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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

66,409Searchable applications

576Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 46,005 approved or refused records

5,688Refused applications

40,317 approved · 5,688 refused · 3,558 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Sept 1995 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 6 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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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 MadePA/2025/2058
Proposed replacement of existing timber windows with uPVC windows and existing timber doors to uPVC and Aluminium doors.
1-8 Turner Close , Ashford , TN24 0PQ
Received 4 Nov 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/2059
Lean-to extension to existing hangar (retrospective)
Hamilton Farm, Stone Cross Road, Bilsington, Ashford, TN25 7JJ
Received 5 Nov 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/2060
Listed Building Consent for removal of wall, gas meter and enclosure, opening up of doorway and installation of internal door to ground floor. Removal of internal door, opening of doorway, installation of door and wall to first floor.
28-30 Scotton Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5BZ
Received 5 Nov 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/2061
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - Use of property as an unrestricted dwelling in breach of condition 7 of application AS/86/00820
Priory Lodge, Lossenham Lane, Newenden, Cranbrook, TN18 5QQ
Received 5 Nov 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/2062
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 20 (Reporting of Unexpected Contamination) of Planning Permission 20/01808/AS
Unit at Old Pumping Station, Pluckley Road, Kent
Received 5 Nov 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/2063
Proposed outbuilding at the rear of the garden.
Archways, Stumble Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3EZ
Received 5 Nov 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/2064
Replace wooden entrance gates. Dismantle carport, reuse materials to form a pergola in rear garden.
Ludwell House, High Street, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0LS
Received 3 Nov 2025
Under AppealPA/2025/2065
Proposed micro-energy storage facility with acoustic fencing.
Electric Substation 40m Northwest of Junction between Chart Road and, Loudon Way, Ashford
Received 5 Nov 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/2066
Details submitted pursuant of Condition 6 (Construction and Transport Management Plan) of PA/2022/2093
Four Winds, New Road, Egerton, TN27 9DT
Received 5 Nov 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/2067
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 5 (Construction and Transport Management Plan) of planning application PA/2023/2005
Four Winds, New Road, Egerton, TN27 9DT
Received 5 Nov 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/2068
Listed Building Consent for removal of an internal wall to first floor. Replace wooden entrance gates. Dismantle carport.
Ludwell House, High Street, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0LS
Received 3 Nov 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/2069
Change of use from commercial into 2no flats with changes to fenestration, associated parking, amenity space, refuse, recycling and cycle storage (part retrospective)
Mercers Of Tenterden, Station Road, Tenterden, TN30 6HE
Received 5 Nov 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/2070
Creation of an access track (retrospective)
Land south of Hillcrest, Church Lane, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1LX
Received 5 Nov 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/2071
Installation of two rooftop air-handling units and associated infrastructure.
William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0LZ
Received 5 Nov 2025
Under AppealPA/2025/2072
Listed Building Consent for alterations to the shop frontage, to include altering to the lower sign (to regularise works already taken place)
4 - 6 Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6QU
Received 5 Nov 2025
Under AppealPA/2025/2073
Listed Building Consent for alterations to the shop frontage, to include replacing a hanging sign with a flat sign (to regularise works already taken place)
4 - 6 Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6QU
Received 5 Nov 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/2074
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans and documents) of planning permission PA/2025/0340 "Change of use of land from agricultural to residential. Erection of 3no. detached two-storey dwellings with associated parking, amenity, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements following the demolition of 5no. barns" to allow alterations to the approved brickwork within the materials schedule.
Agricultural Buildings rear of, Hornes Place Oast, Kenardington Road, Appledore, TN26 2BS
Received 6 Nov 2025
Decision MadeNOT/2025/2075
T1- Cherry tree. Fell. H1- Beech hedge. Approximately 2.5m high. Reduce to approx. 1.8m.
Froyden, Cloth Hall Gardens, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8AT
Received 6 Nov 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/2076
Proposed door installed within the existing porch opening
Vine Cottage, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BB
Received 6 Nov 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/2077
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (Archaeology) of planning permission PA/2025/0284
Stone Baptist Chapel, Appledore Road, Stone
Received 6 Nov 2025
Decision MadeNOT/2025/2078
T1 - Crab Apple - crown reduction by 1.5m in height and 1.5m laterally.
Mantalini, The Grove, Pluckley, TN27 0RT
Received 6 Nov 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/2079
Proposed ground floor rear extension
54 Holmwood Road, Ashford, TN23 5DP
Received 6 Nov 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/2080
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2024/1806 for "Extension to existing double garage to create car port with bin store" to allow changes to extend the side pitch of the roof to remove the eave and increase head height within the bin store
Downsells, Canterbury Road, Godmersham, TN25 4HE
Received 6 Nov 2025
Decision MadeNOT/2025/2081
T1 - Hornbeam. - Proposed 2 metre reduction in canopy. Unusually the tree has a split trunk reducing its stability - too big a canopy the tree could be vulnerable in storms. T2. 2no Portuguese Laurels - Proposed 2 metre reduction in canopy. Planted close together, without cutting back the combined trees get too big for the space and result in excessive shading of the border underneath. T3 - Acer Griseum (Paperbark Maple) - Proposed 0.5-0.75 metre reduction in canopy. The tree is now filling the space available and needs a canopy reduction.
21, Lion Field, Station Road, Charing, TN27 0JA
Received 6 Nov 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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