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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17,847 approved · 2,336 refused · 2,084 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made12/00027/TC
Description: To re-pollard one x Ash (T1)
39 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LL
Received 13 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00028/HG
Description: To remove approximately 270m of hedgerow
Land known as Bottomless Pit, Hole Park, Benenden Road, Rolvenden, Kent
Received 13 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00029/FC
Description: Forestry commission-019/466/11-12. Compartment Area 1 - Fell Coppice mixed broadleaves, compartment Area 2 Fell coppice mixed broadleaves, Area 3 Fell Coppice mixed broadleaves, compartment 4 Fell Coppice mixed broadleaves
Longbeech Wood South of, Monkery Lane, Charing, Kent
Received 20 Jan 2012
Decision Made12/00030/TC
Description: (T1-T5) - 5 x Leylandii - to reduce by 30%; (T6) - 1 x Golden Leylandii - to reduce height by 3m
Eastwell House, Eastwell Barn Mews, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QW
Received 16 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00031/TC
Description: T1 - Pine - Fell, T2 - Ginkgo - reduce height by 30%, T3 Norway Spruce - Fell, T4 - Sycamore Fell, T5 - Sycamore Fell
Abbeyfield House, 78 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 16 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00032/TP
Description: T1 - Western Red Cedar - Fell
Elmfield Court, Oaks Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RH
Received 16 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00035/TP
Description: To remove 'die back' and insect damage, one x Oak (T1)
78 Springwood Drive, Ashford, TN23 3LJ
Received 21 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00036/TP
Description: T1 - Horse chestnut - Fell growing within canopy of larger tree making canopy weak and one sided.. T2 - Sycamore and T3 Ash - Fell due to severe lean and curve of truck.
Chilham Castle, Chilham Castle Estate, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8DB
Received 21 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00037/TC
Description: T1 - Dangerous Cypress - fell
Queens Head House, Ashford Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AD
Received 22 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00038/TP
Description: T1 - Beech - removal of diseased tree
Land formerly known as Belmore, Magazine Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 24 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00039/TC
Description: Fell 1 x Sycamore (T1) and reduce Leylandii hedge to 2 metres (G2)
Hillview, 25 Church Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5BN
Received 27 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00040/TC
Description: SG1 - Shrub Group - remove; SG5 - Shrub Group - remove; T3 - Oak - fell; TG2 - Mixed Species Group - remove
Babbacombe, Church Hill, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3EG
Received 29 Feb 2012
Decision Made12/00041/TC
Description: Beech (T1) - To remove one lower stem of forked branch overhanging Owl Cottage and two lower minor branches overhanging garage (one minor branch from main trunk and one smaller stem from fork); deadwood
Beech Cottage, Branch Road, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DR
Received 6 Mar 2012
Decision Made12/00042/TP
Description: T1 - Lime - fell
Heronden Hall, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7QA
Received 6 Mar 2012
Decision Made12/00043/TC
Description: Hedge restoration - reduce line of hollies located on right hand side of entrance to the same height as the holly hedge on the left hand side.
Hales Place, Oaks Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RH
Received 8 Mar 2012
Decision Made12/00044/TC
Description: T1 - Beech - To fell
The Rectory, The Street, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QT
Received 9 Mar 2012
Decision Made12/00047/TP
Description: To crown reduce by 30% and to crown lift to 4m, one x Horse Chestnut (T1)
St Marys Church, Church Yard, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1QL
Received 12 Mar 2012
Decision Made12/00048/TC
Description: T1 & T2 - two x Scots Pine - reduce by 30%, T3 - one x Cypress - remove
7 Kirkwood Avenue, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SE
Received 13 Mar 2012
Decision Made12/00049/TC
Description: T1 - one x Pine - remove
1 Eastwell Meadows, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QR
Received 13 Mar 2012
Decision Made12/00050/TC
Description: T1 - Oak - reduce width by 1 metre at most and crown lift a few small branches over gravestone
St Marys Church, Church Road, Stone, Kent
Received 14 Mar 2012
Decision Made12/00051/FC
Description: FLA 019/534/11-12 - Grid reference - TQ965376 - Chestnut - thin; Grid reference - TQ965376 - Chestnut - fell coppice; TQ970371 - Oak - selective felling; TQ965376 - Mixed Broad leaf - selective felling
Woodland comprising of Colebran Markwicks Streetend and Courthope, Duck Lane, Shadoxhurst
Received 14 Mar 2012
Decision Made12/00053/TC
Description: To fell one x Lime (T1); to remove large limb mid height at 90 degrees and clean out crown, one x Monterey Pine (T2); to remove top, one x leaning Montery Pine (T3); to fell 2 of 3 Sycamore stems (T4); to fell one sycamore approved under application 10/00030/TC (T5); and to thin one x Acacia (T6)
Squires, High Street, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LW
Received 19 Mar 2012
Decision Made12/00054/TP
Description: T1 - T5 oaks - remove dead wood and prune back dieback to nearest live growth (limbs to be shortened by 2.5 metres maximum).
Waterside, 179 Willow Way, Woodlands Park, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8DB
Received 21 Mar 2012
Decision Made12/00055/TC
Description: To fell two x Golden Thuja and one Chamaecyparis (Cypress)
3 Old Regent Drive, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4PD
Received 22 Mar 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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