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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

43,776Searchable applications

581Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 24,902 approved or refused records

2,952Refused applications

21,950 approved · 2,952 refused · 2,470 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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 Made09/00030/AS/TP
Description: T1 - Silver Birch - 30% crown reduction
56 Belmore Park, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8UW
Received 10 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00031/AS/TC
Description: T1 - Catalpa - 30% reduction; T2 - Catalpa - 30% reduction; T3 - Acer - 30% reduction
Myrtle Cottage, The Green, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3QG
Received 10 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00032/AS/TP
Description: T1 - Horse Chestnut - crown reduction by 30%
West Wing, Old Cloth Hall, North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AG
Received 10 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00033/AS/TC
Description: T1 Mature Spanish Chestnut - to remove major deadwood, to remove 4no. small branches over the back garden of No 28 Rogers Mead
138 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HT
Received 16 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00034/AS/TP
Description: T1 Oak - crown reduce by 10%, reduce 2 lower boughs by 10% and remove dead wood, T2 Oak - fell, T3 Oak - reduce 2 lower boughs by 10%
2 Shepherd Close, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3GT
Received 18 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00035/AS/TP
Description: T1 Oak - crown lift 1 bough which overhangs No 4 Shepherd Close
3 Shepherd Close, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3GT
Received 18 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00036/TP
Description: To crown reduce a diseased holm oak tree T1,Crown reduction of Holm Oak, Reason for work - Diseased and dangerous, Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
The College, Church Yard, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1QG
Received 10 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00037/TP
Description: Remove dead wood from crown of Beech tree. Crown lift Horse Chestnut to 5.6 mtrs above highway T1,Remove dead wood from crown of Beech tree. Crown lift Horse Chestnut to 5.6 mtrs above highway, Reason for work - Dead wood and low branches over highway, Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
Holmlea Farm, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent, TN24 9QP
Received 16 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00038/AS/TC
Description: T1 - Lime - fell to improve sight line at puffin crossing
Highway verge outside Clifton House, 54 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 19 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00039/AS/FC
Description: Compartment C - selective felling of Scotts Pine and Larch by 30%
Longbeech Wood South of, Monkery Lane, Charing, Kent
Received 20 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00040/AS/TC
Description: Approx 12 Metre sycamore to be removed. and pland part grown alternative
Carpenters Barn, 93 High Street, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0LS
Received 20 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00041/AS/FC
Description: T1 - Mixed Broadleaves - cutting coppice; T2 - Mixed Broadleaves - thinning, at land known as "Forty Acre Wood"
Wayside Farm, Hamstreet Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1NN
Received 20 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00042/TP
Description: G1 Cypress trees - reduce height by 1/3rd, prune back growth by approx 1 mtr. T12 Ash - prune overhanging branches over garage to give clearance of up to 2 mtrs
Burlington House, Canterbury Road, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BJ
Received 20 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00043/AS/TC
Description: Reduce hedgrow trees (including 2 ash) to height of existing hedge (facing Duck Lane)
Field adjacent to, Quince Cottage, Church Lane, Shadoxhurst
Received 23 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00044/AS/TC
Description: T1 - Willow - reduce to ground level
Old Church School, The Street, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LU
Received 24 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00045/AS/TC
Description: T 1 - Hawthorn - reduce & reshape by ? ; T 2 - Thuja Plicata - fell. T 3 & 4 - Cut back two Beech stems; T 5 - Fell Dead Beech
4 Stace Close, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RP
Received 26 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00046/AS/TC
Description: Tree 1 - London Plane - remove deadwood Tree 2 - Oak - remove branches Tree 3 - Bird Cherry - remove tree and suckers Tree 4 - Holly - remove tree Tree 5 - Sycamore - remove tree
Lower Meadows, Church Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6SA
Received 26 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00048/AS/TP
Description: T1 Lime Tree - 15 foot reduction in tree height
29 The Limes, Stanhope, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3NX
Received 31 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00049/AS/TP
Description: Various works to trees as listed within the plans and schedules attached to this application
Chilham Castle, Chilham Castle Estate, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 8DB
Received 31 Mar 2009
Decision Made09/00050/AS/TC
Description: 17 No. Leylandii to fell
Eastwell House, Eastwell Barn Mews, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QW
Received 1 Apr 2009
Decision Made09/00051/AS/TC
Description: 3 tightly grouped cypress trees - cut down to base
59 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5ED
Received 6 Apr 2009
Decision Made09/00053/TC
Description: Remove & replace two overgrown conifers and one sycamore; prune two conifers
Land fronting, Queens Court, Lower Queens Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 29 May 2009
Decision Made09/00054/AS/TP
Description: T1 Large Oak - Remove dead and damaged wood, 30% reduction of large bough overhanging fence (towards pond)
Land to the North East of Hathewolden Grange, Ashford Road, High Halden, Kent
Received 21 Apr 2009
Decision Made09/00055/AS/TP
Description: To fell 1 rotting & dangerous Sycamore treeALL,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
9 The Chestnuts, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6SU
Received 22 Apr 2009

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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.

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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