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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

26,812Searchable applications

582Recorded as pending

84%Approval rate · 11,516 approved or refused records

1,830Refused applications

9,686 approved · 1,830 refused · 1,598 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Aug 2014 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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More application records

Decision Made20/00337/AS
Replacement of four windows and sliding door on rear elevation with double glazed aluminium units.
Presbytery, St Andrews Catholic Church, 47 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LL
Received 9 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00338/AS
Retrospective application to install 3 x sash windows to the north elevation on the second floor of Calgarth House.
Calgarth House, 39-41 Bank Street, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1DQ
Received 10 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00339/AS
Demolition of double garage and replace with a two storey house with associated parking and rear amenity on land adjoining 1 Kiln Close Challock (Resubmission of application 19/01537/AS)
1 Kiln Close, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DA
Received 10 Mar 2020
Decision Made19/00002/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 3
Col Cot, Bramble Lane, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5EE
Received 10 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00341/AS
Erection of new pool pavilion and change of use of existing stables to holiday let; proposed two storey rear extension
Rosehill Farmhouse, Rose Hill, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7HH
Received 10 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00034/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions: 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17
Woodacre, Ingleden Park Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NS
Received 10 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00342/AS
Erection of replacement garage to include workshop and storage over (revision to planning permission 17/01229/AS)
Hales Place, Woodchurch Road, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3JQ
Received 10 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00343/AS
Erection of detached ancillary annex
Woodcote, 3A Orchard Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DX
Received 11 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00344/AS
Prior Notification of proposed general purpose agricultural building for hay, timber, secure storage and workshop
School Lodge Land, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, Kent
Received 10 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00345/AS
Replacement of six windows and a door .
52 Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NS
Received 12 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00347/AS
Erection of Single Storey Rear & Side Extension
2 Moat Park House, Ashford Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0JL
Received 11 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00348/AS
Proposed General Purpose Agricultural Building, with associated access track and hardstanding curtilage.
Stanford Bridge Farm, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0RU
Received 11 Mar 2020
Decision Made17/00950/AMND/AS
Revision to planning permission 17/00950/AS (Erection of new single storey two-bedroomed dwelling (re-submission of 16/01186/AS)) to provide enclosure of porch area, relocation of entrance to street elevation, adjustments to fenestration, and internal layout alterations
Land to rear of 96A, Kingsnorth Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 12 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00350/AS
Conversion of and extension to existing outbuilding to provide ancillary annexe accommodation
45 Magazine Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8NR
Received 12 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00352/AS
The installation of 4 freestanding internally illuminated signs;1 internally illuminated digital booth screen.
McDonalds Drive Through Restaurant, The Parade, Orbital Park, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0GA
Received 12 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00353/AS
Variation of condition 33 of planning permission 18/01843/AS. Condition 33 existing: There shall be no servicing of the buildings, no goods shall be loaded or deposited and no vehicles shall arrive, depart, be loaded or unloaded before 0600 hours or after 2200 hours Monday to Friday and on Saturdays before 0600 hours or after 1800 hours and at any time on Sundays, Public and Bank Holidays. The proposed variation would increase Saturday opening until 2200 hours and on Sundays, public and Bank Holidays between 0900 hours and 1600 hours. Condition 33 proposed: There shall be no servicing of the buildings, no goods shall be loaded or deposited and no vehicles shall arrive, depart, be loaded or unloaded before 0600 hours or after 2200 hours Monday to Saturday and on Sundays, public or Bank Holidays before 0900 hours or after 1600 hours.
Carlton Business Park, Carlton Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 11 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00354/AS
Retrospective Installation of General Purpose Farm Building (machinery/hay)
Woodside Farm, Hornash Lane, Shadoxhurst, Kent
Received 12 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00355/AS
Certificate of Lawful Development- Existing- Conservatory
1 Chaffinch Drive, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3QD
Received 13 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00009/GPDE/AS
Notification of a larger homes extension - single storey rear extension (depth 6.3m x eaves 2.2m x ridge 3.3m)
Minners Farm, Brissenden Green Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3JT
Received 12 Mar 2020
Decision Made19/01071/AM01/AS
Non material amendment to 19/01071/AS (Demolition of existing barn and erection of 2 no. new dwellings with associated parking, amenity space and landscape enhancements) to amended the vertical cladding on the front elevation to a mix of vertical and horizontal cladding.
Barn west of Amherst Court, Bedlam Lane, Egerton, Kent
Received 12 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00356/AS
Erection of illuminated and non-illuminated signs to the exterior of the build and re-decoration of the building and to include lanterns and floodlight
William Harvey Inn, Sevington Lane, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0JG
Received 13 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00360/AS
Conversion of car port to garage by installing a garage door
2 Town Farm Place, Ashford, TN24 8ER
Received 13 Mar 2020
Decision Made19/00885/AMND/AS
Revision to planning permission 19/00885/AS (Change of Use of Land and erection of one Holiday Log Cabin/Lodge and footbridge to support an existing tourism business at Coldharbour Farm) to increase the length of the lodge from 16.03 metres to 18.0 metres; revision to fenestration
Coldharbour Farm, Knock Hill, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7JX
Received 13 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00361/AS
Conversion of garage to ancillary annexe with storage. Revision to application 14/01426/AS
63 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0TB
Received 13 Mar 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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