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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

37,843Searchable applications

597Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 20,293 approved or refused records

2,346Refused applications

17,947 approved · 2,346 refused · 2,089 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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 Made12/00085/TC
Description: T1 - 2 x cherry trees, remove
118 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HT
Received 1 May 2012
Decision Made12/00086/TP
Description: To cut back four of the trees lowest boughs to growth points as indicated on application plan, one x oak (T1)
Oaklee, Ingleden Park Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NR
Received 3 May 2012
Decision Made12/00087/TC
Description: To fell three x Alder (T1, T3 & T4); to fell one x apple (T2); to fell one x conifer (T5); and to reduce one x hawthorn to hedge height (T6)
The Barn, 3B Old Mill Court, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DD
Received 3 May 2012
Decision Made12/00088/TP
Description: T1 - Willow - Crown reduction back to previous points
20 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5EA
Received 8 May 2012
Decision Made12/00090/TC
Description: To deadwood all trees in car park, mainly Cedar
The Cedars, 17 Church Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1RE
Received 9 May 2012
Decision Made12/00091/TC
Description: Removal of fir trees
Courtlands, Church Hill, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AQ
Received 11 May 2012
Decision Made12/00092/TC
Description: T1 - removal of one smaller dead conifer ; T2 removal of adjacent leaning conifer also on boundary with the Millennium Gardens
White Lion Hotel, 57 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6BD
Received 14 May 2012
Decision Made12/00093/TC
Description: To remove 1 x Ash (T1) and 1 x Holly (T2)
Land 2m West of, Hodee, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Kent
Received 17 May 2012
Decision Made12/00094/AS/TC
Description: T1 - Gingko Biloba - to fell
Abbeyfield House, 78 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 18 May 2012
Decision Made12/00095/TC
Description: T1 - Prunus - fell to base of trunk; T2 - Western Red Cedar - remove; T3 - Holly - fell to base of trunk
Little Billing, Wye Road, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HH
Received 22 May 2012
Decision Made12/00096/TC
Description: To reduce in height by 3 - 5 metres, 41 x Leylandii (G1); 6 x Leylandii (G2) and 14 x Leylandii (G3)
Court Lodge, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LR
Received 28 May 2012
Decision Made12/00097/TC
Description: To crown reduce by one third, one x Ash (T1)
Avalon, Bournes Place, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3PD
Received 7 Jun 2012
Decision Made12/00113/TC
Description: Fell x 1 leaning and dangerous Poplar adjacent to pond
Plot to the south of Field Cottage, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 12 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00114/FC
Description: Ref: 019/158/12-13. Cpt 1B - to thin non native species, mainly sycamore and ash; Cpt 1D - to fell one x yew
Rook Toll, Faversham Road, Eastwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4PQ
Received 13 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00115/TC
Description: T1 Eucalyptus - To be felled
3 Church Cottage, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6PU
Received 16 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00116/TP
Description: To fell one x hornbeam (T1); to coppice four x hornbeam (T2,T14,T18 & T21); to prune back to give 2m clearance from adj caravan and remove dead wood greater than 50mm diameter two x oak (T3 & T8); to coppice five x field maples (T4, T5, T6, T10 & T11); to fell two x hawthorn (T7 & T12); to remove dead wood greater than 50mm diameter seven x oak (T9,T13,T15,T16,T19,T20 & T22); to coppice one x oak (T17); to re-coppice stem overhanging adj caravan and remove dead wood greater than 50mm diameter from remaining stem, one x oak (T23); to coppice one holm oak (T24); to remove dead wood greater than 50mm diameter and prune lowest live branch growing over adj caravan back to main stem, one x oak (T25); and to crown reduce to leave an average branch length of 5m one x oak (T26).
108 Shirkoak Park, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3RR
Received 16 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00117/TC
Description: T1 Ash Tree - Remove
126A High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HT
Received 17 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00118/TP
Description: To prune back limbs to give 2m clearance from properties 206 & 208 Beaver Lane, one x oak (T1)
206 Beaver Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5PF
Received 18 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00119/TC
Description: Dead ash and willow adjacent to field and pond, Hendon Hall, Biddenden Conservation Area
Hendon Hall, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 20 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00120/TP
Description: Fell one dead ash in Dovecote Court car park.
Dovecote Court, Chilham Castle Estate, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8DB
Received 23 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00121/TC
Description: To reduce height of two large fir trees to 5m (T1 & T2); to re-pollard two x sycamores to 5m (T3 & T4); to pollard two x sycamores to 5m (T5 & T6); to pollard one x sycamore to between 7m and 8m (T7); to remove one x hawthorn (T8)
22 The Street, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HB
Received 23 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00122/TP
Description: To fell one x goat willow (T1); and to fell one x oak (T3)
Woodruff, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2EF
Received 24 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00123/TP
Description: To cut back branches overhanging house/garden by 3m, up to a height of 10m, one x oak (T1)
4 The Lindens, St Benets Way, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QT
Received 24 Jul 2012
Decision Made12/00124/TP
Description: To crown lift two boughs overhanging highway and remove dead wood, one x oak (T1)
Missenden, Kingsnorth Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 6LX
Received 24 Jul 2012

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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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