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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

38,184Searchable applications

602Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 20,565 approved or refused records

2,372Refused applications

18,193 approved · 2,372 refused · 2,112 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Mar 2008 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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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 Made12/00102/TC
Description: T1 - Hawthorn - removal
Wykeham House, High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AH
Received 22 Jun 2012
Decision Made12/00103/TC
Description: To remove 1 x Horse Chestnut along driveway adjacent to Churchyard (T1)
Wykeham House, High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AH
Received 21 Jun 2012
Decision Made12/00104/TC
Description: To remove 4 x Fir Trees (T1) - (T4)
Holly Lodge, Frogs Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NG
Received 26 Jun 2012
Decision Made12/00105/TC
Description: T1 Greengage Tree - To be felled.
Field Cottage, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 4 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00106/TC
Description: T1 - Purple Plum - remove
41 Albert Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8NU
Received 4 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00107/TP
Description: T1 Silver Birch - Remove
18 Quantock Drive, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8RJ
Received 5 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00108/TC
Description: To remove limb overhanging wall back to trunk, one x Oak (T1); to crown reduce by 20%, one x unidentified species (T2); to reduce height by 20%, two x hornbeam (T3) & (T4); to crown reduce by 30%, one x oak (T5); to remove lowest three branches back to trunk, one x oak (T6); to coppice four x ash and one x willow (T7, T8, T9, T10 & T11); to remove three x ash, one x horse chestnut (T12), (T14), (T15) & (T16); to remove dead / dying wood, one x oak (T13); and to reduce in height by 1/3rd and remove pond side branches to height of 3m, 3 x conifers (T17), (T18) & (T19); re-pollard one x willow (T20).
Church House, Church Hill, High Halden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3JB
Received 6 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00109/TC
Description: To fell two x ash (T1) & (T2)
East Wing, Old Cloth Hall, North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AG
Received 6 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00110/TC
Description: T1 - Scots Pine - fell
13 Court Lodge Road, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2DD
Received 6 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00111/TP
Description: To crown reduce by 15% and crown lift to 6m, one x lime (T1); and to crown lift to 6m and deadwood 4 x lime (T2 - T5)
Dunstanburgh, Boys Hall Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0LA
Received 9 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00112/FC
Description: Ref:019/66/12-13. To coppice 11.25 ha comprising birch, mixed broadleaf and chestnut at Stubyers Wood
Woodland at Westwell Downs running along, Pilgrims Way, Westwell, Kent
Received 10 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00163/TP
Description: To cut back to 4m from trunk, low bough over hedge, and deadwood one x oak (T1)
1 Thornden Court, Thornden Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4PS
Received 11 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00165/TC
Description: To remove one x Leylandii (T1)
3 Herons Close, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DN
Received 11 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00168/TC
Description: T1 - Field Maple - remove two branches overhanging track
The Coach House, Mounts Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NN
Received 18 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00169/TC
Description: To fell one x fir A (T1); to fell one x weeping birch B (T2); and to remove four Leylandii trees C (T3) - (T6)
Stace House, Woodchurch Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AD
Received 25 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00170/TP
Description: T1 - Quercus Petrea Sessile Oak. Reduce crown by 25% ie by 2 metres
27 Brisley Court, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3GE
Received 24 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00171/TC
Description: T1 Maple - FellT1,Removal of Maple tree, Reason for work - Identified that the tree is dying , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
Westwell Parish Hall, Gold Hill, Westwell, Kent
Received 25 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00172/FC
Description: Compartment 1c - Mixed Broadleaf - Cutting Coppice
Meadow Wood south of, Monkery Lane, Charing, Kent
Received 26 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00173/TC
Description: Fell ash tree (T1)
Smallhythe Place, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Received 26 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00174/TP
Description: To crown lift to 6 - 8m above ground and thin by 20%, one x sycamore within G2. (Fell 2nd unprotected sycamore outside G2 - exempt)
42 Belmore Park, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8UW
Received 29 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00175/TC
Description: T1 Pear - Crown reduction by 3m. T2 Unknown species - Crown reduction by 3m. T3 Hornbeam - Crown reduction by 1-2 m. T4 Unknown species - Reduce to match T3. T5 Alder - Crown reduction by 3-4 m. T6 Willow - Crown reduction by 1m. T7 Hawthorn - Crown reduction by 2m. T8 & T9 Apple - Crown reduction by 1-2m. T10 Greenage - Crown reduction by 2m
5 Dering Terrace, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0RP
Received 30 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00176/TC
Description: Acer Negundo (T8) - Shaped and crown reduced. Norway Maple (T10) - Fell, planted too chose to Red Maple (T11) causing overcrowding and impending growth. Cob tree (T9) - Removal, preventing erection of boundary fence. Cherry Laurel (T14) - Removal, invasive and overgrown causing excessive shading. Apple (T12) - Removal, small tree too close to Red Maple, to be replaced in better location (T11) causing stunted development. Pear (T13) - Removal, mis-shaped, low fruit bearing, to be replaced in better location.
Sand House, Woodbury Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JH
Received 31 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00177/TC
Description: T1 Oak tree - Fell, due to contributing to major cracks in the structure of the North East Chapel wall
All Saints Church, High Street, Biddenden, Kent
Received 31 Oct 2012
Decision Made13/00011/TP
Description: T1 Ash - Pollard at approx 5m
2 Mulberry Gardens, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LH
Received 8 Jan 2013

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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.

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