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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

37,413Searchable applications

601Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 19,944 approved or refused records

2,316Refused applications

17,628 approved · 2,316 refused · 2,063 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made11/00123/TC
Description: To crown reduce by one third, one x Hornbeam (T1), two x Prunus Lusitanica (T2 & T3)
Charing House, 21 Station Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0JA
Received 2 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00124/TC
Description: To reduce to 5 metres in height, one x Thuja Plicata (T1), two x Lawson Cyprus (T2 & T3), one x Leylandii (T4)
Fircroft, 5 The Croft, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RG
Received 3 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00125/TC
Description: To fell one x conifer (T1)
7 Coombe Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HD
Received 4 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00126/TC
Description: To coppice one x sycamore (T1)
4 Warrens Court, Beacon Oak Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RW
Received 5 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00127/TC
Description: To fell one x willow (T1) & one x silver birch (T2); to reduce height to same as adj conifer, one x ash (T3); to crown reduce two x holly by up to 50% (T4 & T5); to coppice group of ash (T7 & T8) and crown reduce x one oak by up to 30% (T8).
Rosewood Cottage, Mounts Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NN
Received 8 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00128/TC
Description: To remove x2 Oaks (T1 & T2)
Mulberry House, Church Hill, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3EG
Received 12 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00129/TC
Description: To fell one holly (T1) within front hedge.1,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
Melville House, The Street, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AE
Received 15 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00130/TC
Description: Felling of a dead standing willow tree in the beer garden.T1,Felling of a dead standing willow tree in the beer garden., Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
The William Caxton, 11 West Cross, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JR
Received 15 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00132/TC
Description: Pollard Willow T1 & T2
Coquet Lodge, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LR
Received 18 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00133/FC
Description: English Woodland grant scheme- 21378 Compartment Area 1 - Thin, compartment Area 2 Thin, compartment Area 3 Fell Coppice, compartment 4 Fell Coppice, compartment 5 Thin
Hanger Wood west of, Ash Hill, Ruckinge, Kent
Received 23 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00134/TC
Description: Fell x1 Willow
Averys, 42-44 The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2BX
Received 24 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00135/TC
Description: T1 & T2 - Silver birch - crown reduction by 30%
7 Upper Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AW
Received 26 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00136/TC
Description: To fell 2 x Ash (T1 & T2) and reduce by 30% 1 x Hornbeam (T3)
Chatsworth, Singleton Road, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3BA
Received 26 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00137/TC
Description: To crown reduce by 30% 1 x Ash (T1); to remove 1 x Acer (T2)
Blacksmith Arms, 84 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NA
Received 26 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00138/TC
Description: To fell one x Whitebeam (T1)
25 The Cobs, Woodbury Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JH
Received 30 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00139/TC
Description: To reduce in height by 50%, 3 or 4 x sycamore trees (T1 - T4); to remove up to 3m from boughs to side by house, 1 x golden acacia (T5)
170 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AE
Received 30 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00140/TC
Description: To fell two x Cupressus Lawsonia (identified as T10 & T11 on plan submitted with application)
14 The Street, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HB
Received 31 Aug 2011
Decision Made11/00141/TC
Description: T1 - conifer - fell
56 The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2AE
Received 5 Sept 2011
Decision Made11/00142/TC
Description: Pollard twin stems to 3 - 4m from ground
13 Stone Green, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7JS
Received 7 Sept 2011
Decision Made11/00143/TC
Description: T1 - Holm Oak cut branches back to boundary
178 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AE
Received 7 Sept 2011
Decision Made11/00144/FC
Description: Ref 019/239/11-2 Felling Licence application - Compartment Area 1 - Thin Nordic Spruce, compartment Area 2 Fell Sweet Chestnut
Longbeech Bank Wood North of Alicia Cantebury Road and South of, Monkery Lane, Charing, Kent
Received 7 Sept 2011
Decision Made11/00145/FC
Description: Ref 019/229/11-12 Felling Licence application - Compartment Area 1 - Fell Coppice Chestnut & some Silver Birch
Land at Longbeech Wood East of Woodacre, Faversham Road, Charing
Received 7 Sept 2011
Decision Made11/00146/TC
Description: T1 - Oak - to remove epicormic growth to main crowns on 3 stems on right hand side
5 Hales Court, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RJ
Received 9 Sept 2011
Decision Made11/00147/TP
Description: T1 - Oak - reduce 2 x limbs by approximately 3 meters and remove all dead wood
33 Hookstead, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3NF
Received 9 Sept 2011

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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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