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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

25,270Searchable applications

582Recorded as pending

83%Approval rate · 10,557 approved or refused records

1,761Refused applications

8,796 approved · 1,761 refused · 1,532 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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 Made20/00335/AS
Removal of agricultural occupancy condition (5) on planning permission 82/01259/AS.
Lambden Farm, Lambden Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0RB
Received 9 Mar 2020
Decision Made19/01141/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 3
Paper Duck, 6-10 North Street, Ashford, TN24 8JN
Received 5 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01512/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - vehicle crossover
9 Highfield Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0JJ
Received 6 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01513/AS
Proposed installation of 2no. rooflights and enlargement of existing rooflights; changes to fenestration; enlargement of first floor window on side elevation
Sunnydale Barn, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3LL
Received 6 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01514/AS
Variation of condition 5 on planning permission 19/00778/AS (Erection of a detached workroom/studio outbuilding) to allow residential use of the cabin as ancillary annexe accommodation (retrospective)
60 Albemarle Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0HN
Received 6 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01515/AS
Erection of conservatory to rear of property
30 Skylark Way, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3QH
Received 6 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01518/AS
Works of conversion of Restaurant (at ground floor) from A3 use into Residential C3 Use to create a single dwelling with the residential unit above to include installation of new internal staircase (between ground and first floor) and internal partition wall at first floor. Erection of first floor rear extension
28 High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AH
Received 9 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01519/AS
Demolition of existing outbuildings and lean-to green house and proposed first floor and single storey extension to the rear; Conversion of, and link to, existing store / boiler building to habitable accommodation.
Garden Cottage, Egerton House Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9BD
Received 9 Nov 2020
Decision Made16/01758/AMND/AS
Non material minor amendment to planning permission 16/01758/AS (Erection of a two and a half storey building comprising 22 care suites, communal area, and care office and additional parking (resubmission of 15/01568/AS)) for window sills in suites and ground floor communal area to be lowered; new window in care office on ground floor; lift overrun in the roof; louvred windows to the plant room.
Woodchurch House, Brook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3SN
Received 9 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01520/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - installation of rooflight
Lantern Hall, 2 The Grove, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0RS
Received 9 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01521/AS
Construction of detached garage with dormer and first floor storage
Gardeners House, Faversham Road, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HP
Received 9 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01522/AS
Appletree Cottage: Demolition of single storey rear extension and erection of two storey rear extension, including side balcony. Meadow View: Erection of two-storey side extension and two storey rear extension (partial revision to planning permission 19/01772/AS)
Appletree Cottage & Meadow View, Biddenden Road, High Halden, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6ST
Received 9 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01523/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - Use of the site for the supply, restoration and storage of vehicles and props to the film/TV industry with ancillary restoration of private clients' classic vehicles.
Windrush, Stalisfield Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0HG
Received 9 Nov 2020
Decision Made19/00715/CONC/AS
Discharge of conditions 6 (walls/fences), 11 (biodiversity enhancement), 14 (biodiveristy lighting design), 17 (noise pollution mitigation) and 18 (arboricultural method statement)
Land at Homewood School adjoining Fire Station, Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 9 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/00683/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 3
39 Swan Street, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7PH
Received 9 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01524/AS
Proposed garage and store
The Byre, Station Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6SY
Received 9 Nov 2020
Decision Made19/00006/AM01/AS
Non material minor amendment to 19/00006/AS (Construction of a single storey rear extension provide a ground floor WC, space for a washing machine and small garden room including the removal of a redundant truncated chimney stack) to install a conservation rooflight into the pitched roof of the new extension to provide light and natural ventilation into the new utility room.
27 The Green, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AJ
Received 9 Nov 2020
Decision Made19/00340/AM04/AS
Non material minor amendment to planning permission 19/00340/AS (Reserved matters application (access, appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale) pursuant to extant outline permission ref 14/01420/AS for the erection of up to 100 dwellings, parking, landscaping, open space and associated works (revision to planning application 18/00448/AS)) for revisions to the parking arrangement across the site and the reordering of the terrace of affordable housing units.
Land south and east of, Tilden Gill Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 9 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01527/AS
Removal of condition 7 (permitted development rights - classes A,B & C) on planning permission 98/00416/AS (New dwelling and garage with new access to Surrenden Manor Road following demolition of Bayley Wood Farmhouse)
Bayley Wood Farm, Great Chart, Ashford, TN26 1JR
Received 10 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01528/AS
Change of use of land for stationing of 2 additional mobile homes for gypsy accommodation (amended description)
Pinnock Paddock, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0SS
Received 9 Nov 2020
Under Consultation20/01529/AS
Change of use from garage to holiday let (retrospective)
Mitford Lodge, 50 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5EA
Received 10 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01530/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Conversion of adjoining garage into habitable space
28 Wayside Avenue, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6PB
Received 10 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01531/AS
Conversion, and change of use, of agricultural building to office and removal of existing canopy
ACE Sectional Buildings, Dynes Farm Buildings, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3DZ
Received 10 Nov 2020
Decision Made20/01532/AS
Proposed car barn and site works
Carpenters, Chilham Castle Estate, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8DB
Received 10 Nov 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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