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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

52,495Searchable applications

564Recorded as pending

87%Approval rate · 32,212 approved or refused records

4,139Refused applications

28,073 approved · 4,139 refused · 2,934 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 May 2001 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records

Decision MadePA/2023/0957
Vehicle crossover, parking and single storey side extension to form garage
25, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth, TN25 7EX
Received 22 May 2023
Decision MadeOTH/2023/0958
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 4 (Detailed drawings of all new joinery) of Listed Building Consent PA/2022/2720.
14-16, The Street, Great Chart, TN23 3AH
Received 22 May 2023
Decision MadeOTH/2023/0959
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 4 (Detailed drawings for all new joinery and Details of mechanical ventilation or flues) & 5 (Storage and collection of refuse/recycling for flat and shop) for planning permission PA/2023/0136
46 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6AS
Received 19 May 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/0960
Display of 3no. non-illuminated vertical orientation building mounted signs
Ashford College, Elwick Road, Ashford, TN23 1NN
Received 22 May 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/0961
Removal of Conditions 3 (Personal Occupation) and 4 (Temporary & Personal Occupation) of planning permission 17/01729/AS to allow permanent occupation of the site.
Hares View, Luckhurst Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8QW
Received 22 May 2023
Decision MadeOTH/2023/0964
T2 Oak Remove The tree works are proposed to stop the influence of the tree(s) on the soil below building foundation level and provide long term stability. DECISION: TPO Served
The Providence Chapel, Warehorne Road, Warehorne, TN26 2JX
Received 22 May 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/0966
Proposed single-storey rear and side extension
26 Sandilands, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent TN24 0RD
Received 22 May 2023
Decision MadeOTH/2023/0967
T4 Hawthorn Remove The tree works are proposed to stop the influence of the tree(s) on the soil below building foundation level and provide long term stability.
Forge Cottage, Church Road, Warehorne, TN26 2JX
Received 22 May 2023
ClosedNOT/2023/0968
Prior approval for the change of use of 5no agricultural buildings and land within their curtilage to dwellinghouses and associated operational development.
Hornes Place Oast, Agricutural Buildings Rear Of, Kenardington Road, Appledore, TN26 2BS
Received 22 May 2023
Decision MadeOTH/2023/0969
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 53 (part i) only) (Archaeological Framework), 54 (Archaeological Palaeo environmental work) & 55 (Archaeological Heritage Work) of planning permission 18/00098/AS in relation to the foodstore only (approved under reserved matters application 21/01982/AS)
Land At Waterbrook Park West Of, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, TN24 0LH
Received 22 May 2023
Decision MadeNOT/2023/0970
Prior notification of 2 (no) agricultural storage buildings
Chequer Tree Farm, Chequer Tree Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3JR
Received 22 May 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/0971
Variation of condition 10 (walls and fences) of planning permission 22/00900/AS for (Variation of condition 2 (Approved plans) on planning permission 17/00538/AS to incorporate a 3rd floor loft room and insertion of Velux Windows) to allow for fencing along front of the site (retrospective)
Site Office Precinct 13, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3LY
Received 22 May 2023
Decision MadeOTH/2023/0972
Oak Tree A - Dead wood Oak Tree B - Reduce to a 3m monolith Holly Tree H - Prune dieback to live growth. (Oak Tree A - Removal of diseased tree. Oak Tree B - Removal of diseased and dying tree which whilst not directly next to intended memorial garden is very close by. This tree is in a more advanced stage of decay. Holy Tree H - Removal of tree. Half of this tree is dead/dying and following inspection it is understood that to just remove the damaged part of the tree will only result in the remaining tree will die in due course.)
St James' Church, The Street, Egerton, TN27 9AJ
Received 22 May 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/0973
Single-storey extension to the South West elevation
Fountain Cottage, Calehill Park, Calehill Road, Little Chart, TN27 0QG
Received 23 May 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/0974
Installation of wood burner and twin wall flue on internal and external east facing wall
4 Olivia Cottage, Ashford Road, Warehorne, Ashford, Kent, TN26 2QW
Received 23 May 2023
Decision MadeOTH/2023/0975
Non-material amendment to planning permission 19/01032/AS (Reserved matters for the development of 82 residential dwellings within Parcel R, Main Phase AAP 1 including associated roads, parking, landscaping, open space, and infrastructure pursuant to outline permission granted under 12/00400/AS) to allow minor realignment to Road 1 within Parcel R in front of plots 129 - 135 and 145 - 152.
Parcel R, Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road
Received 23 May 2023
Decision MadeOTH/2023/0976
Details submitted pursuant to condition 7 (ecological mitigation strategy) of planning permission 20/00506/AS
Dashmonden Farm, Barn At, High Halden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BZ
Received 23 May 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/0977
Listed Building Consent for proposed replacement of roof including removal of existing handmade clay tiling, pegs, flashing, batons, guttering and undercloak and replace with new, including handmade clay tiles to match the existing tile. Installation of larger section guttering.
14, North Street, Ashford, TN24 8JR
Received 23 May 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/0978
Proposed replacement porch to front elevation, garage/workshop to side and single storey rear extension following demolition of conservatory, rear extension and existing garage.
13, Little Chequers, Wye, TN25 5DT
Received 23 May 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/0979
Proposed room in roof space
133 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5DP
Received 23 May 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/0980
Two-storey rear extension. Relocation of the front porch on the front south elevation
Fayre Acre, Church Hill, Charing, TN27 0BU
Received 23 May 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/0982
Proposed single storey rear extension
6 Simons Avenue, Ashford, TN23 5BH
Received 24 May 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/0983
Proposed conversion of existing garage into ancillary accommodation
Mulberry Cottage, Rye Road, Newenden, TN18 5PL
Received 24 May 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/0985
Construction of a single-storey multi-purpose community building with associated access, parking, play area, and landscaping.
Chilmington Green Primary School, Mock Lane, Great Chart, TN23 3DS
Received 24 May 2023

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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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