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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.
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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 dates29,173Searchable applications
582Recorded as pending
85%Approval rate · 13,442 approved or refused records
1,954Refused applications
11,488 approved · 1,954 refused · 1,718 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Apr 2012 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made21/01006/AS
Proposed single storey rear extension, removal of plasterboard and external wall, addition of internal glazed door
Wallington House, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NQ
Received 1 Jun 2021 - Decision Made21/01007/AS
Single storey rear extension; conversion of garage
14 Kirkwood Avenue, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SE
Received 2 Jun 2021 - Decision Made18/01568/COND/AS
Part discharge of condition 13
Land at rear of The Plough Inn, Lees Road, Brabourne, Kent
Received 1 Jun 2021 - Decision Made21/00877/AS
2 no. Internally illuminated fascia signs & 1 non-illuminated fascia sign; 1 no. non-illuminated "entrance" arrow sign; 5 no. Non illuminated disclaimer sign;1 no. Non illuminated direction sign to existing posts; 7 no. Non illuminated disclaimer signs fixed to existing posts; 1 no. Non illuminated disclaimer sign c/w new posts; 1 no. Non illuminated banners with frames
B and Q Warehouse, Norman Road, Ashford, TN23 7DG
Received 14 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00878/AS
Single storey rear extension, second storey extension & balcony
25 Campion Close, Ashford, TN25 4EF
Received 14 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00879/AS
Variation of condition 8 on planning permission 20/01788/AS (Erection of two storey front extension, extension to existing balcony on side elevation and insertion of 1No. dormer window. Insertion of 1No. dormer extension to rear elevation amd 3No. rooflight to rear facing elevation. Alterations to existing fenestration. Demolition and replacement of Knoll Hill Cottage and external works relating to existing drive and new PV arrays) to alter the fenestration and carry out associated operations.
Knoll Hill House, Knoll Hill, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7BZ
Received 14 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00880/AS
Prior notification for the erection of an agricultural barn
Etchden Court Farm, Etchden Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3DS
Received 14 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00881/AS
Reserved Matters application to consider (Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) pursuant to planning permission 18/00056/AS (Outline planning application for residential development for up to 50 dwellings including details of pedestrian and vehicular accesses onto Warehorne Road and pedestrian and cycleway access onto Ashford Road only (all other matters reserved). Provision of informal recreation / ecological area to the north) to provide 50 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) including 3 self build plots, and associated works including internal road network, landscaping and public open space, utilities and drainage infrastructure, car and cycle parking and waste storage alongside the discharge of details pursuant to Condition 3 (Car Parking Details), Condition 4 (Bicycle Storage), Condition 12 (Speed Restrictions and Highway Safety Signage), Condition 14 (Parking Spaces for Warehorne Road), Condition 17 (Landscape Buffers), Condition 29 (Biodiversity Features), Condition 30 (i) (Surface Water Drainage), Condition 33 (Disposal of Sewage), Condition 36 (Housing Space Standards), Condition 37 (Refuse and Recycling Storage), Condition 38 (Layout Threshold Plans), Condition 43 (Maximum Heights) and Condition 45 (Housing Mix)
Land between A2070 and Railway north of, Warehorne Road, Hamstreet, Kent
Received 14 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00882/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - agricultural storage building.
Gill Farm, Gill Lane, Mersham, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7HZ
Received 14 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00883/AS
Proposed Two Storey Rear Extension, Addition of a Pitched Roof to Single Storey Flat Roof; New Side Porch and alteration to the fenestration.
Four Winds, New Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9DT
Received 14 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00884/AS
Proposed Erection of Pump House and 4 Airsourced Heat Pumps with associated fenced enclosure.
St Mildreds Church, Church Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AT
Received 17 May 2021 - Decision Made19/00449/AM01/AS
Non material amendment for the removal of condition 5 on planning approval 19/00449/AS (change of use of first and second floors from A2 (professional services) or B1a (offices) to C3 (dwellings). i.e. 4 No. Flats,1 x 2 bedrooms, 3 x 1 bedroom) to remove requirement for bicycle storage as no available exterior space
First and second floors, 108-110 High Street, Ashford
Received 28 Apr 2021 - Decision Made21/00885/AS
Erection of an agricultural barn in connection with wood storage/packaging along with related track
Land at Davis Wood opposite Journeys End, Brissenden Green Lane, Bethersden, Kent
Received 17 May 2021 - Decision Made20/01612/CONA/AS
Discharge condition 2
Winterbourne House, Amage Road, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DE
Received 17 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00886/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Vehicle crossover and hard standing
60 Essetford Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5BP
Received 17 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00887/AS
Proposed access driveway to serve Lower Woolwich, including change of use of associated agricultural land.
Lower Woolwich, Mounts Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NX
Received 17 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00888/AS
Erection single storey rear extension with 2 skylight and alterations to fenestration.
57 Jemmett Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4QD
Received 17 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00889/AS
Change of use of land to residential and erection of single storey garden/agricultural equipment shed (part retrospective)
Boorolong House, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NT
Received 17 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00890/AS
Repairs to north east facing exterior wall, re-pointing and replacement of damaged brinks with originals. Repairs to mock stable door wooden structures within the wall. Associated cleaning and re-painting.
The Stables, Bower Road, Mersham, Kent, TN25 6NJ
Received 17 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00891/AS
Replacement of existing retail shop and store with 1no. three-bed detached dwelling and 2no. three-bed semi-detached dwellings, with associated amenity gardens and parking.
New Blue Barn Store, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent, TN30 6PR
Received 17 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00892/AS
Outdoor heated swimming pool
29 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LL
Received 17 May 2021 - Decision Made20/00838/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 4
Tearnden Farm, Smarden Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3HE
Received 17 May 2021 - Decision Made21/00893/AS
Prior notification of extension to existing agricultural building
Hopes Grove Nurseries, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LT
Received 17 May 2021 - Decision Made20/00639/AMND/AS
Revision to: Minor alterations to material fenestration and window positions on planning permission 20/00639/AS for Erection of a pair of dwellings and associated garages and erection of a new garage to serve Abbottsfield, and alterations to the access onto Lees Road, following demolition of existing garage.
Abbottsfield, Lees Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6RN
Received 17 May 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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