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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

37,601Searchable applications

601Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 20,099 approved or refused records

2,336Refused applications

17,763 approved · 2,336 refused · 2,078 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made11/00191/TC
Description: To fell three x ash trees (T1 - T3)
Green Farm, Church Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LS
Received 25 Oct 2011
Decision Made11/00192/TC
Description: To pollard willow to 4 meters. To coppice 2 ash trees to ground level. To remove dead stem on field maple. To fell conifer and grind stump to ground level. To fell 3 Lombardy poplars. To fell 2 conifers in flower bed. To fell damson tree. Fell conifer and take top out of others.
Tattle Cottage, Catts Hill, Stone, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7JR
Received 27 Oct 2011
Decision Made11/00193/TC
Description: To fell one x cherry plum tree (T1)
5 Mayors Place, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JX
Received 28 Oct 2011
Decision Made11/00194/TC
Description: T1 - Mountain Ash - fell; T2 - Gold Cupressus - fell
2 Old Regent Drive, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4PD
Received 28 Oct 2011
Decision Made11/00195/TC
Description: T1 - Golden Cypress - to crown
Myrtle Cottage, The Green, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3QG
Received 31 Oct 2011
Decision Made11/00196/TP
Description: To lift lower branches to give 5m clearance, group of 37 multi-stemmed Sycamores with Holly understorey (G1)
Croft Hotel, Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DU
Received 1 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00197/TP
Description: T1 - Lawson's Cypress - removal due to decay
The Old Burial Ground, Station Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 2 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00198/TC
Description: T1 - Silver Birch - fell
17 Gybbons Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LL
Received 2 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00199/TP
Description: To lift lower branches to give 5m clearance, one x Ash (T1)
Croft Hotel, Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DU
Received 1 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00200/TC
Description: T1 - Oak - fell
St Peter and St Paul Church, Church Lane, Shadoxhurst
Received 3 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00201/TC
Description: To prune 2 x apple trees (T1 & T4); to fell one x apple tree (T2); to remove competing stem and lower branches to improve shape of canopy, one x birch (T3)
31 High Street, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LP
Received 4 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00202/TP
Description: To crown lift to 6m, 2 x lime trees (T1 & T2) and to crown lift to 4m, 1 x yew tree (T3) overhanging rear gardens of properties in Morgan Close
Cemetery Building Willesborough Cemetery, Church Road, Willesborough, Kent
Received 7 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00203/FC
Description: 019/328/11-12. Coppice regrowth and natural regeneration
Land known as Joeys Wood adj Norton Knatchbull School, Hythe Road, Willesborough, Kent
Received 7 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00204/FC
Description: Coppice regrowth of Sweet Chestnut, within area 1a on plan. Felling of 75 Japanese Larch and re-plant with 50% oak, within area 2a on submitted plan.
Tythe Wood, Monkery Lane, Charing, Kent
Received 7 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00205/TP
Description: To remove lower limb overhanging property to give 3 metres clearance, one x Pine (T1)
1 Eastgate Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AH
Received 9 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00206/TP
Description: To fell one x dying Walnut tree (T1)
Rose Cottage, The Street, Brook, Ashford, TN25 5PG
Received 10 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00207/TC
Description: To fell one x Alder (T2)
174 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AE
Received 10 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00208/TC
Description: To fell two x conifers (T1) & (T2), one x acer (T3), one x plum (T4); to crown reduce slightly one x ornamental cherry (T5) and one x walnut tree (T6)
Gillets Farm House, Water Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8QB
Received 11 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00209/TC
Description: To fell two x yew (T1) & (T2) and five x conifer (T3) - (T7)
185 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AE
Received 11 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00210/TP
Description: To crown reduce by 25% one x Oak (T1)
The Spinney, 41 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LL
Received 14 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00212/TC
Description: To remove one x Yew tree (T1)
2 The Malthouses, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LL
Received 16 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00213/TC
Description: To fell three x Cypress (T1,T2 & T4); to clip sides and reshape Cypress (T3); to fell one x Amelanchier (T5) and coppice one x Hazel (T6)
5 Hambrook Close, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8EJ
Received 16 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00214/TC
Description: To crown reduce by 25%, two x birch trees (T1) & (T2)
1 Hambrook Close, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8EJ
Received 16 Nov 2011
Decision Made11/00215/TC
Description: To reduce height to 8m and tidy crown, one x walnut (T1); to reduce height by 3m, group of conifers (T2); to fell one x goat willow (T3), one x unknown species (T4) and one x robina (T5); and to deadwood pear tree - exempt (T6)
The Well House, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NJ
Received 17 Nov 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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