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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 dates55,434Searchable applications
548Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 34,823 approved or refused records
4,517Refused applications
30,306 approved · 4,517 refused · 3,086 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 MadeNOT/2024/0176
T322 - Sycamore, fell tree. T325 - Ash, fell tree. T326 Common yew, crown lift 3m above ground height. T327 - Common Beech, crown lift 3m above ground height. T328 - Common Beech, crown lift 3m above ground height. T329 Ash, fell tree. T330 - Ash (2 companion trees), fell both. T331 - Corsican Pine, crown lift 3m above ground height.
St Michaels Church, Church Hill, Kingsnorth, TN23 3EF
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0177
5 Day Notification - A single Ash (T329) needs to be removed ASAP as its primary crown union has failed and the crown is overhanging the church yard and a third-party residential property.
St Michaels and All Angels Parish Church, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6PU
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0179
5 Day notification large Copper Beech reduction in height as shown on supporting photograph
Cumberland House, The Street, Chilham, Kent. CT4 8BX
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0181
Listed Building Consent for replacement of modern kitchen flooring with limecrete and reduction of floor depth by 150mm.
Sole Street Farm, Sole Street, Crundale, CT4 7ET
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0183
Proposed erection of new cattle building and extension of existing cattle building by addition of a lean-to
Land at Home Farm, Eastwell Park, Eastwell, Ashford, Kent TN25 4JT
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0184
Details submitted pursuant to condition 15 (bicycle storage facilities) of planning permission 17/01840/AS.
Former Naccolt Brickworks, Naccolt Road, Naccolt, Wye, TN25 5NX
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0185
Non-material amendment to planning permission 17/01840/AS (Erection of 8 new no. dwellings and associated car parking and landscaping works) to include an approved plans condition and amend the approved site layout plan and plot 7 plans and elevations
Former Naccolt Brickworks, Naccolt Road, Naccolt, Wye, TN25 5NX
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0186
Details submitted pursuant to condition 12 (Contamination investigation) and condition 13(i) (Archaeology) of planning permission 21/01284/AS
Land off Front Road, Woodchurch, Kent, TN26 3SA
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0187
Two storey rear extension, changes to fenestration.
Fairview, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3QW
Received 31 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0189
Proposed two-storey and single-storey extensions to side elevation (south) proposed single-storey extension together with dormer extension to rear elevation (west) proposed extension to the driveway to create an in and out drive.
Great Pested Farm, Pested Lane, Challock, TN25 4BG
Received 31 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0190
Erection of 1 no. non-illuminated fascia and non-illuminated hanging signs
30 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6AR
Received 30 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0191
Oak (T1) - To fell oak tree to ground level
1 Frensham Green, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4FA
Received 31 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0192
Advertisement Consent for the installation of 1 x LCD media screen and 2 x flag pole signs - Retrospective
Tesco Stores Ltd, Hythe Road, East Of Junction Ten Roundabout, Willesborough, TN24 0YE
Received 31 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0193
Traditional mass concrete underpinning to the entire right hand side elevation
Forsham Farm, Wassall Lane, Rolvenden, TN17 4PP
Received 31 Jan 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0194
T1 - Maple - Reduce by 2 meters (to previous points) due to overhanging branches and causing issues to neighbouring windows and gardens. T2- Fell sycamore due to causing damage to driveway and boundary fencing - young cherry tree to be replanted in place. T3- Fell and remove rotten damaged tree in the back garden area overhanging the old outbuilding.
Sand House, Woodbury Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6JH
Received 31 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0196
Change of use and conversion of an equestrian stables building to create a residential annexe with solar panels.
Spelders Hill Farm, Spelders Hill, Brook, TN25 5PB
Received 31 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0197
Change of use and conversion of existing barn into a residential dwelling with parking and garden area following demolition of a garage
Newlands Farm, Charing Heath Road, Charing, TN27 0AL
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0198
T1 - Apple tree - Remove to ground level and grind the stump. This tree is close to the house and parking area and has 2 cavities on the main trunk.
The Homestead, The Street, Bethersden, TN26 3AD
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0199
Mature Oak - To reduce the crown of the tree by up to 4m, reduce the sides to match and balance (2-3mtrs)
5, Holdstock Road, Tenterden, TN30 7DU
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0200
Holly tree, to remove to ground level and grind the stump. This tree is growing with a strong lean towards the house. This is located within a raised bed with a raised soil level. The tree has outgrown its planting bay and the roots are starting to dislodge the slabs and timber surrounding it.
Ivy Cottage, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, TN25 5LL
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0202
Prior Approval for the erection of 68no photovoltaic solar panels
Mill Lane Barn, Canterbury Road, Challock, Ashford, Kent TN25 4BJ
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0203
T1 crab apple - dead tree. To remove dead tree to leave an 8ft mono (trunk) for wildlife. T2 crab apple - remove to ground level. this tree has suffered over the past years and the crown has been in decline and now shows low live crown ratio. T3 crab apple - remove single limb towards the house side of the tree back to a good growth point, then undertake a 1.5m crown reduction.
Pond House, The Street, Bethersden, TN26 3AD
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0204
Details submitted pursuant to condition 6 (Acoustic design measures) of planning permission 19/00025/AS (excluding Local centre).
Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0205
Listed Building Consent for two storey rear extension, conversion of roof space, conservation rooflight, removal of dormer. Extend mezzanine and add stair ladder addition of window. Removal and insertion of internal walls, new internal door opening, replace brick pier with timber post. Change external garage doors to sliding and personnel doors.
Fairview, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3QW
Received 31 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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