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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
53,104Searchable applications
571Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 32,764 approved or refused records
4,220Refused applications

28,544 approved · 4,220 refused · 2,971 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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 MadePA/2023/1260

    Variation of condition 1 (approved plans) of planning permission PA/2023/0349 (Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) on planning permission 17/00567/AS (Conversion of former College buildings with associated restoration and alterations to buildings, demolition of later structures and rebuilding to provide 38 dwellings and community space; together with provision of two new dwellings, parking courts with car barns, cycle storage and refuse stores on land to the north of the retained buildings and associated landscaping; and change to parking arrangements for Squires Cottages (Change of Use from College residential accommodation back to 4 individual dwellings approved under Reference 16/00893/AS)) to incorporate external alterations to units 40 & 41, internal alterations to units 1,2,6, 7, 12 and 14, retention of doors on unit 22, amendments to parking layout and demolition of existing infill to Agricola Quad) to allow for amendments to the car barns, cycle storage and car parking area

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

    Received 5 Jul 2023
  2. Decision MadeNOT/2023/1261

    Prior Notification - Installation of solar panels comprising a total of 561 panels.

    John Lewis At Home, Fougeres Way, Ashford, TN25 4DT

    Received 5 Jul 2023
  3. Decision MadePA/2023/1262

    First floor side extension and single storey rear extension, following removal of existing conservatory.

    29 Hillbrow Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 4QH

    Received 6 Jul 2023
  4. Decision MadeOTH/2023/1263

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 5 (Manure - Means of storage/disposal) of planning permission PA/2023/0565

    Stokys Gate, The Street, Hastingleigh, TN25 5HH

    Received 6 Jul 2023
  5. Decision MadeOTH/2023/1264

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (biodiversity method statement), 4 (sewage) 5 (transport construction management plan) and 6 (materials) of planning permission 22/00472/AS

    Land north west of Podkin Farm House, High Halden Road, Biddenden

    Received 6 Jul 2023
  6. Decision MadePA/2023/1265

    Three-storey side extension and extension to the rear elevation

    2 Hillyfield Road, Ashford, TN23 4QL

    Received 6 Jul 2023
  7. Decision MadePA/2023/1266

    Variation of condition 3 (approved plans) of planning permission 18/01231/AS (Demolition of existing buildings and removal of all storage items and all hardstandings, and replacement with eight family homes together with landscaping and ecological enhancements (all matters reserved)) to allow the inclusion of a Design Code and Indicative Build Zones Layout Plan

    The Yard, Burnthouse Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PT

    Received 6 Jul 2023
  8. Decision MadePA/2023/1267

    Installation of a Replacement Waste Treatment Plant and Associated Works within Residential Curtilage and Extended Drainage Provision Over Adjacent Field.

    Cullens Cottage, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, TN30 7PU

    Received 3 Jul 2023
  9. Decision MadePA/2023/1268

    Removal of conditions 6 (Precautionary mitigation measures - Reptiles) & 7 (Mitigation measures - Bats) of planning permission PA/2022/2375 for "Erection of 5 replacement dwellings following demolition of existing dwellings and buildings" as mitigation confirmation cannot be confirmed for the ecology which was incorrectly requested on this revised consent

    Little Surrenden Farmhouse, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3BG

    Received 3 Jul 2023
  10. Decision MadePA/2023/1269

    Change of use of first and second floor from residential to physio clinics and administration rooms. Addition of 2no. windows on side elevation, part of rear garden changed to parking area.

    11 Repton Avenue, Ashford, Kent TN23 3RX

    Received 6 Jul 2023
  11. Decision MadeOTH/2023/1270

    Beech tree - Re pollard of 3 metres by 3 metres. Hornbeam - crown reduction of 1 metre by 1 metre. Due to both trees growing around a power line and overhanging a road.

    Abbottsfield, Lees Road, Brabourne, TN25 6RN

    Received 6 Jul 2023
  12. Decision MadePA/2023/1271

    Listed Building Consent for proposed installation of woodburning stove, rearrangement of internal walls, alterations to the existing windows to form new external door, addition of windows at ground floor. Installation of flue, installation of 3no conservation rooflights and formation of a new floor in the roof space.

    Capel Barn, Capel Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent TN26 2EH

    Received 7 Jul 2023
  13. Decision MadePA/2023/1272

    Retrospective planning application for replacement of existing fence with 2m high fencing/gates; change of use of land to residential; laying of hardstanding

    Burnt Oak House, Canterbury Road, Challock, TN25 4DP

    Received 7 Jul 2023
  14. Decision MadeOTH/2023/1273

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (Eaves & ridge, structural works, external walls paint colour) of planning permission 22/00419/AS

    Hatfield House, The Street, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DP

    Received 6 Jul 2023
  15. Decision MadeOTH/2023/1274

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 7(Surface water - Highway safety), 9(Biodiversity) & 11(Landscaping Scheme) for planning permission PA/2022/2947

    Barns to southeast of Fosten Lane (known as The Pig Sty), Fosten Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8BH

    Received 7 Jul 2023
  16. Decision MadePA/2023/1275

    Single storey front extension.

    John Mayne Church Of England Primary School, High Street, Biddenden, TN27 8AL

    Received 7 Jul 2023
  17. Decision MadePA/2023/1276

    New boundary fencing and gates to provide safe guarding.

    John Mayne Church Of England Primary School, High Street, Biddenden, TN27 8AL

    Received 7 Jul 2023
  18. ClosedPA/2023/1277

    Timber sliding Sash windows replacement to match existing appearance and materials

    Homewood School And Sixth Form Centre, Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6LT

    Received 7 Jul 2023
  19. Decision MadePA/2023/1278

    Window replacement to Block J

    Homewood School And Sixth Form Centre, Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6LT

    Received 7 Jul 2023
  20. Decision MadeOTH/2023/1279

    The following TPO trees have been inadvertently damaged by flail during clearance of the adjacent PROW. It is proposed that the damaged branches are pruned to appropriate growth points. To protect the trees from this occurring in the future during management of the PROW, and to reinforce the hedgerow to Belgar Farmhouse, it is proposed that a new hedge is planted to the west of the existing boundary ditch during the next planting season. Aspect T32 (TPO T6) - English Oak: Shortening of following branches to appropriate growth points - 2 x c.10mm dia., 2 x c.30mm dia., 1xc.50mm dia. @ c.1.5m height; 2 x c.100mm dia., 1 x c.50mm dia. @ c.3m height; 1 x c.60mm dia. @ c.4m height. Aspect T33 (TPO T8) - English Oak: Shortening of following branches to appropriate growth points - 3 x c.25mm dia. @ c.2m height & 3 x c.75mm dia. @ c.4m height. Aspect G5 (TPO T7) - Field Maple: Shortening of following branches to appropriate growth points - 1 x c.30mm dia. & 2 x c.25mm dia. @ c.2-3m height. Aspect T34 (TPO T9) - Hornbeam: Shortening of following branches to appropriate growth points - 7 x c.10mm dia. & 1 x c.25mm dia. @ c.1m height; 3 x c.10mm dia. & 1 x c.25mm dia. @ c.3m height; 1 x c.50mm dia. @c.3.5m height. Aspect T35 (TPO T10) - English Oak: Shortening of following branches to appropriate growth points: 1 x c.50mm & 1 x c.75mm dia. @ c.3.5m height. Aspect G6 (TPO T12) - Beech: Shortening of following branches to appropriate growth points: 1 x c.60mm dia. & 2 x c.25mm dia. @ c.3-3.5m height

    Belgar Farmhouse, Appledore Road, Tenterden, TN30 7DB

    Received 7 Jul 2023
  21. Decision MadePA/2023/1280

    Proposed Two Storey Extension

    24 Turners Avenue, Tenterden, TN30 6QL

    Received 10 Jul 2023
  22. Decision MadePA/2023/1281

    Two-storey dwelling with associated landscaping, parking, and access from Poplar Road

    16 Lloyds Green, Wittersham, TN30 7NX

    Received 10 Jul 2023
  23. Decision MadeOTH/2023/1282

    Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2022/2915 for "Proposed single-storey extension(s) and associated alterations to car parking layout" to allow changes to the external material from brick to render

    Ashford Rugby Club, Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9QB

    Received 10 Jul 2023
  24. Decision MadeOTH/2023/1283

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 7 (Street Lighting) of planning permission 21/00840/AS Phase 2

    Chilmington Green Development - Phase 2 Infrastructure, Chilmington Green Road, Great Chart, Ashford

    Received 10 Jul 2023

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