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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
36,989Searchable applications
602Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 19,628 approved or refused records
2,291Refused applications

17,337 approved · 2,291 refused · 2,026 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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

  1. Decision Made19/00013/TP

    Description: 1. Crown lift to 8m over the highway 2. Selectively reduce/prune lateral limbs leaning over the highway to a good growth point 3. Remove dead wood and diseased limbs 4. Pollard any low limbs leaning across the pathway 5. No height reduction to be undertaken to trees ( Superseded spec - G1 - 10 x Ash, 1 x Field Maple, 1 x Oak - to crown reduce to no less that 8 metres from ground level, approx 2 metres reduction. Lateral spread to be reduced to no less than 4 metres radius from trees stem/root interface location.)

    Land adjacent to Old Corn Store, Pluckley Road, Charing, Kent

    Received 17 Jan 2019
  2. Decision Made19/00014/TC

    Description: T1, T2, T3 Silver Birch - Height of all trees reduction of 5 metres, T4 Beech - Crown reduction, 2 metres removed from lateral branches.

    St Ambrose Green, Oxenturn Road, Wye, Kent

    Received 18 Jan 2019
  3. Decision Made19/00015/TC

    Description: T1- Sycamore - Pollard by 10 metres from 20 metres height to control growth and re-shape

    14-16 Church Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5BJ

    Received 21 Jan 2019
  4. Decision Made19/00016/TC

    Description: T1 Field Maple - clear round phone lines giving 2m clearance (from 6m to 4m) crown raise to 5.5m. Major dead wood (exempt); T2 Ash - raise limb over highway by 1m, from 5m to 6m; T3 Ash - to fell; T4 Field Maple - crown lift to 6m over highway and clear cables by 2m; and T5 Ash - major dead wood (exempt)

    Court Lodge, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4JX

    Received 23 Jan 2019
  5. Decision Made19/00017/TC

    Description: T1 Oak - crown raise canopy to 2.5m; T2 Yew - crown raise canopy to 2.5m; T3 Ash - prune to provide 1m clearance from the building

    John Mayne Church of England Primary School, High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AL

    Received 23 Jan 2019
  6. Decision Made19/00018/TP

    Description: Oak (T1) - Reduce tree to previous points (approx 3m)

    33 The Meadows, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AW

    Received 24 Jan 2019
  7. Decision Made19/00019/TP

    Description: T2 Ash tree - Cut back growth to previous cutting points, approx 1-2 m. T3 Ash tree- Cut back growth to previous cutting points, approx 1-2 m and cut back branch overhanging garage by 2.5 - 3 m.

    2 Orpins Close, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6PT

    Received 24 Jan 2019
  8. Decision Made19/00020/TC

    Description: T 1 Indian bean tree in rear of garden. Reduce the crown by 1.5m T2 Indian bean tree reduce crown by 2m

    Myrtle Cottage, The Green, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3QG

    Received 29 Jan 2019
  9. Decision Made19/00022/TC

    Description: T1 Sycamore - Crown Reduction - by up to 2.5m. T2 Cherry Crown Reduction - by up to 1m.

    6 Church Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5BJ

    Received 31 Jan 2019
  10. Decision Made19/00023/TC

    Description: Oak tree - Crown reduce by 1-2 metres back to previous points and remove any dead wood

    89 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LB

    Received 1 Feb 2019
  11. Decision Made19/00024/TC

    Description: T1 and T2 Birch - Crown reduce by 3m; T3 Sugar Maple - Crown reduce by 3m; T4 Malus- Crown reduce by 3m and lift from house giving 2m clearance from building

    7 Upper Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AF

    Received 1 Feb 2019
  12. Decision Made19/00025/TC

    Description: T1 Persian Ironwood crown reduction - reducing height and spread up to 2 metres; T2 Yew reduce back selected branches to provide 2 metres clearance from the house

    36 Church Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5BJ

    Received 1 Feb 2019
  13. Decision Made19/00026/TP

    Description: To comply with the conditions attached to Forestry Commission Felling Licence dated 06 May 2015 - to coppice mixed broadleaf trees; selective thinning; to remove invasive creeping poplar and the overcrowded seedling birch

    High Snoad Wood, Green Lane, Challock, Kent

    Received 31 Jan 2019
  14. Decision Made19/00029/TP

    Description: T1 x large Oak tree + T2 large Ash. To remove a selection of limbs and major deadwood overhanging garage roofs to an approximate clearance of 3 metres above roof height. T3 x large Holly tree to lift lower canopy by approximately 3 metres above ground level.

    51 Garages rear of 35 to 41, Christchurch Road, Ashford, Kent

    Received 8 Feb 2019
  15. Decision Made19/00030/TP

    Description: T1 - SILVER BIRCH - LIFT 1 SILVER BIRCH TREE TO APPROX 3m TG2 - WILLOW x2 - LIFT 2 WILLOW TREES TO APPROX 3M OVER CAR PARK T3 - OAK - LIFT 1 OAK TREE TO APPROX 3m OVER CAR PARK T4 - OAK - LIFT 1 OAK TREE TO APPROX 3.5m OVER PAVING & REMOVE SIGNIFICANT DEAD WOOD T5 - OAK- LIFT 1 OAK TREE TO APPROX 3.5m OVER PAVING, REMOVE SIGNIFICANT DEAD WOOD & CUT BACK TO PROVIDE CLEARANCE TO LAMP COLUMN 006 T6 - OAK - LIFT 1 OAK TREE TO APPROX 3.5m OVER PAVING & REMOVE SIGNIFICANT DEAD WOOD T7 - OAK - LIFT 1 OAK TREE TO APPROX 3.5m OVER PAVING & REMOVE SIGNIFICANT DEAD WOOD T8 - OAK - REMOVE ARMS TOUCHING FENCE & LIFT TO APPROX 3.5M TO SUITABLE GROWTH POINTS. WORKS REQUIRED FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES & TO PREVENT PUBLIC NUISANCE

    Site J1, The Boulevard, Sevington

    Received 11 Feb 2019
  16. Decision Made19/00031/TC

    Description: T2 Black Cherry - Cut low branches to clear fence by 1 metre T3 Silver Birch - Prune on building side by 2 metres T4 Field Maple - Prune on building side by 1 metre T5 Goat Willow - Prune on building side by 2 metres T6 Common Hornbeam- Raise lower canopy to 4 metres

    Woodchurch Church of England Primary School, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3QJ

    Received 13 Feb 2019
  17. Decision Made19/00037/TC

    Description: T1 Mature Oak tree front of house: fell and treat stump.

    93 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LB

    Received 20 Feb 2019
  18. Decision Made19/00038/TP

    Description: T1: Mature Silver Birch - To Fell. Reason: Health & Safety and amenity value. Proposal to replace with a 3M high Mountain Ash tree.

    Mulberry House, Penderel Mews, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QF

    Received 21 Feb 2019
  19. Decision Made19/00039/TC

    Description: T1 Broad-leaved Cockspur Thorn - fell

    1 Park View Terrace, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HL

    Received 22 Feb 2019
  20. Decision Made19/00040/TP

    Description: G1 Hornbeams x 3 from neighbours overhanging property - carry out an approximate 30 percent reduction (2-3 metres) with a proportional width reduction cutting back to appropriate branch axles.

    1 Abbott Way, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7BZ

    Received 22 Feb 2019
  21. Decision Made19/00041/FC

    Description: 019_45169_2018: Kent gliding club - regenerational felling works in cmpt Aa to improve safety, 0.16ha Broadleaf, 0.09ha Conifer. Restocking by natural regeneration be allowed for five years before restocking with individual trees is to take place if considered necessary at that time. Such restocking is to exclude fir, sycamore and chestnut.

    Kent Gliding Club, Squids Gate Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DR

    Received 26 Feb 2019
  22. Decision Made19/00096/TP

    Description: To reduce overhanging branches of oak tree in the woodland boundary by 1-1.5 metres to allow a 2 metre gap between the house and the trees.

    18 Wyndham Way, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4PZ

    Received 3 May 2019
  23. Decision Made19/00097/TC

    Description: Crown reduce sycamore by 1-2 metres from the top and any longer low laterals - otherwise a one metre reduction from the remainder of the tree ensuring that a strong growth point is selected of at least one-third of the diameter of the parent limb as per BS3998:2010. The resultant profile should reflect a natural crown shape as closely as possible. Crown lift to five metres limbs <75mm diameter. Remove dead and decayed wood from crown (exempt works) Remove all self-sown saplings in planted area surrounding sycamore that are <150mm diameter when measured at 1.5m height. (Superseded specification)T1 Sycamore - to crown reduce by 50 percent (see photograph)

    7 Old Vicarage Gardens, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5DG

    Received 1 May 2019
  24. Decision Made19/00098/TC

    Description: T1 - Black poplar - Dead wood branches currently hanging over telegraph lines (Exempt) . T2 Black Poplar - Dead wood (exempt) T3 Black Poplar - to fell.

    Townland Farm, 80 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SA

    Received 2 May 2019

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