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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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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 dates63,885Searchable applications
570Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 43,575 approved or refused records
5,431Refused applications
38,144 approved · 5,431 refused · 3,456 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 1996 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 5 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and DevelopmentContact planning Planning ContactsLocal plan Emerging Local Plan and Design CodePre-application advice Pre-Application AdviceArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.policy@ashford.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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 MadePA/2025/1667
Single storey side extension following demolition of lean-to store
Iraden, Hareplain Road, Biddenden, TN27 8LH
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1668
T1, T2, T3 - Silver Birch Trees - Fell make it very awkward to get out of vehicle and trailers on to and off our driveway without causing significant inconvenience to other road users. T4, T5 - Ash trees - Fell - they are showing significant signs of Ash Die Back. They are growing through overhead cables. Should these trees come down in the wind due to their condition they would cause significant disruption to neighbouring properties utility supplies. Also very close to the carriageway and therefore they would put members of the public at danger if they came down. We propose to replant 3 English Oak and 2 Ash Trees within our 2.5 acre garden.
Dering Wood Lodge, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8RE
Received 3 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1670
Lawful Development Certificate- Existing - Use of former residential care home as residential home for foster children (Class C2 Residential Institution)
Northdown Residential Care Home, Canterbury Road, Molash, Canterbury, CT4 8EX
Received 2 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1672
Listed Building Consent to demolish and re-build of fire damaged building.
Proposed Staff Accommodation at, The Bull Inn, 1 Regent Street, Rolvenden
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1673
Proposed extension and refurbishment of existing dwelling and erection of triple bay car barn with home office above
Harrington Cottage, New Road Hill, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 7BH
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1675
Prior Approval for the installation of Solar PV on roof.
Balfour Beatty Rail Plant Ltd, Old Railway Works, Newtown Road, TN24 0PN
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1674
Replace window and brick surround with French doors to North East Elevation.
Potkiln Farm, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3HJ
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1676
Details submitted pursuant to condition 10 (landscaping scheme) of planning permission 19/01206/AS.
Land to north and west of Little Orchards Bungalow, Ashford Road
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1677
Single- storey rear and side extensions incorporating a single pitched roof and changes to fenestration
Honess, Mundy Bois Road, Egerton, Ashford, TN27 9EU
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1679
Variation of conditions 1 (elevations & details of proposed partitions), 2 (use restrictions) & 4 (floorspace) and removal of condition 3 (ancillary retail element) of planning permission 12/00489/AS
Units 4 And 5, Ashford Trade Centre, Hall Avenue, Orbital Park, Sevington, TN24 0SP
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1680
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (Joinery & Fine Details) for Listed Building Consent PA/2025/1070.
Coach House, Ashford Road, Great Chart, TN26 1JL
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1681
Proposed erection of a poolside building
Brook Farm, Brook Street, Woodchurch, TN26 3SR
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1682
Listed Building Consent for a single-storey side and rear extension with addition of rooflights and internal courtyard. Internal alterations including removal of walls.
The Windmill, Bowl Road, Charing, TN27 0NH
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1683
Wellingtonia - Following a recent aerial inspection, we would like to carry out the following recommended work - 1. To remove the major deadwood (diameter of 50mm or greater) in the crown. 2. To prune back the lower western and north-western branches overhanging 54 Belmore Park, to leave a minimum clear distance of 2m from the roof.
Land formerly known as Belmore, Magazine Road, Ashford
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1684
Single-storey rear and side extension with internal courtyard and changes to fenestration.
The Windmill, Bowl Road, Charing, TN27 0NH
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1685
Prior approval for change of use of one agricultural building and land within its curtilage to one dwelling house and associated operational development.
Medhurst Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8DZ
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1686
Display of 1no illuminated totem sign and 1no illuminated fascia sign.
Site C Ashford Orbital, Monument Way, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0HB
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1687
Listed Building Consent for the Proposed increase in height of extension to accommodate plant and thicker fascia.
Stone Green Hall, Flood Street, Mersham, TN25 7HE
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1688
Proposed single storey extension
Chi An Geltyon, 2A The Street, Appledore, Ashford, TN26 2DA
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1689
Single storey annexe extension
Kestrel Rest, Ritoweg Farm, Headcorn Road, Smarden, TN27 8PN
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1690
Single-storey side extension following demolition of existing conservatory.
New Cottage, Warren Farm, Faversham Road, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, TN25 4HW
Received 2 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1691
Lawful Development Certificate for proposed Rooflights
2 Martins Close, Tenterden, TN30 7AJ
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1692
T230 - common ash - Tree has advanced ash dieback infection and associated secondary decay at base and roots, progressing into the lower stem. Remove to ground level.. T231 - common beech - Tree has significant dysfunction and decay northeast and southwest at base, with likely internal connection between areas of dysfunction, anamorphic stage fruiting body at base indicative of Kretzschmaria deusta, decay and dysfunction is likely to have progressed into roots as exhibited with major crown dieback indicative of extensive root dysfunction. Tree is within striking distance of adjacent greenhouse and amenity areas. Remove to ground level as soon as possible to..
Deer Leap, Heronden, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LR
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1694
Proposed like for like window replacement.
Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6LT
Received 11 Sept 2025
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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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