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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 dates66,524Searchable applications
576Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 46,133 approved or refused records
5,698Refused applications
40,435 approved · 5,698 refused · 3,562 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Aug 1995 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2025/2281
Erection of porch and associated alterations to fenestration with landscaping following demolition of existing porch.
The Riverside Centre, Clockhouse, Ashford, TN23 4YN
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2282
Installation of cricket nets with an Astro Turf base, extension of the car parking hardstanding area and the construction of a wooden decking area to provide an emergency disabled access adjacent to the northern fire exit from the new village hall building (Retrospective)
The Cricket Ground, Lossenham Lane, Newenden, TN18 5PN
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/2283
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 5 (Landscaping Scheme), 6 (External Lighting) and 7 (Biodiversity Enhancement) of planning permission 22/00567/AS.
Land between 10 and 13 Heathside, Appledore, Kent, Appledore, TN26 2AT
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/2284
· Up to 3m reduction from the height of the Oak ensuring that cuts are made to a side branch of at least one-third diameter of the parent limb · Reduction of the two large, lower laterals by 3m to a suitable growth point. · Reduction of the remainder of the crown by 2-3m to suitable growth points ensuring that a natural-looking crown profile is achieved. · Crown lift to 6m (Superseded spec - T1 - Oak tree - Reduce height by 5m, reduce over extended limb by 4m, target prune remaining crown from between 1-2m to 4m. Remove epicormic growth to 8m from ground level)
5 Lilac Court, Ashford, TN23 3LZ
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/2285
G1 - Pyrus communis trees - cut back branches that are in close contact with the building by 2 metres to allow for new re-growth.
Tesco Stores Ltd, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LN
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2286
Proposed two storey side and single storey front porch extensions with changes to fenestration (Part retrospective)
2 Beech Drive, Hothfield, TN26 1EA
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2287
Proposed single-storey side extension.
Elnathan, Grange Road, Tenterden, TN30 6EF
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2289
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed single-storey rear extension with changes to fenestration.
11, Oak View, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1AS
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2290
Single storey rear extension (Retrospective)
17 Conker Close, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3LL
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2291
Change of Use from Agricultural Land to Residential Curtilage (Retrospective)
Kestrel Rest, Ritoweg Farm, Headcorn Road, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8PN
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/2292
T1 - Holm Oak. Crown lift to 5m. Reduce to previous points. South and east side spread from 7m to 4.5m and west side spread from 6m to 4.5m to reduce overall dominance in garden.
125, The Crows Nest, Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5ED
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/2293
T1-Ash - Reduce the lateral branches back by 2-2.5m. Reason -This tree has a rough lateral branch to trunk length of 6m and overhangs the neighbouring property. By making these smaller diameter cuts, this would reduce the branch weight over the property while bringing the tree into better overall balance. The opposite side of the tree grows over a dark drive entrance, so the tree has searched for light over the property.
Meadow Rise, Tile Lodge Road, Charing, TN27 0BA
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2294
Conversion of outbuilding to residential. Two-storey extension to outbuilding with link to main dwelling.
Badgers Hill House, New Cut Road, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BW
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2295
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - addition of windows to ground floor west elevation.
Cobalt House, Orbital Park, Monument Way TN24 0HB
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Under ConsultationPA/2025/2296
Remodelling of Existing Driving Range
Chart Hills Golf Club, Weeks Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8JX
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/2297
T1 - Maple - to be removed to ground level and tree stumps managed. Maple approx 2 years old. T2 - Ash - to be removed to ground level and tree stumps managed. Ash approx 2 years old. Reason for works - subsidence issues
Woodchurch Church Of England Primary School, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3QJ
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2298
Attic conversion including replacement of front existing dormer window and addition of two rear conservation rooflights
Hogben House, Church Lane, Aldington, TN25 7EG
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2300
Creation of new access, modifications to the driveway, erection of a greenhouse and shed and associated landscaping work.
Bulleign Barn, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NQ
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/2301
Details submitted pursuant to Conditions 3 (Construction and Transport Management Plan) & 11 (Ecological Enhancement Plan) of planning permission PA/2025/2024.
Boat Nursery, Bonnington Road, Bonnington, TN25 7BN
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/2302
Non-Material amendment to planning permission 17/01170/AS for "12/00400/AS A comprehensive Mixed Use Development that comprises of up to 5,750 residential units, 19,000m2 of mix use, education, community uses, leisure uses, provision of formal and informal open space and the installation of strategic infrastructure. "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 the boundary treatment plan and relevant landscaping plan associated with the rear parking court of apartment Block E
Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Ashford
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2303
Single-storey rear extension with roof light, new door to ground floor side elevation with pergola over. Porch to the front elevation. Infill balcony to first floor rear elevation.
155A, Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5DP
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2304
Garden outbuilding (retrospective)
28 Tadworth Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9LA
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2305
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans), removal of condition 7 (BNG habitat) and 9 (removal of temporary car park and outbuildings) of planning permission PA/2025/0156 for Proposed single storey rear and side extensions and permission to use part of a field as a temporary car park during the construction works to allow for changes to temporary car park and BNG now being exempt.
Rolvenden Primary School, Hastings Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4LS
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/2306
Single storey wine tasting facility
Tenterden Vineyard, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Received 12 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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