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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

42,125Searchable applications

581Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 23,606 approved or refused records

2,717Refused applications

20,889 approved · 2,717 refused · 2,361 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Oct 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made08/00006/TC
Description: To reduce and reshape by 30%, one x Silver Wattle (Acacia); to re-pollard one x Eucalyptus (T2)
1 Park View Terrace, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HL
Received 14 Jan 2008
Decision Made08/00007/AS/TC
Description: To crown reduce by 25 % and remove lower bough overhanging hall, one x weeping willow (T1)
1 Willow Tree, Highbury Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LD
Received 14 Jan 2008
Decision Made08/00008/TP
Description: To fell to ground level, grind out stumps and plant at least four trees to replace 4 x Horse Chestnut (T1 - T4)
Old Cattle Market Site, Elwick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1NN
Received 18 Jan 2008
Decision Made08/00009/TP
Description: To crown reduce by 20%, one x Oak (T1)
26 Grange Crescent, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6DZ
Received 21 Jan 2008
Decision Made08/00010/AS/FC
Description: Forestry Commission Reference: 019/391/07-08 To coppice 0.27ha hornbeam (Area 1) and to coppice 0.11ha mixed broadleaved woodland (Area 2)
Woodland north west of Beale Lands Farm, Shawlands Lane, High Halden, Kent
Received 22 Jan 2008
Decision Made08/00011/TP
Description: To crown reduce by 15% to 20 % one x Cedar (T1)
Site adjacent to Norton Knatchbull School, Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 22 Jan 2008
Decision Made08/00012/AS/TC
Description: To pollard by one third, 1 x Deciduous Conifer (T1)
Horseshoe Cottage, Forge Hill, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AF
Received 25 Jan 2008
Decision Made08/00013/AS/TC
Description: To reduce to height and spread of adj hedge, 2 x conifers (T1 & T2)
19 Eastwell Barn Mews, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QW
Received 28 Jan 2008
Decision Made08/00014/TP
Description: T1 - T10 Oak. T1 - Remove 2 low horizontal boughs back to main trunk; T2 - Remove low bough; T3 - Remove lowest 2 boughs; T4 - No work; T5 - Remove lowest 2 boughs; T6 - Remove lowest bough; T7 - No work; T8 - Remove low dead wood; T9 - Remove lowest 2 live boughs & dead boughs; T10 - Fell
32 Hoads Wood Gardens, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4QB
Received 31 Jan 2008
Decision Made08/00015/TC
Description: T1 Thuya; T2 Yew; T3 Hawthorn; T4 Maple & T5 Oak - Fell
Frensham Manor, Winser Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4NL
Received 31 Jan 2008
Decision Made08/00016/TP
Description: T1 Maple - Fell two sections of a multi stemmed sycamore; T2 Cherry - 10-15% crown reductionALL,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
5 Kennington Place, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HZ
Received 1 Feb 2008
Decision Made08/00017/TP
Description: T1 Lime - Crowning
67A Birling Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DJ
Received 4 Feb 2008
Decision Made08/00018/AS/TC
Description: T1 Alder - Fell, T2 Beech - Fell
Homestall, Tenterden Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4NB
Received 5 Feb 2008
Decision Made08/00019/TP
Description: T1 Oak - Reduce crown by no more than 30%
8 Rectory Close, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QD
Received 5 Feb 2008
Decision Made08/00020/AS/TC
Description: T1 Horse Chestnut - Crown raise to 3m, overall reduction to maximum of 40%; T2 Lime - Pollard to original pollard points; T3 Lime - Pollard to original pollard points & T4 Yew - Overall reduction of 20% to maintain good shape
Sunnyside, Elwick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1NN
Received 5 Feb 2008
Decision Made08/00021/TP
Description: T1 Oak - 30% crown reduction and remove deadwood (as revised by email)
Coldham, Ram Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PU
Received 5 Feb 2008
Decision Made08/00022/AS/TC
Description: To remove two limbs overhanging property 1 x Sycamore (T1)
Wagoners, Water Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8QB
Received 7 Feb 2008
Decision Made08/00023/FC
Description: Forestry Commission Ref:019/392/07-08: To thin Corsican Pine (2.8ha) and Silver Birch (0.63ha) in compartments 1 & 3
Harken Wood part of Longbeach Wood, between Monkery Lane and, Canterbury Road, Charing, Kent
Received 7 Feb 2008
Decision Made08/00024/TC
Description: Fell 4 conifers
Deepwell House, Chilham Castle Estate, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8DB
Received 8 Feb 2008
Decision Made08/00025/TP
Description: T1 Oak - Light crown reduction of lower branches over garden to south and northeast, T2 & T3 Holly - reduce height by 40%; reduce limb adjacent to oak; crown lift to 5.3m over highway, T4 - sycamore - remove lowest limb over shed; remove outer limb overhanging highway back to "Y" fork.
1 Kennington Place, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HZ
Received 11 Feb 2008
Decision Made08/00026/TP
Description: Woodland coppicing (approx 20 trees); pollarding (2 trees) and removing dead/dying and dangerous trees where appropriate in order to facilitate construction of Sustrans cycle path.
Disused railway line between Col Stephens Way and, Drury Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 15 Feb 2008
Decision Made08/00027/TP
Description: T1 Copper Beech - Crown lift, secondary branches overhanging Crossways to height of 4M above ground level.
Crossways, 73 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LR
Received 15 Feb 2008
Decision Made08/00028/TC
Description: T1 Red Leaf Cherry - Remove 45 degree bough over footpath and one 45 degree bough over neighbours drive
61 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LR
Received 20 Feb 2008
Decision Made08/00029/TP
Description: T1 Sycamore - Prune back/remove bottom layer of overhanging branches
4 Warren Heights, Plain Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6TG
Received 21 Feb 2008

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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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