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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

44,083Searchable applications

581Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 25,129 approved or refused records

3,001Refused applications

22,128 approved · 3,001 refused · 2,492 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Apr 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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 Made14/00272/TC
Description: 2 x Horse Chestnut Trees (T3 & T4) - Reduce by 35%
The Old Parsonage, 24 Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LS
Received 18 Dec 2014
Decision Made14/00273/TC
Description: Fell 1 x Willow with split trunk
12 Poplar Road, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7PG
Received 19 Dec 2014
Decision Made14/00274/TP
Description: 1 x Oak (T1) - reduce in height by 3 metres and property side by 2 metres. Reduce the rear of the tree by 3 metres to balance the canopy
27 Friesian Way, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9LE
Received 22 Dec 2014
Decision Made14/00275/TC
Description: Lawson Cypress (T1) - To fell. Balsam Poplar (T2) - To fell. multi-stem Lawson Cypress (T3) - To fell. Cupressus Leylandii (T4) - To fell.
Middlecroft, 2 The Croft, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RG
Received 29 Dec 2014
Decision Made15/00004/TC
Description: 1 x Yew Tree - crown reduce by 20%, clear 18" around phone line and remove 2.3m branches overhanging public footpath and 1m from side of house
Hobday Cottage, The Green, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HX
Received 7 Jan 2015
Decision Made15/00005/TP
Description: To fell two x Ash (T5 & T6) and one x Oak (TG1)
The Woodlands Farm, Hamstreet Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2NS
Received 8 Jan 2015
Decision Made15/00006/TP
Description: To pollard poplar T1 in garden to height of adjacent pollarded poplar
Clewards Barn, The Moat, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JJ
Received 8 Jan 2015
Decision Made15/00007/TC
Description: T1 Poplar - Fell to ground level, in decline and almost dead
Chessenden House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NB
Received 9 Jan 2015
Decision Made15/00008/TC
Description: Application to fell one Silver Birch in rear garden
Dering Cottage, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6PT
Received 12 Jan 2015
Decision Made15/00009/TP
Description: Cut back one tree overhanging rear garden of property from Victoria Park
57 Hillbrow Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4XW
Received 2 Apr 2015
Decision Made15/00010/TC
Description: 1 x Leylandii - fell, 1 x Ash - crown lift to 6m and remove dead wood and 1 x Holly & Sycamore (South boundary hedge) - reduce to hedge height
Little Belgar, 42B Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LL and 26 Oaks Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RD
Received 12 Jan 2015
Decision Made14/00279/FC
Description: Forestry Commission felling licence application 019/372/14-15): coppice sweet chestnut and birch compartment 2a (Grid ref TR007353)
Packing Wood, Hamstreet Bypass, Ruckinge, Kent
Received 9 Jan 2015
Decision Made15/00068/FC
Description: Forestry Commission Licence 37791, EWGS Contract No 36158 - felling coppice/ thinning works in various compartments over seven years
Owley Farm, Acton Lane, Wittersham, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7HL
Received 1 Apr 2015
Decision Made15/00069/TP
Description: To fell ten x ash (T1 - T10)
6 Grange Crescent, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6DZ
Received 7 Apr 2015
Decision Made15/00070/TC
Description: To reduce to hedge height, one x willow (T1)
1 Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NJ
Received 10 Apr 2015
Decision Made15/00071/TC
Description: To remove four lower limbs and reduce crown by up to 4 metres (15% - 25%), one x copper beech (T1)
Beech House, Hambrook Lane, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DJ
Received 15 Apr 2015
Decision Made15/00072/TC
Description: To trim back all branches overhanging garages of 1 & 3 Shuttle Close, mature goat willow, hawthorn and other minor species
Lilac House, 27 North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AG
Received 2 Apr 2015
Decision Made15/00073/TP
Description: To fell one cedar (T1)
The Conningbrook Hotel, 315 Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9QR
Received 16 Apr 2015
Decision Made15/00074/TP
Description: 2 x Monterey Cypress (T1 & G4) - Fell
Crossways, Maidstone Road, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4NR
Received 20 Apr 2015
Decision Made15/00075/TC
Description: Thin by up to 15% x 2 beech trees in rear garden; reduce branches of T1 overhanging property to the north by 2-3 metres ( as per specification in email dated 6 May).
8 Midleton Cottage, Faversham Road, Eastwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HP
Received 22 Apr 2015
Decision Made15/00011/TP
Description: 1 x Walnut Tree (T1) - thinning of tree by 15% and raising crown. 1 x Ash Tree (T2) - thinning of tree by 15% and height reduction of 5%
Garden Cottage, 40A Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QE
Received 14 Jan 2015
Decision Made15/00012/TC
Description: 1 x Ash - remove two limbs to re-balance
Manor House, Faversham Road, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HT
Received 15 Jan 2015
Decision Made15/00013/TC
Description: 1 x Pine - fell
Castle Oak, School Hill, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DE
Received 16 Jan 2015
Decision Made15/00014/TC
Description: 1 x Portugal Laurel (Prunus Lusitanica T1) - crown reduce by removing up to 1m from the branch tips, 2 x Hawthorn (Crataegus Monogyna T2) - sever and strip ivy and crown reduce up to 2 m from the branch tips, Stand of Hazel (Corylus Avelana T3) - cut down in height to approx 1 m, Row of Hornbeam (Carpinus Betulus G1) - crown reduce row by 25%
The Woolpack Inn, The Street, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DL
Received 16 Jan 2015

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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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