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Ashford Borough Council
Planning applications.

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

26,527Searchable applications

582Recorded as pending

84%Approval rate · 11,278 approved or refused records

1,813Refused applications

9,465 approved · 1,813 refused · 1,586 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Aug 2014 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Planning enquiriesplanning.policy@ashford.gov.uk Council source

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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 Made20/01680/AS
Retrospective application for amendment to the design and the size of the garage/home office approved under planning permission 17/00319/AS to include a residential annexe
Elvey Cottage, Kingsland Lane, Westwell, Ashford, TN25 4JP
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made16/01239/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 2
Dowle Street Cottage, Dowle Street Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0RY
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01681/AS
Proposed shed / workshop
Las Cuevas, 10 Lovelace Court, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AY
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01682/AS
Prior approval for change of use from one agricultural barn and land within its curtilage to one dwelling house and associated operational development
Stables at, Herwish, Martens Lane, High Halden
Received 2 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01683/AS
Extension to storage room on the east side of the existing vineyard building and alteration of the position of the fire escape staircase (previously approved in application 20/00072/AS); resiting shipping container
Woodchurch Wine Estate, Susans Hill, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3RE
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01684/AS
Lawful development certificate - existing - confirmation that planning permission ref: 20/00322/AS has been lawfully implemented and is now extant
Noakes Farm, Ash Hill, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2PE
Received 4 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01685/AS
First floor side extension and front porch
6 Mulberry Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3QF
Received 4 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01686/AS
Proposed underground cesspool silage tank.
Units 1 to 4, Paddocks Farm, Bethersden Road, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1EN
Received 4 Dec 2020
Decision Made19/00600/CONB/AS
Discharge condition 3
Green Hedges, Beacon Oak Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01687/AS
Variation of condition 5 on planning permission 15/01101/AS (Application for approval of reserved matters of plots 1&2 (outline approval granted under 14/01157/AS)) to alter design of garage for plot 1
Land Between Hurstwood and Haverbrook, Canterbury Road, Challock, Kent
Received 4 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01688/AS
Single storey rear extension
The Tithe Barn, The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2AJ
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made16/01821/AMND/AS
Non-material minor amendment to planning permission 16/01821/AS (Erection of garden outbuilding (amendment to planning permission 08/00725/AS)) to revise fenestration details and external materials
129 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9DE
Received 4 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01689/AS
Prior notification for the erection of 2 x temporary classrooms
Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LT
Received 4 Dec 2020
Decision Made18/01846/CONB/AS
Re-discharge of condition 16
The Vardo, Staple Lees, Hastingleigh, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5HG
Received 7 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01691/AS
Prior notification for the erection of a dung storage building to house cattle dung [manure]
Wissenden Lodge Farm, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3EJ
Received 7 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/00535/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions: 4 & 5
Wissenden House Farm, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3EL
Received 4 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01692/AS
Proposed replacement garage
28 The Street, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HB
Received 7 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01693/AS
Proposed alterations & single storey extension linking house to garage block and conversion of garage
2 Coach House Mews, The Street, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4LQ
Received 7 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01694/AS
First floor front extension; render and weatherboarding to external walls; open covered storage side extension
2 Moat Park House, Ashford Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0JL
Received 7 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01695/AS
Conversion of existing garage into a home office and the construction of a new timber framed car port and storage area.
Lyddendane Farm, Waltham Road, Hastingleigh, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5JA
Received 7 Dec 2020
Decision Made18/01508/CONF/AS
Discharge condition 29
Recreation Ground between Halstow Way and, Noakes Meadow, Ashford, Kent
Received 7 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01696/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - vehicle crossover
93 Bentley Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0HR
Received 7 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/00501/CONA/AS
Discharge condition 4 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), 5, 6
Dale Farm, Boldshaves Lane, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3RD
Received 8 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/00470/CONA/AS
Discharge condition 5 (Lighting plan for biodiversity)
Dale Farm, Boldshaves Lane, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3RD
Received 8 Dec 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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