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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

44,601Searchable applications

581Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 25,539 approved or refused records

3,076Refused applications

22,463 approved · 3,076 refused · 2,522 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made09/00202/TC
Description: T1 - Scots Pine - 30% reduction
69 The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2AF
Received 23 Nov 2009
Decision Made09/00205/TP
Description: T1 - Oak Tree - deadwooding & crown lifting minor branches to 5m above ground
Rhyd Y Foel, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2EG
Received 18 Nov 2009
Decision Made09/00206/TC
Description: To fell 1 pear tree
Elizabeth House, The Street, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AE
Received 25 Nov 2009
Decision Made09/00207/TP
Description: T1 - Ash - Remove dead/dying tree, T2 - Ash - Remove two lower limbs, T3 - Prunus - Remove lower limb.
Copperwood, Bonnington Road, Bonnington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7BN
Received 26 Nov 2009
Decision Made09/00208/TC
Description: T1 - Crab Apple - to fell to ground level. T2 - Crab Apple - to remove limb and shape for formative pruning. T3 - Walnut - remove minor dead wood and to thin for tree maintenance. T4 - Maidenhair (gingo) - fell as too close to the walnut. T5 - Tree of Heaven - to fell as too close to the holly. T6 - Maple -to carry out a slight thin for tree maintenance
66 High Street, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4LW
Received 27 Nov 2009
Decision Made09/00209/TC
Description: Crown lift 1 beech tree in rear garden to 5m (max) above ground level
Mulberry House, Penderel Mews, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QF
Received 2 Dec 2009
Decision Made09/00210/TP
Description: Crown lift 2 silver birch trees in front garden to 2.5m above ground level
Mulberry House, Penderel Mews, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6QF
Received 2 Dec 2009
Decision Made09/00211/TP
Description: T12 - Oak - Cut back regrowth ALL,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
Oakhurst, Woodchurch Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AE
Received 9 Dec 2009
Decision Made09/00212/TC
Description: T1 - Horse Chestnut - 30% crown reduction.
Tyle House Farm, Stocks Road, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7EH
Received 10 Dec 2009
Decision Made09/00213/TC
Description: T1 - Prunus Autumnalis - Dead - To fell T2 - Mature Silver Birch - Remove low boughs going towards neigbours house T3 - Mature Silver Birch - Reduce crown by 4m and reshape
Chaffenden, 8a Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NJ
Received 14 Dec 2009
Decision Made09/00214/TC
Description: T1 Silver Birch - crown reduced by 3 metres; T2 Sycamore - crown lift by 4 metres.
Vergers Cottage, Taylors Hill, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BZ
Received 15 Dec 2009
Decision Made09/00215/TC
Description: T1 Common Ash - fell
West Bailey, The Square, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BY
Received 15 Dec 2009
Decision Made09/00216/TP
Description: T1 Lime - deadwood (exempt); remove epicormic nest & epicormic growth on stem & major limbs; in 2010 reduce by 30%.
Land to rear of, Woodlea, Ashford, Kent
Received 22 Dec 2009
Decision Made09/00217/TC
Description: T1 Sycamore - fell; T2 Sycamore - fell; T3 Sycamore - fell.
Cedar House, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LL
Received 23 Dec 2009
Decision Made09/00218/TP
Description: T1 Oak - remove large lowest bough
7 Goldsmith Court, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AW
Received 23 Dec 2009
Decision Made09/00219/TP
Description: T1 to T7 - fell to ground level and clear arisings. Bat surveys to be undertaken prior to felling where potential for roosts exists. Felling in pursuance of widening of Victoria Road
Land fronting Beaver Road and, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 23 Dec 2009
Decision Made09/00220/TC
Description: T1 Fagus Sylvatica & T2 Taxus Baccata - remove road overhang; T3 Prunus Var. - remove dead and lower branches; T4 Prunus Var. - remove dead and lower branches near building; T5 Aescultas Hippocastanum - raise crown; T6 Sorbus Aria - fell; T7 Tilia x Europaea & T8 Aescultas Hippocastanum - raise crown; T9 Taxus Baccata - 50% crown reduce; T10 Tilia x Europaea - reduce branches from Taxus Baccata; T11 - Taxus Baccata - raise crown; T12, T13 & T14 Prunus Var. - remove overhang from wall; T15 Prunus Var. - fell. Trees in general to be crown raised to enable 2m clearance where necessary for maintenance purposes.
St Gregory and St Martins Church, High Street, Wye
Received 29 Dec 2009
Decision Made10/00001/TP
Description: 6 x Poplar (T1 - T6) - repollard mature regrowth to old pollard points ALL,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
Land south west of Loudon Court, Lockholt Close, Ashford, Kent
Received 5 Jan 2010
Decision Made10/00002/TC
Description: 1 Ash tree - fell
Front Cottage, 19A Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3QB
Received 11 Jan 2010
Decision Made10/00003/TP
Description: T1 - Silver Birch - crown thin by 20%ALL,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
18 Earls Avenue, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0AB
Received 13 Jan 2010
Decision Made10/00004/TP
Description: Re-pollard and remove epicormic growth from base and trunks of the two trees up to a height of 5.5 metres above ground ALL,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
8 Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8JX
Received 25 Jan 2010
Decision Made10/00005/TC
Description: T1 & T2 - Fast growing conifers to be felled T3 - Wild Cherry: pruning & thinning by one third T4, T5 & T6 - Limes: pollarding to old pollard points T7 - Beech: pruning & thinning by one third
169 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AE
Received 25 Jan 2010
Decision Made10/00006/FC
Description: Compartment 1 - to fell 14 Oaks (20cu.m.approx). Compartment 2 - to fell 6 Oaks (6cu.m.approx) Understorey will be coppiced only where necessary to enable the above thinning operation
Land at Post Wood South East of Shadoxhurst Road and North of, Coldblow, Woodchurch
Received 25 Jan 2010
Decision Made10/00007/TC
Description: T3 - Cypress - Fell to ground level T4 - Birch - Fell to ground level & poison stump T5 - Dead Conifer - Fell to ground level
Danehurst, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NJ
Received 26 Jan 2010

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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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