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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22,463 approved · 3,076 refused · 2,522 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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 Made09/00177/TP
Description: To fell one Silver birch (T26)
1 Goldsmith Court, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AW
Received 9 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00178/TC
Description: To reduce height by 10 - 15%, 3 x Cupressus Leylandi (T1 - T3)
27 The Green, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3PF
Received 9 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00179/TC
Description: T1 & T2 - Limes - Pollard to approx 20ft from ground level
Gate Cottage, Old Ashford Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0JG
Received 14 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00180/TC
Description: T1 - Walnut - crown clean and lightly prune and T2 - English Oak - crown clean
The Nook, The Street, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QB
Received 16 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00181/TP
Description: T1 - Oak - Deadwood only as in decline & inspect crown T2 - Sycamore - Shorten limbs back off roof and back by 2 metres from building to dead wood T3 - Oak - Shorten limbs back off roof and back by 2 metres from building, also dead wood T4 - Oak - Shorten limbs back off roof and back by 2 metres from building, also dead woodALL,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
Knockwood House, Ingleden Park Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NS
Received 20 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00182/TP
Description: T1 - Mature Oak - removal of 3 lowest boughs over lower garden T2 - row of Cupressus trees - reduce in height by 3 metres T3 - large Prunus - fellALL,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
7 Goldsmith Court, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AW
Received 21 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00183/TC
Description: To fell one Ash tree with a double main trunk and one small Ash sapling - retrospective
John Mayne C Of E Primary School, High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AL
Received 21 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00184/TC
Description: T1 - Weeping Willow - reduce by 30%. T2 -Oak - reduce by 25%. T3 - Walnut - reduce by 30%. T4 - Bay tree - reduce by 25-30%. T5 - Weeping Willow & T6 - Oak - reduce to previous pruning points
Townland Farmhouse, 32 North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AS
Received 22 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00185/TP
Description: T1 - Fell Willow tree; T2 & T3 - Fell Limes
Cherry Court, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7HE
Received 22 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00186/TP
Description: 5 Scots Pine - fell ,1 Scot Pine stump - fell , 2 Poplars - fell ,2 Larch - fell ,3 Horse Chestnuts - fell ALL,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
5 Romsey Close, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0QX
Received 26 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00187/TP
Description: T1 - Lime - Crown lift to a height to 3metres from ground level
Garden area opposite 1 and 2, Stonegate, Wye, Kent
Received 27 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00188/FC
Description: Area 1 - Norway Spruce - thin; Area 2 - Sweet Chestnut - cutting copice
Longbeech Bank Wood North of Alicia Cantebury Road and South of, Monkery Lane, Charing, Kent
Received 27 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00189/TP
Description: T1 - Larch - removeT1,Remove larch tree and replace with a Ginko Biloba tree, Reason for work - The Larch tree is dead, Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
The Larches, 1 Vineys Gardens, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AZ
Received 27 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00190/TC
Description: T1 - Yew - fell
East Cross House, East Cross, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AD
Received 28 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00192/TC
Description: T1 - Yew - remove two yew trees and trim remaining yew tree
Ivy Cottage, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LL
Received 29 Oct 2009
Decision Made09/00193/TC
Description: T2 - Crown lift to give 5.5m clearance above ground level. Crown thin by 10%
Charing Library, Market Place, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0LR
Received 9 Nov 2009
Decision Made09/00194/TC
Description: T1 & T2 Golden Weeping Willow reduce by 30%
West Wing, Old Cloth Hall, North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AG
Received 10 Nov 2009
Decision Made09/00195/TC
Description: T1 - T3 Ash - remove lower branches to 6m height and prune back branches where overhanging property.
4 Vesper Cottages, Cage Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QD
Received 11 Nov 2009
Decision Made09/00196/FC
Description: Chestnut & Sycamore - thinning
Land known as Joeys Wood adj Norton Knatchbull School
Received 11 Nov 2009
Decision Made09/00197/TC
Description: T1 - T4 - Leylandii - fell
Stone Barn, Stonebridge Green Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9AN
Received 12 Nov 2009
Decision Made09/00198/TC
Description: T1 - Oak - Thin crown and reduce by 25% T2 - Oak - Reduce by 25% T3 - Corsican Pine - Trim out dead wood
Drayson House, 2 The Green, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3PB
Received 12 Nov 2009
Decision Made09/00199/FC
Description: T1 - Mixed Broad Leaves - cutting coppice
Longbeech Wood, Canterbury Road, Charing, Kent
Received 20 Nov 2009
Decision Made09/00200/TC
Description: T4 - Sycamore - Fell T7 - Beech - reduce crown by a third
Land adjacent to Wolfson House, Old Vicarage Gardens, Wye, Kent
Received 20 Nov 2009
Decision Made09/00201/HG
Description: To remove 40 metres of hedge leaving standard trees,To remove 40m of hedge leaving standard trees, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
Hedgerow South West of Gill Farm, Gill Lane, Mersham, Kent
Received 20 Nov 2009

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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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