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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

29,678Searchable applications

563Recorded as pending

86%Approval rate · 13,873 approved or refused records

1,982Refused applications

11,891 approved · 1,982 refused · 1,735 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made21/01843/AS
Forming new opening to rear elevation to install new french doors, part garage conversion with new access doors
8 Clevedon Court, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BW
Received 18 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01844/AS
Proposed pitched roof to existing garage.
5 Church View, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8EB
Received 18 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01845/AS
Erection of a new 2m high V mesh fence to the perimeter of the school playing field with gates
Tenterden County Infant School, Recreation Ground Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RA
Received 18 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01846/AS
Removal of existing conservatory and replacement with single storey extension.
33 Maytham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NS
Received 18 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01091/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 1 (vehicle parking)
1 Stone Cottages, Bartlets Lane, Chilmington Green, Ashford, TN23 3DW
Received 18 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01090/CONA/AS
Discharge of condition 1 (vehicle parking)
Blackwood Cottage, Bartlets Lane, Chilmington Green, Ashford, TN23 3DW
Received 18 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01847/AS
Change of use of land and existing barn to residential use. Demolition of existing dilapidated garage outbuilding and erection of new green oak framed garage outbuilding.
Barn at, Langley Farm, Bethersden Road, Smarden, Kent
Received 18 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01848/AS
Prior notification of proposed forestry development for the erection of a secure storage building
The Warren, Green Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BL
Received 18 Oct 2021
Decision Made18/00022/CONB/AS
Discharge of condition 7 (SUDS)
Park House Farm, Westwell Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4LF
Received 19 Oct 2021
Decision Made18/00584/CONE/AS
Discharge of conditions, 7 (surface water), Condition 13B: (Hard Landscaping), Condition 17: (Sustainable drainage system)
Site of former Klondyke Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 18 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01849/AS
Lawful development certificate - proposed - replacement garage
4 Cuckoo Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5DB
Received 19 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01852/AS
Prior notification for change of use of agricultural building and land within its curtilage to a flexible commercial use (storage/work shop).
Home Farm, Hythe Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6SP
Received 19 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01853/AS
Front Porch
22 Ripley Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0JP
Received 20 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01854/AS
Erection of 4 bay garage with room above.
St Michaels Court, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6SY
Received 19 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01855/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing Development - Summerhouse and conservatory
7 Dudley Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9EA
Received 19 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01856/AS
Conversion of existing garage into habitable room.
25 Canon Woods Way, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9QY
Received 19 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01857/AS
Variation of condition 4 of planning permission 18/01072/AS (Demolition of conservatory and replacement with oak frame garden room, two storey extension to front elevation, catslide roof, new dormer and rooflights to front; new first floor window to southeast elevation. Demolition of existing garage and erection of new two bay garage and store) to alter approved plans to change size of dormer and add further dormer
Mill House, Egerton Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PD
Received 20 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01865/AS
Retrospective Operational Development including excavation and regrading works to a lake, installation of retaining walls, erection of fencing adjacent to a highway, formation of a track/pathway and the installation of pontoons
Land East of and adjoining Bucksford Manor, Chart Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 21 Oct 2021
Decision Made19/01517/CONA/AS
Discharge of conditions 10 (remediation verification report), 22 (hard & soft landscaping), 23 (soft landscaping), 25 (landscape management plan), 26 (fine details/refuse); 27 (biodiversity enhancement)
The Market Quarter, 57 Godinton Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 21 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/00509/CONA/AS
Discharge condition 6 (bat mitigation strategy), 12 (construction management plan)
Mounts Farmhouse, Smarden Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3HE
Received 21 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01866/AS
Change of use of amenity land to residential garden and erection of fencing
2 Blossom Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4GE
Received 21 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01868/AS
Change of use of mixed use classes B2/D1 to use classes B/E (storage/light industrial) to allow use of the building for the production of fireproof wall panels, storage of materials and associated office usage. Retrospective consent for construction of single storey roof covering along South and East elevations, construction of open blockwork gas tank compound on West boundary, provision of additional parking at front of site, partial raising of eave line at South East corner of building to provide additional office space and construction of fire escape stair on South elevation to serve offices.
Maslow Court, Canterbury Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8DZ
Received 21 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01869/AS
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Vehicle Crossover
16 Wheler Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JX
Received 20 Oct 2021
Decision Made21/01870/AS
Removal of condition (iii) (agricultural occupancy condition) on planning permission AS/3/72/2
Barrack Farm, Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7DL
Received 21 Oct 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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