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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 dates55,337Searchable applications
548Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 34,735 approved or refused records
4,504Refused applications
30,231 approved · 4,504 refused · 3,084 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Mar 2001 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/0147
Proposed single storey flat roof rear extension and alterations
3 Durrant Green, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3BU
Received 19 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0149
Details submitted pursuant to condition 2 (Materials) of planning permission 14/00998/AS
Church Farm, Church Lane, Aldington, TN25 7EG
Received 25 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0150
Lawful development certificate - Proposed erection of a garage
Swallow Court, High Halden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BD
Received 25 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0151
Change of use from mix of single dwelling and food and drink to single dwelling
The Swan Inn, Tufton Street, Ashford, Kent TN23 1QN
Received 25 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0152
Erection of a workshop
Cutlers Farmhouse, Maidstone Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent CT4 8EU
Received 25 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0153
Listed Building Consent for single-storey rear extension and removal and insertion of internal walls.
Rose Farm, Rose Farm Road, Pluckley, TN27 0RG
Received 24 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0154
Prior notification - installation of 176 photovoltaic solar panels on an existing farm building.
Howletts Farm, Soleshill Road, Chilham, CT4 8JU
Received 25 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0156
Change of use of building and land within its curtilage to a dwelling house following part demolition of Atcost and hay barns.
Little Halden Farm, Barn At, Tenterden Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4JL
Received 26 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0157
Listed Building Consent for replacement of 6no. sash windows.
2, Peels Cottage, Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6QU
Received 24 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0158
Change of use from oast to dwelling. (retrospective)
The Oast House, Duckies Farm, Headcorn Road, Smarden, TN27 8PN
Received 26 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0160
Discharge condition 4 (written details of the disposal of sewage) of planning permission PA/2023/1611
Land Adjoining Hegg Hill Farm, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, TN27 8NX
Received 26 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0162
Conversion of existing loft to habitable room. The raising of a section of the existing flat roof and insertion of velux windows in existing section of pitched roof.
3 Rippers Cross Cottage, Bethersden Road, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent TN26 1EW
Received 23 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0163
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed erection of a 4.27 metre wide by 7.62 metre long polytunnel
Field on the corner of crossroads at the end of BromleyGreen Road and Hornash Lane, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge
Received 26 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0164
T1 - Catalpa tree - 2 to 3 metres crown reduction, cutting back to appropriate branch axils. Remove torn, hanging limb and reduce away from the building by approximately 2 metres.
8, The Old Court, Tufton Street, Ashford, TN23 1QN
Received 26 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0165
Vehicular crossover (Retrospective)
1 Thorne Estate, Pluckley, TN27 0RD
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0166
7no replacement timber windows and 1no secondary glazed unit.
14, The Street, Kennington, TN24 9HB
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Under ConsultationPA/2024/0167
Erection of 6 flats on two levels including rooftop patios above refurbished shop unit following part demolition of first floor and roof.
70-72 W H Smith, Ashford Post Office, High Street, Ashford, TN24 8TB
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0168
Single oak framed garage
Sunnybrook Stables, The Street, Brook, Ashford, Kent TN25 5PF
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0169
Listed Building Consent for 7no replacement timber windows and 1no secondary glazed unit.
14, The Street, Kennington, TN24 9HB
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Under ConsultationOTH/2024/0170
Regulation 77 application to assess nutrient neutrality for application NOT/2022/2422
98-100 Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 8PR
Received 25 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0171
The creation of a temporary access from the A252 into a temporary compound area.
9, The Bothy, Church Hill, Chilham, CT4 8DA
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0172
Single storey rear extension
21, Heritage Road, Kingsnorth, TN25 7LF
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0174
Demolition of existing dwelling, garage, and outbuilding and erection of replacement dwelling
Fir Tree Cottage, Lenacre Street, Eastwell, TN26 1JH
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0175
T1 Leyland Cypress - to fell. Tree is around 20m in height and has become too large for where it is sited near to out buildings, large branches have been braking off and causing potential risk to people over a well used area of the garden.
Brisley Rise, Kennington Road, Willesborough, TN24 0NS
Received 30 Jan 2024
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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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