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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 dates55,536Searchable applications
548Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 34,905 approved or refused records
4,526Refused applications
30,379 approved · 4,526 refused · 3,092 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/0232
Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed single-storey rear extension
22 Kirkwood Avenue, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SE
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0235
Non material amendment to planning permission 08/00869/AS for retention of two timber annexes providing accommodation for disabled residents to allow changes to wording of Condition 1.
Boldshaves Oast House, Frogs Hole Lane, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent TN26 3RA
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0234
Construction of 1no. five-bedroom dwelling with associated parking and access.
Plot 26, Otium Lakes, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0DQ.
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0236
Erection of one detached dwelling and detached car barn with associated access, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements
Land to the North West of Brook Meadow, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden.
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0237
Prior Notification for steel framed portal agricultural barn
Brickhouse Farm, High Halden Road, High Halden, TN26 3HU
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0238
Repair of existing first floor windows. Repairs to soffits, open joints, lead work, down pipe and new pigeon netting. (part retrospective)
1 - 5 Kings Parade, High Street, Ashford, TN24 8TA
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0244
Internal alterations including removal of partition walls; two new first floor dormer windows: erection of rear porch canopy: amendments to door and window openings: removal of chimney flue; and beam strengthening plus vaulting of (new) kitchen ceiling: and new tiled roof sunroom in replacement of existing conservatory.
Duxbury, Church Hill, High Halden, TN26 3JB
Received 2 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0246
Erection of 3no two-storey dwellings with associated parking and amenities following the demolition of the existing portal building, storage buildings, stables, and bungalow
Ellison Court Equestrian Centre, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8DT
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0247
Demolition of garage, laying of hardstanding and provision of fencing and access gates.
Land to the rear of Zion Baptist Church, 69 High Street, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6BB
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0248
Installation of woodburning stove in the sitting room, & formation of new access to the kitchen. Installation of flue to first floor to serve new woodburning stove & installation of two conservation roof lights to the family bathroom & bedroom 4.
Capel Barn, Capel Road, Hamstreet, TN26 2EH
Received 2 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0249
Lawful Development Certificate for proposed loft conversion with rear dormer window and roof lights
8, Cormorant Place, Finberry, Sevington, TN25 7FT
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0250
Lawful Development Certificate - proposed cart barn style double garage.
Forehead House, Church Lane, Aldington, Ashford, Kent TN25 7EH
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0251
Continued stationing of mobile home
Mobile home at, Knockwood, Knockwood Lane, Molash
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0252
Conversion of the existing barn to an annex to support the main house including a side extension and alterations to the roof.
Cutlers Farmhouse, Maidstone Road, Chilham, CT4 8EU
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0253
Proposed dropped kerb and hardstanding
2 Thorne Estate, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0RD
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0254
Listed Building Consent of installation of 2no conservation rooflights in south west elevation
Park Farm, School Road, Appledore, Ashford, Kent TN26 2AR
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0255
T1 - Oak - Remove epicormic growth and partial crown reduction to remove low-hanging branches on the western side - Close to wires and hang low over neighbours driveway.
113-115, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6JY
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0256
Forestry and agricultural building.
Colebran Wood Field , Duck Lane, Ashford , TN26 1LT
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0257
Single storey rear extension and 2no outbuildings with changes to fenestration following demolition of existing conservatories and sheds.
27 Waddington, Singleton Road, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent TN23 3BB
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0258
Details submitted pursuant to condition 6 (Remediation Works and Measures) of planning permission 22/00249/AS
Henwood Car Park, Henwood, Ashford, TN24 8DH
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0259
Details submitted pursuant to condition 9 (Lighting) of application PA/2023/1268
Little Surrenden, Ashford Road, Bethersden, TN26 3BG
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Under ConsultationPA/2024/0260
Mixed-use application comprising 144 dwellings, a convenience/farm shop/cafe building, wetland area, landscaping, open space, drainage, parking, and other associated infrastructure with access from Waterbrook Avenue
Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0261
Details pursuant to condition 2 (materials) and part discharge of condition 3(i) (archaeological field evaluation works) of Planning Permission 21/00022/AS
Mersham Le Hatch Business Village, Hythe Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent TN25 6NH
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0262
Details pursuant to condition 4 ( watching brief) of Planning Application PA/2022/2680
Bromley Green Farm, Ashford Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent TN26 2EW
Received 7 Feb 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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