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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

45,222Searchable applications

581Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 25,989 approved or refused records

3,155Refused applications

22,834 approved · 3,155 refused · 2,555 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 2004 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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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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Decision Made10/00097/TC
Description: 3 Lime trees - remove all epicormic growth, crown reduce to 25%, also raise crowns to 7 metres above ground level (T1, T2, T3)
Garden area opposite 1 and 2, Stonegate, Wye, Kent
Received 20 Jul 2010
Decision Made10/00098/TC
Description: S1 - Sycamore to shape & crown reduce by 20%. E1 - Eucalyptus to fell. H1, H2 & H3 - Hawthorn to light prune. H4 - Hawthorn to remove. SA1 - Ash to light prune. A1 - Ash to fell (ddd) & A2 - Ash to shape & crown reduce by 20%
Little Westwell Farmhouse, Rolvenden Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6TY
Received 20 Jul 2010
Decision Made10/00099/TC
Description: To fell T1 - Rowan, T2 - Laburnham, T3 to T7 - 5 x Lilac
8 Church Hill, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DA
Received 22 Jul 2010
Decision Made10/00100/TP
Description: T1 Oak - remove two lower limbs. Woodland area at the front - Remove 3 small Sycamores, dead wood and lift 4 trees to 3m and remove basal growth. Woodland at side - lift lowest two branches over neighbours and prune back branch stubs left by previous pruning to T7 & T8 Oaks. Woodland to rear - general management works to trees including crown lifting, removal of 1 dead Oak and 1 dead Silver Birch, as per specifications on application form. ALL,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
Knockwood House, Ingleden Park Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6NS
Received 26 Jul 2010
Decision Made10/00101/TC
Description: To fell two mature common limes, tilia europaea, (T1 & T2) due to excessive shading and damage to main drains. Replace with two Silver Pendent Limes, tilia petiolaris
The Limes, 22-24 Maytham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NP
Received 28 Jul 2010
Decision Made10/00102/TC
Description: Fell one conifer tree
Frensham Manor, Winser Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NL
Received 30 Jul 2010
Decision Made10/00103/TP
Description: T7 - Oak - Raise canopy to 4m by removing the lower 2 lower limbs and epicormic growth, crown reduce by 15% and 15% thinning of secondary branch growth.ALL,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
Woodcroft, Lambden Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0RB
Received 30 Jul 2010
Decision Made10/00104/TP
Description: T5 - Oak - RemoveALL,, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
Oaklands, Hamstreet Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1NN
Received 2 Aug 2010
Decision Made10/00115/TC
Description: Conifers (T1, T2, T3) Remove to ground level. Line of Conifers (T4) Pollard to a finished height of 15 foot
Hayesbank, 18 Canterbury Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8JX
Received 9 Aug 2010
Decision Made10/00117/TC
Description: 1. 3 x Cypress & 1 Laurel - to fell 2. Horse Chestnut - crown thin & reduce by 30% 3. Hedge along southern boundary - fell or reduce surviving trees/hedging to about 2m, replant with mixed hedging or yew. Retain 2 larger oaks and 1 yew whilst crown lifting their lower branches and removing 1 lower limb from 1 oak. 4. Multi-stemmed Laurel - remove stem nearest house , crown thin, reduce remainder by 30%. 5. Remove group of 6 Cypress.
Wykeham House, High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AH
Received 10 Aug 2010
Decision Made10/00118/TP
Description: T1 - 9 Limes. Crown lift to 6.0m. works to be undertaken to allow light under crowns to improve light levels in adjacent gardens(morgan close)
Cemetery Building Willesborough Cemetery, Church Road, Willesborough, Kent
Received 13 Aug 2010
Decision Made10/00119/TC
Description: T1 - Ash Crown reduction by 35%
Perrin House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8NA
Received 16 Aug 2010
Decision Made10/00120/TC
Description: T1 - Mature Oak, to raise canopy by 2m.
54 Rogersmead, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LF
Received 17 Aug 2010
Decision Made15/00155/TP
Description: 1 x Birch Tree - Fell
133 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NB
Received 18 Sept 2015
Decision Made15/00156/TC
Description: To fell 1 x Cupressus macrocarpa (T1)
Mill Field, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8BB
Received 24 Sept 2015
Decision Made15/00157/TC
Description: To prune one x Ash (T1) and one x Flowering Cherry (T2)
39 The Green, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3PF
Received 28 Sept 2015
Decision Made15/00158/TC
Description: 1 x Sycamore to front of property - pollard, 1 x Sycamore to side of property - pollard, 1 x Maple and 1 x Eucalyptus to rear of property - remove
181 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AE
Received 29 Sept 2015
Decision Made15/00159/TC
Description: 1 x Broad leaved cockspur thorn to front of property - fell
4 Woodbury Gardens, High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JS
Received 29 Sept 2015
Decision Made15/00160/TP
Description: Ash Tree (T1) - FellTree:,Ash Tree (T1) - Fell, Reason for work - , Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
5 Kiln Field, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7BY
Received 30 Sept 2015
Decision Made15/00161/FC
Description: Coppice 1ha in compartment 1 comprising alder and willow mixed broadleaf and coppice 0.5ha in compartment 2 of willow and mixed broadleaf on Forrestry Commision Licence Number 019/210/15-16
Woodland north of Hothfield Mill, Westwell Lane, Westwell and Woodland south west of Elvey Farmhouse, Kingsland Lane, Westwell
Received 1 Oct 2015
Decision Made15/00162/TC
Description: To fell one x Eucalyptus (T1), one x Magnolia (T2), one x Acer (T3) and 18 x Conifers (T4)
Frensham Manor, Winser Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NL
Received 5 Oct 2015
Decision Made15/00163/TC
Description: 1 x Willow in rear garden - re pollard back to original points; 1 x Apple and Portuguese Laurel on left hand side of rear garden - trim to shape.
The Little House, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NJ
Received 5 Oct 2015
Decision Made15/00164/TC
Description: 1 x Copper Beech in rear garden - crown lift to give 2-3 metres height clearance over the lawn and deadwood
Cumberland House, The Street, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BX
Received 5 Oct 2015
Decision Made15/00165/TC
Description: Fell 4 x Cherry's coming out of one root ball
Smallhythe Place, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Received 5 Oct 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.

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