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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
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 dates27,872Searchable applications
582Recorded as pending
85%Approval rate · 12,393 approved or refused records
1,882Refused applications
10,511 approved · 1,882 refused · 1,663 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Planning information Planning and DevelopmentContact planning Planning ContactsLocal plan Emerging Local Plan and Design CodePre-application advice Pre-Application AdviceArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.policy@ashford.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decision Made21/00070/AS
Variation of condition 8 on planning permission 19/01545/AS (Change of use of redundant shop (A1) to American Diner (A3 + A5) for restaurant and takeaway, including internal alterations, new shopfront and external flue) to alter hours on Sundays and bank holidays from 08.00 - 15.00 to 08.00 - 23.00 hours
160 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AE
Received 11 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00001/GPDE/AS
Notification of a larger homes extension - single storey rear extension (depth 8m x eaves 2.4m x ridge 6.0m)
47 Grange Crescent, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6DY
Received 11 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00071/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - single storey rear extension
80 Gladstone Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0BZ
Received 11 Jan 2021 - Decision Made20/00376/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 4
Plot at, Old School House, The Street, Little Chart, Kent
Received 11 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00072/AS
Two storey infill extension to rear to replace existing conservatory; re-positioning of front door with new entrance porch
Stable Cottage, The Street, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2HG
Received 11 Jan 2021 - Decision Made20/00493/CONA/AS
Discharge condition 4, 5
Duck House Farm, Old Surrenden Manor Road, Bethersden, Kent
Received 11 Jan 2021 - Decision Made20/00799/AMND/AS
Non material minor amendment to planning permission 20/00799/AS (Demolition of existing bungalow and erection of two detached dwellings with associated amenity and parking) to include the Insertion of rooflights to serve accommodation at first floor level
Sun Patch, The Street, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9AL
Received 12 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00073/AS
Siting of a mobile home as an ancillary residential annex
Black Barn Bungalow, Poplar Road, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7NR
Received 12 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00074/AS
Variation of conditions 2 & 3 of planning permission 19/00152/AS for replacement entrance gates and brick pillars
Little Smarden House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NB
Received 12 Jan 2021 - Decision Made17/01699/AMND/AS
Non-material minor amendment to planning permission 17/01699/AS to amend Plot 2, increase in dormer window roof space, raised roof height, porch, additional bedroom on first floor and alterations to the fenestration. Plot 3 - internal alterations.
Cranwell House, The Forstal, Church Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NU
Received 12 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00075/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - vehicle crossover
19 Swallowfield, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0BX
Received 12 Jan 2021 - Decision Made20/01382/CONA/AS
Discharge condition 4a, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4f and condition 5
Church Farm Oast, Church Hill, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3JB
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00076/AS
Proposed fully glazed linkway between barn and existing outbuilding. Conversion of existing outbuilding to games room with new barn style entrance to rear elevation. Installation of new external swimming pool within south western section of curtilage and, poolside hard landscaping.
Higham Barn, Snargate Road, Kenardington, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2NH
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00077/AS
Proposed fully glazed linkway between barn and existing outbuilding
Higham Barn, Snargate Road, Kenardington, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2NH
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00078/AS
Proposed single storey rear extension
Acacia Lodge, 402 Sandyhurst Lane, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4PF
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decision Made18/00938/AMND/AS
Non material minor amendment to planning permission 18/00938/AS (Demolition of existing sheltered housing scheme and replacement with over 50s sheltered housing scheme to provide 24no.1 bed/2 person apartments, 5no. 2 bed/3 person apartments, communal facilities and associated parking spaces) to enlarge refuse storage building and minor alterations to rear access to suit
East Stour Court, Mabledon Avenue, Ashford, Kent
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00079/AS
Revision to planning permission 17/00538/AS (Erection of a two storey building comprising of 2 x 2 bed flats, 1 x 2 bed dwelling and 2 x 3 bed dwellings (Phase 3) and a two storey detached building comprising of 4 x 2 bedroom flats (Phase 4) (revised scheme to approval 13/00427/AS)) to provide 8 x 4 bedroomed residential dwellings to phases 3 & 4
Former site of Precinct 13, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3LY
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00080/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - works of conversion to facilitate change of use of pool building to ancillary annexe accommodation
Brooklands, 5 Clockhouse Park, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AY
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00081/AS
Extension to roof to facilitate loft conversion with dormer windows
Scotscraig, Hamstreet Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1NN
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00082/AS
Change of use from Sui Generis Car Wash to mixed use as Sui Generis Car Wash with ancillary Burger Bar (Take Away).
Storage compound between Unit 5 and Watling Tyres, Chunnel Estate, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7HJ
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00083/AS
Proposed garage
Underhill, Rye Road, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7EU
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00084/AS
Proposed rebuilding and repointing of external walls. Repairing of internal walls, windows and skirtings for ground and first floor rooms.
Great Bromley Farm, Blackwall Road, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5PA
Received 14 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00085/AS
Single storey side extension
35 Peter Candler Way, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9GA
Received 14 Jan 2021 - Decision Made21/00086/AS
Removal of condition 4 on planning permission ref 16/00653/AS to allow annexe to be occupied independently.
Annexe at, 1 Stone Cottages, Bartlets Lane, Chilmington Green, Ashford, TN23 3DW
Received 14 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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