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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

29,235Searchable applications

582Recorded as pending

85%Approval rate · 13,489 approved or refused records

1,958Refused applications

11,531 approved · 1,958 refused · 1,719 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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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More application records

Decision Made21/00894/AS
Erection of 4 dwellings, landscaping and new access from Maytham Road
Land West of Kingsgate Cottage, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Kent
Received 17 May 2021
Decision Made12/00400/COAD/AS
Discharge condition 50 (External Appearance Details - Phase 1C)
Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 17 May 2021
Decision Made19/00555/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 3 & 4
Waters Land, Grange Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6TJ
Received 17 May 2021
Decision Made21/00896/AS
Variation of condition 1 and removal of condition 2 on planning permission 19/01155/AS (Variation of conditions 2 & 5 on planning permission 18/00410/AS Change of use of land for the stationing of a residential mobile home in connection with a farm and equestrian business with regard to use and lighting) to allow permanent stationing of a log cabin to support an established farm and equestrian business
Pett Farm, Pett Lane, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0DS
Received 17 May 2021
Decision Made21/00897/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - for the siting of an ancillary mobile 'unit' within the garden curtilage
Newlyn, Newland Green Lane, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9EP
Received 18 May 2021
Decision Made21/00898/AS
Relocation of existing oil tank. Proposed detached garage / workshop accessed off of existing driveway area and minor landscaping alterations.
Upper Ensign House, Selling Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8BB
Received 18 May 2021
Decision Made21/00900/AS
11 No. Illuminated and non illuminated fascia signs; one illuminated totem.
Houchin Ltd, Cobbswood Industrial Estate, Hilton Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1DZ
Received 18 May 2021
Decision Made21/00901/AS
Prior Notification of change of use of two agricultural barns and land within their curtilage to two larger dwelling houses and associated operational development
Mill Pond Farm, Readers Bridge Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6TQ
Received 17 May 2021
Decision Made19/00556/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 3 & 4
Waters Land, Grange Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6TJ
Received 17 May 2021
Decision Made21/00903/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Replacement of garage roof with the addition of velux window, new window to front elevation, new front porch
Stelvio, Lenacre Street, Eastwell, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1JD
Received 18 May 2021
Decision Made21/00904/AS
Proposed single storey rear extension
11 Chapmans Close, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AX
Received 18 May 2021
Decision Made21/00905/AS
Change of use of the land for the stationing of 5 mobile homes for Gypsy / Traveller occupation. Occupation ancillary to the existing site permitted under application 12/00923/AS
Bridgewood Farm, Watery Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4JJ
Received 18 May 2021
Decision Made21/00906/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - fenestration changes; rooflights and rear dormer to facilitate loft conversion
23 Hardinge Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8HB
Received 18 May 2021
Decision Made20/01075/CONA/AS
Discharge conditions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Birchley House Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DZ
Received 18 May 2021
Decision Made21/00907/AS
Erection of two storey rear extension
The Pines, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LN
Received 18 May 2021
Decision Made21/00908/AS
Proposed extension; removal of chimney and addition of bi-fold doors
8 Lacton Oast, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0JF
Received 19 May 2021
Decision Made21/00909/AS
Demolition of existing single storey flat roof element to the rear. Proposed rear cat-slide extension reworking and extension of existing rear dormer.
Hopes Grove Cottage, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3LY
Received 19 May 2021
Decision Made21/00910/AS
Demolition of existing single storey flat roof element to the rear. Proposed rear cat-slide extension. Reworking and extension of existing rear dormer; associated internal alterations and reconfiguration.
Hopes Grove Cottage, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3LY
Received 19 May 2021
Decision Made21/00911/AS
Single storey rear extension (revision to planning permission 18/00618/AS)
1 Buffalo Cottages, Bethersden Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8QX
Received 18 May 2021
Decision Made21/00912/AS
First floor side extension over existing garage and joining to main house
42 Tithe Barn Lane, Singleton, Ashford, TN23 4YY
Received 19 May 2021
Decision Made21/00913/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - vehicle crossover and hardstanding with wall
33 Cudworth Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0BG
Received 18 May 2021
Decision Made21/00915/AS
Revision to planning permission 18/00269/AS (Change of use from current office accommodation reverting to formal use for 3No. residential units) to change the use to 4 no. residential units and associated works.
16 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AP
Received 18 May 2021
Decision Made21/00916/AS
Revision to listed building consent 18/00214/AS (Internal alterations to existing partitions and spaces to form new bathrooms/ensuites, return kitchen to original size and the introduction of additional insulation and fire protection and to open up and restore original fire places, repair and decoration, installation of services and heating systems. Sub-divide building into 3 separate dwellings, retaining shops on ground floor) relating to works of conversion to provide 4 no. residential units
16 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AP
Received 18 May 2021
Decision Made21/00917/AS
Installation of roller door to existing cart barn
17 Millfields Place, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3AA
Received 18 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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