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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 dates66,409Searchable 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40,317 approved · 5,688 refused · 3,558 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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 MadePA/2025/2194
Consent to display 3 x non-illuminated fascia signs. Powder-coated metal/ acrylic sign boards fixed to the infill wall and above doors to Unit 7 and the flank wall of the same unit.
Unit 7, Kingfisher Business Centre, Henwood, Ashford, TN24 8DG
Received 26 Nov 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2195
Erection of replacement two storey, self build dwelling with detached garage. (part retrospective)
The Shack, Stalisfield Church Road, Charing, TN27 0NJ
Received 26 Nov 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2196
Variation of condition 19 ( Landscape Proposal drawing) of planning permission 21/00986/AS for the Demolition of the existing properties and the construction of a 64 bedroom care home (C2 Use Class) with associated parking and development; to allow for the previously agreed 'buffer zone' to be integrated for residents recreational purposes.
Little Dawbourne, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6PY
Received 26 Nov 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2197
Proposed two-storey rear extension, porch to side elevation, changes to fenestration including removal of dormer and addition of velux roof windows. Removal of chimneys.
Cranwell House, Church Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NU
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2198
Installation of 1 no. internally illuminated fascia sign, 5 no. non-illuminated fascia signs, 1 no. internally illuminated projecting sign, 2 no. non-illuminated post-mounted signs and 1 no. internally illuminated totem sign
Land South of, 8 Crown Avenue, Kennington
Received 27 Nov 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/2201
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (Materials), 4 (Walls & Fences) & 11 (Drainage works) of planning permission PA/2024/1942
Land North of Durrants Green, Oak Grove Lane, High Halden
Received 27 Nov 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2202
Listed Building Consent for the retiling of existing pitched roofs, repairs to existing lead valleys and chimneys, replacement of gutters and fascias. Installation of replacement conservation roof light at the rear of the property. Proposed first floor window to rear elevation. Refurbishment of existing bathroom and kitchen. Existing ground floor window to rear elevation to be replaced with French door. Proposed canopy to front door. Door trim replaced with stone plinth and lead capping. Replacement door, new sashes and sealed units to ground floor window at the front. Replacement first floor window to front.
122 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5EA
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2204
Proposed front and rear extensions, plus conversion of garage together with all associated works.
The Snuggery, Canterbury Road, Chilham, CT4 8AE
Received 27 Nov 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2205
Listed Building Consent to infill mortar that has disappeared and restore mortar that is crumbling, due to extensive weathering between bricks on two walls.
Wyllie House, Upper Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AN
Received 28 Nov 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2206
Single-storey side extension including a conservatory and a porch to the front elevation following the demolition of the existing conservatory.
4 St Cosmas Close, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4BX
Received 28 Nov 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2208
Proposed micro-energy storage facility with acoustic fencing.
Grass Verge on East Side of Roundabout between Imperial Way Kirk View and, Singleton Hill, Singleton
Received 28 Nov 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2211
Replacement of existing glass sheet walls and roof with corrugated metal sheet cladding and replace doors with roller shutters.
Oldbury, Brissenden Green Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3BJ
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/2212
Prior notification for an agricultural storage building
Land East of Hillside, Mill Lane, Aldington
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/2213
Non-material amendment to planning permission 21/00583/AS for "Proposed 2 Detached Dwellinghouses" to allow the addition of a window in each dwelling on the North-West Elevation (Front)
Heath Barn 1, Wanden Lane, Egerton, TN27 9DB
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2214
Single storey rear and side extension & loft conversion with dormer to rear and rooflights to front elevation. Pitched roof to garage.
240 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AN
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/2215
T1 cypress - Reduce in height back to previous reduction points approx 2-3 metres and cut back the overhang in the garden to the boundary by approx 1 metre. Reason for work: Tree overhanging into the neighbour's boundary.
The Chimes, Upper Queens Road, Ashford, TN24 8H
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2216
Conversion of the garage into a home office
9 The Bulrushes, Singleton, Ashford, TN23 5GA
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/2217
Prior notification for an agricultural storage building
Land Northwest of Mobile Home, Court Lodge Farm, The Street, Great Chart, TN23 3AY
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2218
Single-storey front and side extensions, a porch canopy to the dwelling, a proposed outbuilding, pergola, a raised decking area, and areas of hardstanding following the demolition of the existing porch and bay windows.
Glover Farm, Moor Lane, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SS
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2219
Listed Building Consent for alterations to existing cart store to include replacement of floor, addition of wall and ceiling linings and insertion of 2No. conservation rooflights to existing roof valley.
Sheerland House, Swan Lane, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0PL
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2220
Widen the existing road access, form new boundary walls either side of the driveway, installation of entrance gate, extend the existing driveway, and the erection of a detached 2 bay car port, with associated works.
Stone Hill Oast, Stone Hill Road, Egerton, Ashford, TN27 9DU
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2221
Proposed loft conversion with dormer and rooflights.
47 Torrington Road, Ashford, TN23 7TG
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2222
Fencing around property. (retrospective)
37 Bishops Green, Singleton, TN23 5BQ
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2225
Change of Use of existing Hair and Beauty business to a Create and Craft Pottery Painting Studio (Retrospective)
Willow Tree Hair and Beauty, Willow Tree House, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, TN26 2EQ
Received 1 Dec 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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