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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
47,605Searchable applications
586Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 27,935 approved or refused records
3,486Refused applications

24,449 approved · 3,486 refused · 2,693 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 2004 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

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More application records

  1. Decision Made22/01050/AS

    Certificate of Lawful Development - Proposed - Conversion from office to 2no dwellings

    Office Building at, Ford Mill, The Street, Little Chart, Ashford, TN27 0QA

    Received 28 Jun 2022
  2. Decision Made21/00524/CONB/AS

    Discharge of condition 5 (Sustainable heating measures)

    Land to the north of St Marys Close and east of, Ashford Road, Hamstreet

    Received 30 Jun 2022
  3. Decision Made22/01005/AS

    Retention of marquee and oak framed outbuilding until 2025

    Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, TN25 5LP

    Received 15 Jul 2022
  4. Decision Made22/01053/AS

    Change of use of land for the stationing of a mobile home for agricultural workers (Relocation of a mobile home approved under application 20/00764/AS

    Egerton Farm Holding, Forstal Lane, Egerton, Kent

    Received 28 Jun 2022
  5. Decision Made22/01071/AS

    Conversion of existing barn into 1no. four-bedroom residential dwelling, and associated access, landscaping and parking.

    Barn at, Maid Morton, Hythe Road, Smeeth

    Received 1 Jul 2022
  6. Decision Made22/01007/AS

    Installation of solar panels on roof, air source heat pumps and plant area, transformer and electric vehicle charging points (Amended description)

    Network Rail, Old Railway Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, TN24 0PN

    Received 15 Jul 2022
  7. Decision Made22/00160/CONA/AS

    Discharge of conditions 2(Materials),6(Phased archaeological programme),7(Drainage works),9(Landscaping Scheme),10(Walls and fences),12(External lighting),15(Parking for site personnel),16(Wheel, chassis and bodywork washing),18(Contamination- land/groundwater)

    Bridleway, Mill Lane, Kennington, Ashford, TN25 4EL

    Received 22 Jun 2022
  8. Decision Made19/00224/AMND/AS

    Non material amendment to planning permission 19/00224/AS (Internal and external alterations to the building to include new windows at first floor level and new ground floor doors, to facilitate the change of use of first and second floors from ancillary retail to residential and conversion into 6 self-contained flats; and, sub-division of ground floor into 3 separate units). To relocate bin store from North Elevation (Accessed from New door at Chapel Mews), to main entrance lobby on North Street.

    2 North Street, Ashford, TN24 8JN

    Received 5 Jul 2022
  9. Decision Made22/01077/AS

    Siting of 6 additional Luxury Holiday Lodges and retrospective entrance improvements & alterations

    Braid Farm Campsite, Braid Farm, Burnthouse Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PT

    Received 4 Jul 2022
  10. Decision Made22/01078/AS

    Proposed replacement front porch with an enclosed front porch.

    31 Lancaster Close, Hamstreet, Ashford, TN26 2JG

    Received 5 Jul 2022
  11. Decision Made22/01079/AS

    Change of use of brick agricultural store building to a residential dwelling.

    Rose Villa, The Street, Stone, Tenterden, TN30 7JN

    Received 4 Jul 2022
  12. Decision Made21/00894/CONB/AS

    Discharge conditions 6 (External Lighting (Biodiversity), 7 ( Biodiversity Enhancement and Mitigation), 20 (External Lighting)

    Frensham Green, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NE

    Received 15 Jul 2022
  13. Decision Made22/01080/AS

    Proposed vehicular access from Bell Lane and the closure of a large agricultural vehicular access from the same field on to A274 Biddenden / Headcorn Road.

    Ashenden Farm, Bell Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8LD

    Received 5 Jul 2022
  14. Decision Made22/01089/AS

    Erection of side extension, extension to roof incorporating pitched dormer windows, changes to external materials. Extension to existing detached garage and conversion of existing outbuilding to stables. Addition of sewage treatment plant, solar pv panels and alterations to site entrances

    Bellfield Farm, Bonnington Road, Bonnington, Ashford, TN25 7BP

    Received 6 Jul 2022
  15. Decision Made22/01110/AS

    New front porch and rear kitchen bay.

    39 Kestrel Close, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3RB

    Received 11 Jul 2022
  16. Decision Made22/01058/AS

    Variation of condition 4 (The preparation and consumption of pizza shall take place on the premises only and no pizza takeaway or delivery service shall be operated from the premises at any time) on planning permission 21/01492/AS (Variation of conditions 2 (food preparation) & 3 (opening hours) on planning permission 13/01458/AS (Change of use from A1 retail to A3 cafe shop/tea room) for the opening hours to be extended until 23:00 and for pizzas to be cooked) to allow for a pizza takeaway service to be provided

    The Cosy Kettle, The Lantern Building, The Street, Hamstreet, Ashford, TN26 2HE

    Received 29 Jun 2022
  17. Decision Made22/01097/AS

    Side extension with roof dormer

    Coach House, Hookstead, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3NE

    Received 7 Jul 2022
  18. Decision Made22/01090/AS

    Erection of garden store/workshop, replacement greenhouse and pergola to rear of garden

    Rother Lea, Lossenham Lane, Newenden, Cranbrook, TN18 5QD

    Received 6 Jul 2022
  19. Decision Made22/01067/AS

    The erection of a Class E retail unit alongside access, car parking, landscaping and associated works

    Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington

    Received 1 Jul 2022
  20. Decision Made22/01069/AS

    Single storey rear extension

    1 High Street, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4LP

    Received 15 Jul 2022
  21. Decision Made17/00567/CONB/AS

    Discharge of conditions 4 (Materials and Structure Details),11(Archaeological field evaluation), 13(Fencing or Hoarding), 24(Drainage) & 26(Refuse Storage)

    Former Wye College Buildings, High Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 4AH

    Received 6 Jul 2022
  22. Decision Made20/00720/CONA/AS

    Discharge of condition 3 (weatherboarding)

    Forge House, The Street, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LU

    Received 6 Jul 2022
  23. Decision Made22/01111/AS

    Change of temporary permission to a permanent permission for a Modular Changing Room Block granted in 17/01046/AS.

    Ashford Prep School, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Ashford, TN23 3DJ

    Received 11 Jul 2022
  24. Decision Made21/02201/CONB/AS

    Discharge of condition 4 - Contamination Phase 1 and 2 Reports

    Agricultural Barn at, Pig and Whistle Farmhouse, Ashford Road, Great Chart

    Received 6 Jul 2022

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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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