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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

53,664Searchable applications

572Recorded as pending

87%Approval rate · 33,252 approved or refused records

4,304Refused applications

28,948 approved · 4,304 refused · 3,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Planning and Development Contact planning Planning Contacts Local plan Emerging Local Plan and Design Code Pre-application advice Pre-Application Advice Article 4 directions Article 4 Directions

Council contacts

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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

Decision MadeOTH/2023/1525
Details submitted pursuant to condition 20 (BREEAM - truck stop) of planning permission 18/00098/AS
Ashford Truck Stop, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, TN24 0GB
Received 14 Aug 2023
Decision MadeNOT/2023/1526
T1: Pollarded Broad Leaf Lime : To reduce the top by 4m and cut back the epicormic growth from the trunk by 3m.
1 The Croft, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6RG
Received 11 Aug 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/1527
Semi-enclosed rear extension to the existing covered canopy area and associated landscaping
Hambrook Lodge, Hambrook Lane, Chilham, CT4 8DJ
Received 15 Aug 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/1528
Listed Building Consent for repairs to existing stone masonry and brickwork, reinstatement of railings and gates, removal of existing brick pier to vehicular entrance and rebuilding to match existing brick pier with stone pier cap.
3, East Hill House, East Hill, Tenterden, TN30 6RL
Received 15 Aug 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/1529
Detached garage and fencing
Green Gables, Ashford Road, Bethersden, TN26 3BB
Received 15 Aug 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/1530
Single-storey summer house and store outbuilding
11, Hunter Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0RY
Received 15 Aug 2023
Decision MadeOTH/2023/1531
5 day order for dangerous tree. T1 Oak. Fell. Tree is dead T2 Oak. Dead Wood
27, Shirkoak Park, Woodchurch, TN26 3RP
Received 15 Aug 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/1532
Single storey rear extension
133, Bentley Road, Willesborough, TN24 0HS
Received 15 Aug 2023
Decision MadeOTH/2023/1534
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 4 (No-Dig Design Foundations) of planning permission PA/2023/1009
33, Fairfield Terrace, Hamstreet, TN26 2HT
Received 15 Aug 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/1535
Single storey rear extension, conversion of existing loft space, insertion of dormer window to rear roof slope, rooflight to side roof slope, and two rooflights to front roof slope following demolition of existing conservatory and rear lean to
40 Upper Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5AN
Received 15 Aug 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/1536
Proposed garage conversion for new bedroom with en-suite, and parking provision
8 Orchard Field, Bethersden, TN26 3AN
Received 15 Aug 2023
Decision MadeNOT/2023/1537
T1 Beech tree - Fell
Beech House, Hambrook Lane, Chilham, CT4 8DJ
Received 15 Aug 2023
Decision MadeOTH/2023/1538
Details submitted pursuant to Conditions - 3 (Materials), and 4 (Disposal of Sewage) of planning permission 22/00207/AS
The Firs, Buck Street, Challock, TN25 4AR
Received 15 Aug 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/1539
Proposed livestock building, with handling race and muck store, solar panels to roof, 2no rainwater harvesting tanks and new external hardstanding yard.
Ivy End Farm, Pluckley Road, Smarden, TN27 8RH
Received 15 Aug 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/1540
Partial demolition of stables, change of use of land to incorporate the erection of a new annex to support the main dwelling
Bankside, Scots Lane, Brabourne, TN25 6AX
Received 16 Aug 2023
Decision MadeNOT/2023/1541
T1 Holly tree - Fell
7, Scotton Street, Wye, TN25 5BU
Received 16 Aug 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/1542
Single-storey rear extension
Land Southeast of 1 Wilkinson Close, Ashford Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent
Received 16 Aug 2023
Decision MadeNOT/2023/1543
T1 Holly - Fell
1 The Terrace, The Street, Little Chart, TN27 0QB
Received 16 Aug 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/1544
Loft conversion with front and rear roof lights and first-floor windows on the existing side elevations
25 High Street, Rolvenden, TN17 4LP
Received 17 Aug 2023
Decision MadeNOT/2023/1545
T1 Ash Tree - remove major deadwood , T2 Goat Willow - reduce smaller north-western stem by 4m, T3 Weeping Willow - remove southern limb with longitude crack and remove partially broken branch in the centre of crown, T4 Ash - reduce crown by 4m in height and carry out a proportional width reduction.
Willow Cottage, The Street, Pluckley, TN27 0QS
Received 17 Aug 2023
Decision MadeOTH/2023/1546
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (Eaves & Ridge Details) and 5 (Specification for Lime-Based Mortar) of Listed Building consent PA/2023/0798
127, Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5DP
Received 17 Aug 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/1547
Environmental improvement works (remediation) of land.
Land at former Gas Holder Station north east of Stag Enterprise Park, Leacon Road, Ashford, Kent.
Received 17 Aug 2023
Decision MadeOTH/2023/1548
Non-material amendment to planning permission 17/01170/AS "Layout, Access, Scale, Landscaping and Appearance of development at Chilmington Green for the 346 residential dwellings, which comprises of a mix of two bedroom apartments, two, three, four and five bedroom houses within Land Parcels B, C, J & K within Main AAP Phase 1" to allow changes to windows on Block D
Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Ashford
Received 17 Aug 2023
Decision MadePA/2023/1549
First-floor extension and an additional roof light to the North elevation, Juliet balcony on the existing first-floor South elevation. Changes to fenestration on the ground floor elevations
Teigh Cottage, Church Road, Stone, TN30 7JT
Received 18 Aug 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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