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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

26,922Searchable applications

582Recorded as pending

84%Approval rate · 11,607 approved or refused records

1,834Refused applications

9,773 approved · 1,834 refused · 1,603 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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 Made20/00383/AS
Removal of 1no. existing external ATM and infilling of aperture; replacement secondary external ATM on a like for like basis.
Halifax Plc, 1 Castle Street, Ashford, TN23 1JQ
Received 18 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00384/AS
Erection of non-illuminated sales/advertisement signage for development at Land South of Tilden Gill Road, Ashford Kent
Land south and east of, Tilden Gill Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 17 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00385/AS
Single storey rear extension and extension of existing garage
Gwending, Plain Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6RA
Received 18 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00386/AS
Alterations and two storey extension to existing workshop, garaging and storage on land to provide 2 no. two bedroom maisonettes.
37 Bank Street, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1DQ
Received 18 Mar 2020
Decision Made19/01608/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 4
Lacton Farm House, 97 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NA
Received 19 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00387/AS
Laying of hardstanding to rear of agricultural building; Retrospective application for the construction of permeable hardstanding and new timber gate
Brockmans Farm, Brockmans Lane, Kingsnorth Ashford, TN25 7JB
Received 19 Mar 2020
Decision Made19/01561/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 1
Brockmans Farm, Brockmans Lane, Bilsington, Ashford, TN25 7JB
Received 19 Mar 2020
Decision Made16/00125/AMND/AS
Non-material amendments to Plots B4-B5 to house types and unit layout and the provision of 4 additional residential units on planning permission 16/00125/AS ((Land South of Captain's Wood phase) Construction of 326 new dwellings with associated access, parking, landscaped areas including a neighbourhood play area, internal roads for the development, details of distributor roads E and F, Waterbrook Link Road, a district play area north of Captain's Wood and surface water drainage measures)
Land south of Captains Wood, Land at Cheesemans Green, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 19 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00388/AS
Proposed two-bay Timber Cart Lodge
Hurst House, Budds Lane, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7EL
Received 19 Mar 2020
Decision Made17/01660/AMND/AS
Reduction in size and scale of approved extension on planning permission 17/01660/AS (Single storey side and rear extension replacing existing side garage)
1 Newlands Cottages, Withersdane Lane, Molash, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8HU
Received 19 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00390/AS
Variation of conditions 12 & 13 on planning permission 18/01671/AS (Erection of three detached two-storey dwellings together with all necessary infrastructure) to alter ecological details and approved plans
Land north of 22, Lower Road, Woodchurch, Kent
Received 23 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00391/AS
Demolition of existing conservatory, proposed single storey front and rear extension.
23 Butterside Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3PD
Received 23 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00392/AS
Prior Notification of proposed steel portal framed building for straw storage
Court Lodge, Church Lane, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7EG
Received 23 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00393/AS
Erection of a single storey rear/side extension
41 Wheatfields, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 7GF
Received 23 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00394/AS
Variation of conditions 1, 2 and 8 on planning permission 16/00110/AS (Variation of condition 3 on planning approval 13/00149/AS to allow no more than 12 weddings between May and September in any calendar year) to allow for weddings on 20 occasions rather than 12 to enable hosting of pre-booked and postponed weddings (amended description)
Worsenden Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8EL
Received 19 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00395/AS
Repositioning of existing mobile home and the construction of a community/day room building
The Willows, Pluckley Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3DD
Received 24 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00396/AS
Replacement windows to the rear elevation
3 Monks Hill Cottages, Monks Hill, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QJ
Received 24 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00397/AS
Proposed new staff welfare building for existing staff needs
Hopes Grove Nurseries, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LT
Received 24 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00398/AS
Proposed roof extension and side/rear/front extensions
Fox Burs, Scots Lane, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6LP
Received 24 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00399/AS
Certificate of Lawful Development- proposed-hip to gable loft conversion, rooflights and rear box dormer
Larkfield, Maidstone Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0JD
Received 24 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00400/AS
Construction of one detached dwellings and detached garage
The Firs, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AR
Received 24 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00401/AS
Use of the Granary and surrounding land as a gym and fitness centre, internal reconfiguration, limited infilling to existing lean-to, new window and the introduction of services to the Granary (Retrospective). Reinstatement of a square kiln and timber gantry, repairs to the roof, replacement of doors, new openings and conversion of former hayloft (Proposed).
Granary, Harville Farm, Harville Road, Wye, Kent
Received 24 Mar 2020
Decision Made11/00473/COAC/AS
Discharge of condition 42 (residents' information pack) relating to Extra Care phase
Land at Cheesemans Green, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 24 Mar 2020
Decision Made20/00404/AS
Change of use of agricultural land for the siting of a ground mounted photovoltaic array
Stemps Land, Ebony Road, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7JG
Received 25 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.

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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