 6 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00322/AS
Demolition of barns and erection of 5no. dwellings and new agricultural barn, with associated landscaping and parking
Noakes Farm, Ash Hill, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2PE
Received 6 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00323/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - extension to existing crossover
6 Hazel Heights, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4GF
Received 5 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00324/AS
Extending existing crossover
4 Studio Close, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9DH
Received 6 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00325/AS
Erection of three bay garage with roof space above
The White Cottage, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6SR
Received 6 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00326/AS
Variation of condition 6 on planning permission 18/00405/AS (Construction of retail warehousing and detached drive thru restaurant together with associated access, servicing, landscaping, car parking and SUDs provision) to remove the limitation of goods to be sold from unit 5
Land east of railway and north of John Lewis at Home, Fougeres Way, Ashford, Kent
Received 6 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00327/AS
Reserved matters application for approval of details of the layout, scale, landscaping and appearance, as set out by Condition 1 and 9 on Planning Application 18/01569/AS (construction of two detached dwellings with associated access).
Land SE of Plumtrees, Bowerland Lane, Chilham
Received 9 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00328/AS
First floor side extension
Sancler, 1 The Forstal, Blind Lane, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6NY
Received 9 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00330/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed Demolition of Conservatory and Replacement Single Storey Rear Extension
2 Dennes Mill Close, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5DR
Received 9 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00332/AS
Installation of 25m diameter covered bio-fertiliser storage tank with associated hardstanding and access area (retrospective)
Stanford Bridge Farm, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0RU
Received 9 Mar 2020
Decision Made17/00018/COAH/AS
Part discharge of condition 38 (in relation to plots 4 & 5 only) and part discharge of condition 47 (in relation to plot 4 only)
Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 9 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00333/AS
Construction of stabling including 2 no. stables, tack room/feed store, tractor and mower store together with hard standings & access track, soft & hard landscaping proposals
Martens Oast, Lower Ensden Farm, Lower Ensden Road, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BA
Received 10 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00334/AS
Reserved matters application for a single detached 3 bedroom dwelling as set out in outline application 17/00017/AS
Land opposite Hardens View, Church Road, Warehorne, Kent
Received 10 Mar 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.

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