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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

26,424Searchable applications

582Recorded as pending

84%Approval rate · 11,192 approved or refused records

1,809Refused applications

9,383 approved · 1,809 refused · 1,583 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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 Made20/01660/AS
Single storey side extension
Keepers Cottage, Squids Gate Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DR
Received 1 Dec 2020
Decision Made16/00045/CONF/AS
Discharge condition 9
Land between Smarden Charter Hall and Weathercock, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Kent
Received 1 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01661/AS
Proposed 2 storey side extension - Part retrospective
13 Langney Drive, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5UF
Received 1 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01662/AS
Construction of a new barn building and associated hardstanding and access for the provision of 3 no. stables, tack room, tractor store and hay barn
Oak View, Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4PL
Received 1 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01663/AS
Proposed garage conversion with a new bay window and pitched roof over.
Aidens, Cranbrook Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6UJ
Received 1 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01290/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions: 4 & 6
Munks Farm, Headcorn Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8PN
Received 1 Dec 2020
Decision Made19/00371/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 4
Venruth, Redbrook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QU
Received 1 Dec 2020
Decision Made19/01274/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 & 18
Land adj to Tower Lodge, Charing Hill, Charing, Kent
Received 1 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01664/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - use of property as E(a) (grocery/butchers)
22A Beaver Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7RP
Received 2 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01665/AS
Installation of weatherboarding to front/side elevations (partial revision to materials approved on planning permission 12/01401/AS (Two storey side extension, alterations to existing dormers and creation of additional to front and rear. Erection of porch and canopy, and new detached garage))
2 Newcourt Cottage, Ashford Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0EA
Received 2 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01666/AS
Regularisation of use of the building as ancillary annexe with internal works
Lowden Barn, Lowden Farm, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4PX
Received 2 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01667/AS
Revision to listed building consent 20/01338/AS (Front porch extension and single storey rear extension) to provide slimline double glazing in lieu of single glazing to single storey rear extension
Poplar Farm, Forge Lane, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9EJ
Received 2 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01668/AS
Lawful development certificate - existing - use of the building for commercial/business office use
Hales Place, Woodchurch Road, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3JQ
Received 2 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01669/AS
Subdivision and change of use of 1 Riversdale Road and the construction of a 1-storey porch to form a 2-bed semi detached dwelling.
1 Riversdale Road, Ashford, TN23 7TP
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01670/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - single storey rear extension; first floor side window; internal alterations
23 Longbridge, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0TA
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01671/AS
Demolition of existing single storey extensions and replacement with new enlarged single storey extensions
Garden Cottage, West Cross, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JL
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01672/AS
Reserved matters application to consider access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale pursuant to outline permission 19/01025/AS (Outline application with all matters reserved for the erection of a detached four bedroom dwelling with curtilage and access within existing residential amenity garden land.)
Part of garden at, Four Acres, Shawlands Lane, High Halden, Kent
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01673/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - stationing of a Twin Unit Caravan for Ancillary Purposes within the Domestic curtilage of the dwelling;
Amherst Farm, Bedlam Lane, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9DA
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01674/AS
Single storey glazed link extension
Bowerland Oast, Bowerland Farm, Bowerland Lane, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8ED
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01675/AS
Proposed replacement dwelling with detached garage.
Honeysuckle Cottage, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3PU
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01676/AS
Two storey side and single storey rear extension; front porch; front & rear window
1 Oak Ridge, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2PA
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01677/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - garage conversion, alterations
78 Lucilla Avenue, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3PS
Received 2 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01678/AS
Variation of condition 2 on planning permission 18/01566/AS (Proposed new dwelling with double car port along with separate access) to alter approved plans for fenestration, external materials and garage design
Land between Paddock Rise and Rock Cottage, Canterbury Road, Challock, Kent
Received 3 Dec 2020
Decision Made20/01679/AS
Erection of a first floor extension over existing garage and link extension to dwelling. Single storey rear extension and partial conversion of garage to habitable space.
14 Henley Meadows, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6EN
Received 4 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.

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