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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

38,007Searchable applications

602Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 20,420 approved or refused records

2,362Refused applications

18,058 approved · 2,362 refused · 2,099 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

Decision Made12/00149/TC
Description: T1 - Willow - fell
Land at front of Old Post Office 54, High Street, Rolvenden, Kent
Received 24 Sept 2012
Decision Made12/00150/TC
Description: T1 - Irish Yew - fell
Hambrook Cottage, Hambrook Lane, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DJ
Received 26 Sept 2012
Decision Made12/00151/TC
Description: To crown reduce by 30%, one x oak (T1)
Verge at The Old School, Church Road, Stone, Kent
Received 27 Sept 2012
Decision Made12/00152/FC
Description: Ref 019/225/12-13 felling licence - to thin mixed broadleaves, compartment T1 (0.5ha), to coppice mixed broadleaves, T2 (1ha) and to thin and coppice mixed broadleaves T3 (1.5ha)
Knock Wood, Knockwood Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 21 Sept 2012
Decision Made12/00153/TC
Description: T1 - Fell one dangerous storm damaged sycamore at rear
1 Court Lodge Road, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2DD
Received 28 Sept 2012
Decision Made12/00154/TC
Description: To fell two x fig trees (G1); to fell two x fig trees (G2); to remove deadwood, one x Paulownia (T3) - exempt; to fell three x blue cypresses (G4); to fell two x conifers (G5); to re-pollard at 2.5m, two x willows and re-pollard at 1m, one x willow (G6)
Court Lodge, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LR
Received 1 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00155/TP
Description: To reduce height of five x hazel trees within (G1) to 1 metre below overhead cable
Associate House, Upper Queens Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8HJ
Received 3 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00156/TC
Description: To crown reduce by 25%, one x Willow (T1)
Underwood, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4JX
Received 3 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00157/TP
Description: (T1) Mature Oak - reduce by 25% (3-4 metres average reduction in branch length) and deadwooding of 5 large boughs.
82 Springwood Drive, Ashford, TN23 3LJ
Received 4 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00158/FC
Description: Ref: 019/261/12-13 to coppice mixed broadleaf 0.45 ha and to fell 5 mixed broadleaf (described by Forestry Commission to thin) in Cpt 1
Woodland at Battery Bank, Rye Road, Newenden, Kent
Received 5 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00159/TC
Description: To fell two x Macrocarpa (Monterey Cypress), (T1) & (T2); and to remove aprox 50% growth overhanging roof, one x Scots Pine (T3)
Hales Place, Oaks Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RH
Received 8 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00160/TP
Description: To crown lift tree line to 5.3m above access road (W1 - TPO No 20,1997) and remove two x dead cherry trees (exempt)
Ashford School Sports Field, Mace Lane, Ashford, Kent
Received 8 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00161/TC
Description: To fell one x fir tree (T1)
Kent Lodge, Hambrook Lane, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DJ
Received 9 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00162/TP
Description: To crown reduce by 4 metres, one x copper beech (T1)
Burleigh House, Burleigh Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0JB
Received 10 Oct 2012
Decision Made12/00178/TC
Description: To reduce canopy back to previous pruning points, one x oak (T1) ALL,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
Avery Cottage, 4 North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AQ
Received 2 Nov 2012
Decision Made12/00179/TP
Description: T1 Medlar (Mespilus Germanica) - 30% reduction, encroaching onto footpath and borders.
Chaucer Cottage, 4A Upper Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AF
Received 5 Nov 2012
Decision Made12/00180/TP
Description: To fell one x Holm Oak (T1)
Chilham Castle, Chilham Castle Estate, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8DB
Received 7 Nov 2012
Decision Made12/00181/TC
Description: To fell one x beech (T1)
The Water Tower, Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LS
Received 7 Nov 2012
Decision Made12/00182/TP
Description: Dead and dangerous trees - fell 4 horse chestnuts, fell 1 fir, fell 2 beech, pollard 1 further beech near steps jump
Chilham Castle, Chilham Castle Estate, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8DB
Received 7 Nov 2012
Decision Made12/00184/TC
Description: To remove one x ash (T1); to crown lift to approx 5 m and crown reduce by 15%, one x lime (T2); to remove one x ash & one x sycamore (T3); to remove one x sycamore (T4); to weight reduce one x limb and install cable bracing, one x cherry (T5); to remove dead limbs (exempt), one x robinia (T6); and to remove one x sycamore (T7); to remove one x hazel (T8); and to remove one x sycamore of contiguous pair (T9)
Old Vicarage, The Square, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BY
Received 12 Nov 2012
Decision Made12/00187/TC
Description: T1 - Ash - reduce growth by 35%; T2 - Holly - reduce growth by 20%; T3 - Liquid Amber - Reduce height by approximately 20%
74 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LR
Received 15 Nov 2012
Decision Made12/00188/TC
Description: T1 - Cedar - reduce 20-25% five lower lateral branches
3 Denelees, Wye Road, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HH
Received 20 Nov 2012
Decision Made12/00189/TP
Description: To crown lift to a height of 4.5metres above ground, one x Beech (T1)
41 Longbeech Park, Canterbury Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0HA
Received 21 Nov 2012
Decision Made12/00190/FC
Description: Coppice Sweet Chestnut (compartments 5a and 5b); Thin Japanese Larch, Douglas Fir, Corsican Pine and Norway Spruce by up to 30% (compartments 1b, 1d, 2a, 2e, 3a, 3c, 4c, 4d, 5c, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 10a, 10b); Thin mixed mature woodland (compartment 3a)
West Section of Land at Longbeech Wood North of, Monkery Lane, Charing, Kent
Received 23 Nov 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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