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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
53,320Searchable applications
571Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 32,939 approved or refused records
4,251Refused applications

28,688 approved · 4,251 refused · 2,986 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 May 2001 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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

  1. Decision MadePA/2023/1395

    Removal of condition 1 (agricultural occupancy) of planning permission WE/3/51/28/890

    Leigh Green Fruit Farm, Appledore Road, Tenterden, TN30 7DH

    Received 26 Jul 2023
  2. Decision MadeNOT/2023/1396

    T1, T2, T3 & T4 - Mimosa: Trees are dead - to fell. Reason: Trees are dead. DECISION: No objection

    9 West Cross, Tenterden, TN30 6JR

    Received 20 Jul 2023
  3. Decision MadePA/2023/1398

    Proposed 4no. non-illuminated welcome totems

    Land between railway line and Willesborough Road, Kennington, Ashford

    Received 26 Jul 2023
  4. Decision MadeOTH/2023/1399

    T1 Horse Chestnut right hand side of boundary - cut back over play area and crown lift by removing 3 lower limbs; T2 & T3 Horse Chestnut - crown lift to approximately 2.5m and cut back over play area; T4 Horse Chestnut - crown lift and crown tidy; T5 Horse chestnut - no works required; T6 Oak behind chestnuts - remove damaged limb; T7 Red oak on rear boundary - fell to ground level due to multiple ganoderma brackets around the base. G1 Oaks rear boundary - crown lift to 6m and deadwood, T8 Hawthorn - remove arching limb over gateway.

    Rolvenden Cricket Ground, Regent Street, Rolvenden, Cranbrook

    Received 26 Jul 2023
  5. Decision MadeOTH/2023/1400

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 1 (materials) of planning permission 20/00073/AS

    Land Rear Of Rose Cottage Farm, North Street, Biddenden, TN27 8FQ

    Received 26 Jul 2023
  6. Decision MadePA/2023/1401

    Retrospective application for first-floor balcony with access from a window that has been enlarged and changed to a door

    37 Chequers Park, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5BB

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  7. Decision MadeNOT/2023/1402

    Cedar - Crown raise and canopy reduction. Crown raise - To height of boundary wall, roughly 2.44m in height. Canopy reduction - 1.5 - 2m reduction maintaining shape.

    33, Pierce House, High Street, Charing, TN27 0HU

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  8. Decision MadeNOT/2023/1403

    Dying pear tree – dismantle fell to ground level, grind out stump to a depth of 6 inches below ground level. Small dead weeping willow – fell and grub out stump.

    The Rectory, The Street, Wittersham, TN30 7EA

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  9. Decision MadeNOT/2023/1404

    T01 Silver birch – crown lift to 5.2m above the highway and remove all deadwood. T02 Silver birch - crown lift to 5.2m above the highway and remove major deadwood (25mm and greater) (Note – overhead coated electric in crown). T04 Walnut - crown lift to 3m above ground level and remove major deadwood (25mm and greater). T05 Silver birch – prune back to give 1-2m clearance from building by removing secondary growth. Hawthorn (Actually Crab apple) – Crown lift to 3m above ground level. T11 Dead cherry plum – fell to ground level. T12 Bay tree – fell to ground level and grind out stump (subject to no underground services being present). H1 – Overgrown beech hedge - reduce height of approximately 1.8m, back to previously maintained height.

    The Vicarage, Old Way, Appledore, TN26 2DB

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  10. Decision MadePA/2023/1406

    Lawful Development Certificate - Existing use of land for domestic purposes

    Moat Farm House, Oak Grove Lane, High Halden, TN26 3BX

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  11. Decision MadeOTH/2023/1407

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 8 (Landscaping Scheme), 9 (Biodiversity), 10 (Lighting Design Plan - Biodiversity), 11 (Walls & Fences) & 15 (Bicycle Storage) of Planning permission PA/2022/3104

    Manor View, Lees Road, Brabourne, TN25 5LE

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  12. Decision MadePA/2023/1408

    Proposed single storey side and rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory. Loft conversion and dormer windows. Alterations to fenestration of front elevation and solar panels to roof.

    22, Westwell Court, Tenterden, TN30 6TS

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  13. Decision MadePA/2023/1409

    Change of Use of Land from Amenity to Commercial Use. Proposed new single-storey storage building with vehicular access from Wittersham road

    Knightingales, Builders Yard At, Wittersham Road, Stone, Ashford, Kent TN30 7HA

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  14. Decision MadePA/2023/1410

    Outline planning permission to consider access, layout and scale for the demolition of an existing building and erection of a replacement industrial building

    Grove Business Park, Henwood, Ashford, TN24 8AB

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  15. Decision MadePA/2023/1411

    Single-storey front and side extension. New pitched roof to existing garage conversion, extension of garage conversion to the front elevation. Retile and clad existing dwelling.

    Fallow Acre, Smarden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8JT

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  16. Decision MadeOTH/2023/1412

    1 Willow - To remove the tree. To protect public, property, main drains, and a telegraph pole. Replace with a Rowan and/or Hazel away from any properties.

    Wainwrights, The Pavement, Tenterden, TN30 6DP

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  17. Decision MadeOTH/2023/1413

    Non-material amendment to planning application 22/00249/AS (Erection of 23 no. residential dwellings for short-stay accommodation with associated access, parking, landscaping and amenity space) to allow changes to secondary stair core

    Henwood Car Park, Henwood, Ashford, TN24 8DH

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  18. Decision MadePA/2023/1414

    Variation of condition 2 (Plans) and condition 3 (Materials) of approved planning permission PA/2023/0474 (proposed two-storey side extension).

    5, Magpie Farm, Appledore, TN26 2BF

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  19. Decision MadePA/2023/1415

    Demolition of garage building. Proposed conservation rooflights.

    South Hill Farm, Tamley Lane, Hastingleigh, Ashford, Kent TN25 5HL

    Received 27 Jul 2023
  20. Decision MadePA/2023/1416

    Proposed Garage Conversion to form a Play Room

    12, Farmers Way, Kingsnorth, TN23 3FY

    Received 28 Jul 2023
  21. Decision MadePA/2023/1417

    Single storey front porch

    15 Forge Meads, Wittersham, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent, TN30 7PE

    Received 20 Jul 2023
  22. Decision MadeNOT/2023/1419

    Scots Pine - fell and remove

    Brook House, Stonebridge Green Road, Egerton, TN27 9AP

    Received 28 Jul 2023
  23. Decision MadeNOT/2023/1420

    Split Stem Sycamore at front of property. Reduce to previous points as last reduction. Crown reduction of approx. 1.5m to previous point.

    The Oast House, Lacton Oast, Willesborough, TN24 0JF

    Received 28 Jul 2023
  24. Decision MadePA/2023/1421

    Change of use of land to residential and erection of detached annex

    Boundary Farm, Cranbrook Road, Tenterden, TN30 6UR

    Received 28 Jul 2023

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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.

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