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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 dates63,781Searchable applications
570Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 43,432 approved or refused records
5,416Refused applications
38,016 approved · 5,416 refused · 3,452 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decision MadeOTH/2025/1612
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 4 (European Protected Species Mitigation), 5 (bat mitigation), 14 (biodiversity enhancement), 20 (bicycle storage) and 21 (bin storage) of planning permission PA/2024/0220.
Missingham Farm Buildings, Pilgrims Way, Brabourne Downs, Brabourne, TN25 5LU
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1614
Prior approval for the change of use of an agricultural building and land within its curtilage to a two-storey dwelling and associated operational development.
Building At Potteries Farm, Pot Kiln Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3HJ
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1615
Single storey side extension following the demolition of garden room
Upper Stone House, Rose Hill, Stone, Tenterden, TN30 7HH
Received 25 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1616
Addition of roof lantern to rear flat roof and changes to fenestration.
35 North Street, Biddenden, TN27 8BA
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Under ConsultationPA/2025/1617
Erection of 3no dwellings with all associated landscaping and infrastructure following demolition of existing building.
Former Stables 100meters East of Ash Lawn, Criol Lane, Shadoxhurst
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1618
Proposed new porch, modern catslide to be rebuilt, changes to fenestration and associated landscaping works
Beech Court, Canterbury Road, Challock, TN25 4DJ
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1620
Details submitted pursuant to the Biodiversity Gain Plan informative for planning permission PA/2024/2295.
Land to the East of Bliby Lodge, Ashford Road, Bilsington
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1619
Two dead Ash trees
Vehicular access from A252 North to North East of The Bothy, 9 Church Hill, Chilham
Received 2 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1621
Listed building consent for the reinstatement of the front entrance door, addition of canopy to door on front elevation. Infill of ground floor windows to the west elevation, and associated internal alterations.
81, Forge Cottage, The Street, Willesborough, TN24 0NA
Received 26 Aug 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1622
Prior Approval for the installation of rooftop solar PV panels.
Warren Retail Park, J Sainsbury Plc, Simone Weil Avenue, Ashford, TN24 8YN
Received 2 Sept 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1623
T19 Oak - Reduce canopy by 3 metres and remove deadwood. T31 Oak - Removal of shear crack branches and deadwood greater than 25mm in diameter.
Land adjacent to Stanhope Road, Ashford, TN23 5RQ
Received 2 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1624
Single storey rear extension following demolition of rear wall
208 Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 9QL
Received 3 Sept 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1625
Discharge of conditions 4 (Drainage), 5 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan), 7 (Landscaping Scheme) & 13 (Disposal of Sewage) of planning permission PA/2022/2512
Land North of Crockenhill Road, Egerton, TN27 9EG
Received 3 Sept 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1626
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 50 (Code of Construction Practice), 59 (Foundations), 60 (Sewage disposal) & 69 (Drainage) for the 2no. new fast food restaurants and drive-throughs phase only of Planning Permission 18/00098/AS
Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington
Received 3 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1629
Display of 4no illuminated fascia signs and 1no two-sided illuminated L shaped totem.
Unit 5, Fougeres Way, Ashford, TN25 4DT
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1627
Reduce sycamore to 2.5m height owing to decay in the stem and honey fungus at base.
Court Lodge, Westwell, Ashford, TN25 4JX
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1628
Installation of sensory trail and walkway, refurbishment of EYFS playground area including artificial grass. Replacement of covered walkway.
Woodchurch Church Of England Primary School, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3QJ
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1630
Change of use from B8 (Storage & Distribution) to a timber retailer with some timber furniture manufacturing (sui generis) and the installation of mobile racking for timber storage (retrospective)
Home Farm, Hythe Road, Smeeth, TN25 6SP
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1632
Re-build of fire damaged store and change of use to staff accommodation following demolition of existing building.
Proposed Staff Accommodation at, The Bull Inn, 1 Regent Street, Rolvenden
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1633
Non-material amendment to planning permisison PA/2023/2388 for Single storey side extension with glazed link following demolition of existing orangery, porch and sun room. Extension of wall to front elevation to allow changes to increase in height of extension
Stone Green Hall, Flood Street, Mersham, TN25 7HE
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1634
Advertisement consent for 1 x non-illuminated Fascia sign and 1 x non-illuminated projecting hanging sign.
8 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6AP
Received 28 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1635
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations including relocation of internal staircase and change to spiral staircase, insertion and removal of walls. (part retrospective)
Elvey Granary, Elvey Lane, Pluckley, TN27 0SU
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1637
Two-storey rear extension, new front porch, roof extension including two front dormers and one rear dormer
Sarac, Stumble Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3EY
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1638
Planning permission for tree deck in rear garden (retrospective)
Bourne House, Brook Street, Woodchurch, TN26 3SZ
Received 5 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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