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Ashford planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Ashford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Ashford website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

37,711Searchable applications

600Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 20,183 approved or refused records

2,336Refused applications

17,847 approved · 2,336 refused · 2,084 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Mar 2008 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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 Made12/00001/TC
Description: T1& T2 - Horse Chestnuts - reduce in height by 15 feet (shown as T5 & T6 on plan)ALL,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
The Old Parsonage, 24 Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LS
Received 22 Dec 2011
Decision Made12/00002/TC
Description: T1 - Ash - fell
Courtlands, Church Hill, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AQ
Received 5 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00003/TP
Description: T1 - Lombardy Poplar - Clearance of storm damaged tree
Kennington House, 9 The Street, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9EX
Received 5 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00004/FC
Description: Reference 019/432/11-12 Compartment 1a - to coppice 0.80 ha mixed broadleaf and to fell 18 x larch 0.02ha and 22 x poplar 0.02ha
Rook Toll, Faversham Road, Eastwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4PQ
Received 10 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00005/TC
Description: To remove eight x sycamores (T1 - T5 and T8 - T10) and two x Ash (T6 & T7) on land off Park Street to rear of property
12 High Street, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8TD
Received 11 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00006/TC
Description: To fell one x Eucalyptus tree (T1)
83 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LB
Received 11 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00007/TC
Description: T1 - Willow
Avery Cottage, 4 North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AQ
Received 12 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00008/TC
Description: To reduce one x bay tree by 3m (T1)
54 High Street, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LN
Received 13 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00009/TC
Description: To remove two x conifers (T1 & T2)
64 The Street, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3AP
Received 17 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00011/TC
Description: To reduce heavy lower lateral branches, crown lift, deadwood and remove ivy, one x oak tree (T1)
Gold House, Warehorne Road, Warehorne, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2JX
Received 18 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00012/TC
Description: T1 - Judas Tree - prune dead/damaged branches
Hatfield House, The Street, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DP
Received 18 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00013/TC
Description: To crown reduce by 30%, one x Sycamore (T1)
33 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5ED
Received 19 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00014/TP
Description: To remove branches of hornbeam and chestnut overhanging track leading to 'The Hoads'
Land at Whiting Wood, Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Kent
Received 19 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00015/TC
Description: T1 - Cherry - remove; T2 - Willow - remove; T3 - Willow (stumps) - remove
Biddenden Place, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 20 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00016/TC
Description: To re-pollard back to old points, four x ash (T1, T4, T5 & T6), one x oak (T2) and one x Prunus (T3)
69 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LR
Received 23 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00017/TC
Description: To fell one x oak tree (TG3 on plan supplied)
Babbacombe, Church Hill, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3EG
Received 23 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00018/TP
Description: T1 - Oak - To remove lowest bough overhanging garden; remove smaller lower bough growing in a WSW direcrtion; and prune back third small bough growing in to the medlar.
East Weald, East Weald Drive, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LX
Received 25 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00020/TC
Description: To crown lift one x Maple (T18), two x Cherry (T23 & T24) and one x Beech (T25); to prune three x Yew (T10, T17 & T21), one x Chequer Tree (T15), one x Box (T22); to remove one x Oak (T8) and one x Holly (T9); remove lower branches one x Yew (T3), two x Cedar (T11 & T12); to cut back one x Grisellina (T20) overhanging footpath; and to remove some trees and reduce others along the northern boundary between the Church and Rectory following advice from the Landscape Officer
All Saints Church, Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QJ
Received 31 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00021/TC
Description: To fell one x Willow (T1) and to crown clean and remove cross over branches one x Beech (T2)
5 Arden Grange, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8DR
Received 1 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00022/TP
Description: To crown lift to 3-4m above ground level one x Yew (T1)
Tudor Rose Cottage, 39 The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2BU
Received 1 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00023/TC
Description: To reduce one x oak by 25% (T1); and reduce row of five x Leylandii by 25% (T2 - T6)
Mouse Hall, Church Hill, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3EF
Received 6 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00024/TC
Description: T1 - Golden Robinia - removeT1,Golden Robina - To Remove, Reason for work - Dead, Dying or Dangerous, Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
95 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LB
Received 7 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00025/TP
Description: To repollard, remove basal and epicormic growth and crown lift to 6m, 15 x Limes (T1 - T15)
Land opposite Little Boys Barn on south side of, Boys Hall Road, Willesborough, Kent
Received 8 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00026/TC
Description: T1 - Sycamore - complete removal to ground level
85 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NA
Received 9 Feb 2012

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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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