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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

27,672Searchable applications

582Recorded as pending

85%Approval rate · 12,222 approved or refused records

1,865Refused applications

10,357 approved · 1,865 refused · 1,651 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made21/00018/AS
Re-pointing mortar joints to outside elevations; repair / replace stone surrounds to windows; repair / replace leaded light windows;
1 Cullens Lodge, Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8LB
Received 30 Dec 2020
Decision Made21/00019/AS
Proposed Reinstatement to Brickwork to previously formed doorway, Installation of Boiler Flue Outlet, Proposed New French Doors in place of Existing Window, Replacement of Existing Bathroom Window & Removal of windows & doors in Glazed link, Bricking up openings with salvaged Brick & installation of new window
58 Silver Hill Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NZ
Received 24 Dec 2020
Decision Made21/00020/AS
Proposal to install 1X42" LCD Media Screen & 2X1250x700mm Flag Pole Signs overall height 2450mm
Tesco Stores Ltd, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LN
Received 4 Jan 2021
Decision Made21/00021/AS
The Construction of Additional Retail/Commercial Units (A1/B1/Class E Uses) to the Existing Business Village.
Mersham Le Hatch Business Village, Hythe Road, Smeeth, Kent, TN25 6NH
Received 30 Dec 2020
Decision Made21/00022/AS
The Construction of Additional Retail/Commercial Units (A1/B1/Class E Uses) to the Existing Business Village.
Mersham Le Hatch Business Village, Hythe Road, Smeeth, Kent, TN25 6NH
Received 30 Dec 2020
Decision Made19/01608/CONB/AS
Discharge of condition 5
Lacton Farm House, 97 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NA
Received 31 Dec 2020
Decision Made21/00023/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - new vehicle crossover to form vehicular access/parking
22 Swan Cottages, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7PA
Received 31 Dec 2020
Decision Made21/00024/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - extension to existing vehicle crossover
Springfield, Church Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9DG
Received 1 Jan 2021
Decision Made19/00356/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 13 & 14
Sandbar Business Park, Maidstone Road, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1AR
Received 4 Jan 2021
Decision Made19/00356/CONB/AS
Discharge of conditions 16 & 17
Sandbar Business Park, Maidstone Road, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1AR
Received 1 Jan 2021
Decision Made19/00356/CONC/AS
Discharge of conditions 20 & 21
Sandbar Business Park, Maidstone Road, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1AR
Received 1 Jan 2021
Decision Made21/00025/AS
Conversion of an agricultural barn into a domestic hobby room.
Frithgate, Frith Road, Bilsington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7HJ
Received 4 Jan 2021
Decision Made17/01508/CONA/AS
Discharge condition 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Land south east of Viaduct Terrace and rear of Whispers, Warehorne Road, Warehorne, Kent
Received 4 Jan 2021
Decision Made21/00027/AS
Variation to condition 2 on planning permission 18/01601/AS (Erection of 29no. light industrial/business units (B1 (a), (b) and (c), B2 and B8) ; two storey creative laboratory including space for the development of new dance productions, administrative space and shared use cafe; new access and road layout and associated hard and soft landscaping.) to alter approved drawings for revised design and site layout
Site B Land north oif, Javelin Way, Ashford, Kent
Received 4 Jan 2021
Decision Made21/00028/AS
Outline application for the erection of 157 dwellings with all matters reserved aside from access.
The Invicta Press, Lower Queens Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8HH
Received 4 Jan 2021
Decision Made21/00030/AS
Single storey rear extension and a front porch
45 Viburnum Close, Ashford, TN23 3LB
Received 4 Jan 2021
Decision Made21/00031/AS
Single storey rear extension to provide dining area to existing public house
Six Bells Inn, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3QQ
Received 4 Jan 2021
Decision Made21/00032/AS
Proposal for detached garden office for working at home.
Loxwood, Green Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BL
Received 4 Jan 2021
Decision Made17/01674/CONB/AS
Discharge of condition 6 (in relation to single storey residential extensions to blocks 5A & 5B)
Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 4 Jan 2021
Decision Made21/00033/AS
Partial conversion of existing garage to create habitable living space for the provision of an indoor fitness/dance studio; extension of existing garden boundary wall
29 Dunnock Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4QJ
Received 4 Jan 2021
Decision Made21/00034/AS
Proposed first floor extension above existing ground floor utility room
5 The Willows, Park Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HQ
Received 5 Jan 2021
Decision Made21/00035/AS
Single storey side extension with glazed link to existing house
Huggitt Cottage, Knock Hill, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7JX
Received 5 Jan 2021
Decision Made21/00036/AS
Single storey side extension with glazed link to existing house
Huggitt Cottage, Knock Hill, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7JX
Received 5 Jan 2021
Decision Made21/00037/AS
Proposed replacement of an existing 12.50m monopole with a 20m high monopole, together with the addition of 1 no cabinet, removal of redundant equipment and ancillary development thereto.
Telecommunications Mast Vodafone and O2 on verge opposite Crundale Close, Stanhope Road, Stanhope, Kent, TN23 5RQ
Received 5 Jan 2021

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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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