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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

45,357Searchable applications

581Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 26,104 approved or refused records

3,176Refused applications

22,928 approved · 3,176 refused · 2,561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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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More application records

Decision Made16/00004/TC
Description: To fell one x leylandii (T1)
1 Woodbury Gardens, High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JS
Received 6 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00005/TC
Description: To fell one x mature fig tree (T1), and two x palm trees (T2 & T3)
52-56 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AU
Received 8 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00006/TC
Description: 2 x Eucalyptus - fell, 1 x Apple Tree - Remove, 1 x Portuguese Laurel - Trim and shape, 1 x Copper Beech - Raise the crown to approx 16 feet and feather in the ends of longer lateral branches to appropriate branch axles, 1 x Silver Maple - Dismantle fell, 1 x Eucalyptus - Dismantle fell and cut an old stump to hedge height
2 Willow Tree, Highbury Lane, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LD
Received 11 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00007/TC
Description: 1 x Walnut (T1) - Reduce to previous pruning points, 1 x Row of Conifers (T2) - Reduce to same height as adjacent laurel, 1 x Tulip Tree (T3) - Remove lower limb over garage roof and 1 x Oak (T4) - Remove lower limb over driveway. Remove lower stub branch over neighbours boundary. Remove secondary lower growth from main lateral limb extending over neighbours boundary
The Well House, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4NJ
Received 11 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00008/TC
Description: To reduce lower laterals by up to 50% and reduce height by approx. 3-4 metres one x beech tree (Ref site B)
Park Cottage, Hothfield Place, Bethersden Road, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1EL
Received 12 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00009/TC
Description: 1 x Common Hawthorn - Remove major dead wood, 1 x Common Yew - Raise low canopy to 2.5 metres, 1 x Common Oak - Remove minor dead wood longer than 1.5 metres, 1 x Common Ash - Fell, 1 x Silver Birch - Remove major dead wood and 1 x Silver Birch - Remove major dead wood
John Mayne Church of England Primary School, High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8AL
Received 14 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00010/TC
Description: 1 x Silver Birch - Remove
Damson Cottage, 32A Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5EA
Received 18 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00011/TP
Description: 5 x Scots Pine Trees - Removal of deadwood from the crowns of the trees
1 Court Lodge Road, Appledore, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2DD
Received 14 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00012/TC
Description: 1 x Horse Chestnut (T1) - Fell
6 Rothley Close, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LP
Received 19 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00013/TC
Description: 1 x Cupressus Hedge (T1) - Remove
Fircroft, 5 The Croft, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RG
Received 19 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00014/TC
Description: 1 x Cupressus Leylandii (T1) - Fell, 1 x Lawson Cypressus (T2) - Reduce by 50% and 2 x Field Maple (T3 & 4) - Reduce and shape by 50%
Middlecroft, 2 The Croft, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RG
Received 19 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00015/TC
Description: 1 x Lime Tree - Re pollard. Branches to be cut back to previous cut points.
4 The Croft, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6RG
Received 19 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00016/TP
Description: To remove 3 x low limbs to SE and thin crown by 10%, one x Monterey Cypress (T1); to raise crown to give 4m clearance and cut back from building to give 2m clearance, one x Holm Oak (within G2); and reduce heavy stem over road by 2m, install cobra bracing one x Holm Oak A (within G1); remove low limb to the north and raise crown over lawn to give 4m clearance, one x Holm Oak B (within G1). All works to be carried out to detailed specification within application. Works to elder and sycamore trees do not require consent.
Little Eastgate, Woodchurch Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AD
Received 19 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00017/TC
Description: To remove three year growth back to previous pollard points, six x Ash and 2 x Cupressus (group T1); and to reduce height by 3m and sides by 2m, one Thuja Plicata - western red cedar (T2)
69 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6LR
Received 21 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00018/TC
Description: 1 x Jasmine (C1) - Remove, 1 x Horse Chestnut (T1) - Fell, 1 x Cypress (T4) - Fell and 3 x Oaks (TG2) - Fell
Tyle House Farm, Stocks Road, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7EH
Received 20 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00019/TC
Description: To fell one x horse chestnut (T3)T3,Fell one x horse chestnut, Reason for work - Dead or dangerous, Works Approved? - , Approved Date - Compliance Status & Date - ,
Land south west of St Marys Church, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, Kent
Received 18 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00020/TP
Description: Coppice strip of Chestnut trees which run from East to West of the entrance to Lodgewood Drive
Land north east and south west of, Lodge Wood Drive, Ashford, Kent
Received 22 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00021/TC
Description: 1 x Sycamore (T1) - Crown reduction by 30-50%
Hibbsden House, Rolvenden Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6TT
Received 25 Jan 2016
Decision Made16/00022/TC
Description: 3 x Cypress Ley (C1, C2 & C3) - Fell, 1 x Lime (L4) - Cut back branch overhanging pathway and deadwood, 1 x Lime (L1) - Cut out deadwood, 1 x Yew (Y8) - Remove, 1 x Sycamore (S24) - Cut off ivy and prune, 1 x Lime (A10) - Prune down by 25% and dead wood out, 1 x Ash (A9) - Cut off 2 major branches at elbow, 1 x Hawthorn (H1-4) - Reduce height of the group to 2 metres, 1 x Small Elder (E1) - Fell to ground level, 1 x Ash (A6) - Reduce to 3 metres, 1 x Sycamore (S17) - Fell to ground level, 1 x Sycamore (S15) - Fell to ground level, 1 x Lime (L3) - Remove lower level growth by 2ft to inspect tree, 1 x Holm Oak (01) - Reduce four lower branches overhanging road and 1 x Ash (A5) - Remove dead wood
The Moat, Ashford Road, Charing, Kent
Received 3 Feb 2016
Decision Made16/00023/TP
Description: Carry out high (red) and medium (orange) priority tree safety works in accordance with Arboricultural Hazard Evaluation Survey submitted
Hamstreet Woods National Nature Reserve rear of Bournewood and, Carters Wood, Hamstreet, Kent
Received 3 Feb 2016
Decision Made16/00024/FC
Description: Fell coppice 1-5 years (compartments 1a,1b,3 and 6); thin/fell coppice 1-5 years (compartment 5); thin/fell coppice 6-10 years (compartment 2b) as detailed in the attached Woodland Management Plan (CS 38125).
Areas of woodland within the parish of, Westwell, Kent
Received 3 Feb 2016
Decision Made16/00025/TP
Description: 1 x Walnut Tree (T1) - Cut back by two metres to avoid overhead wires and neighbouring property
Land rear of 1 to 19, Greystones, Willesborough, Kent
Received 5 Feb 2016
Decision Made16/00026/TC
Description: 1 x Eucalyptus (T1) in rear garden - Overall reduction of approx 30%
123 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5ED
Received 5 Feb 2016
Decision Made16/00027/TP
Description: To fell two stems of oak (T4 of TPO No 12,1990)
23 Longbridge, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0TA
Received 5 Feb 2016

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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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