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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 dates55,633Searchable applications
548Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 34,978 approved or refused records
4,535Refused applications
30,443 approved · 4,535 refused · 3,100 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/0295
12 Trees on the border of property, including 8x Fir Trees, 3x Ash, 1x Sycamore - cut all trees to hedge level (to approx. 1.5m tall).
13, The Green, Woodchurch, TN26 3PE
Received 13 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0296
20% thinning reduction to Walnut tree; 20% thinning reduction to Oak tree; 20% thinning reduction to Yew hedge.
The Nook, The Street, Little Chart, TN27 0QB
Received 13 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0298
Variation of condition 11 (Approved plans) of reserved matters approval 22/02548/PA (Variation of condition 6 on planning permission 19/01769/AS (Reserved matters application for details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the erection of 28 dwellings and the creation of access pursuant to outline planning permission granted under 17/00952/AS) to vary approved plans to change site layout, footprint of house types and introduction of garages & additional parking; substitution of approved Design & Access Statement)) to allow for the variation of approved plans to amend parking arrangements, garages and/or car barns to Plots 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, 17 and 18.
Land East of Hope House, Ashford Road, High Halden, Kent
Received 13 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0299
Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed agricultural building
The Stables, Redbrook Street, High Halden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3JH
Received 13 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0300
Details submitted pursuant to condition 16 (External lighting) of planning application 22/01041/AS.
Cradle Bridge Level Crossing Conningbrook Park, Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent
Received 13 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0302
Removal of fallen Chestnut tree
Crittleshaw, Cloth Hall Gardens, Biddenden, TN27 8AT
Received 13 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0303
London plain tree - Reduce by 2.4 metres, tree is located in the driveway of property and causing damage to the block paving which has been repaired twice.
Calico, Cloth Hall Gardens, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8AT
Received 13 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0304
Notification to reduce Birch tree covered by TPO under a 5 day notice due to risk of falling branches affected by rot
34 Prospect Way, Brabourne Lees Ashford TN25 6RL
Received 13 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0305
Lawful Development Certificate - proposed development - Erection of a garage/car port
3 Kingsland Cottage, Kingsland Lane, Westwell, TN25 4JW
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0306
Proposed vehicular crossover and hardstanding
26, Noakes Meadow, Ashford, TN23 4QZ
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0307
Provision of new garage outbuilding and parking hardstanding
Old Place Farm, Woodchurch Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3JG
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0308
Prior notification for an agricultural building
Land North East of Riverfield Farm between Bethersden Road and Etchden Road, Etchden Road, Bethersden
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0310
One and a half storey garage/workshop with office/storage above
Honey Farm, Elvey Lane, Pluckley, TN27 0SU
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0311
Application for a lawful development certificate - proposed - Conversion of existing garage to additional living area.
15, Woodland Rise, Chilmington Green, TN23 8AR
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0312
Ground floor side extension and new entrance porch to the front elevation. Move two first-floor windows following the demolition of the conservatory
Honey Farm, Elvey Lane, Pluckley, TN27 0SU
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0313
Change of use of land to residential. Two single-storey extensions to the property with associated alterations and conversion of garage/storeroom
Little Criol Stables, Bethersden Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent TN26 1LL
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0314
Change of use of a dwelling (C3 use) to a residential institution dwelling (Class C2) No external changes are to be made.
23, Jemmett Road, Ashford, TN23 4QD
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0315
Proposed bay window
94, Sandyhurst Lane, Ashford, TN25 4NT
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0316
Front first-floor extension with an underpass and one-and-a-half-storey side extension with associated alterations.
Park Cottage, Park Lane, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent TN26 1JZ
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0317
T1 - Sycamore - Fell - to avoid future potential damage T2 - Sycamore - Fell - to avoid future potential damage T3 - Sycamore - Fell - to avoid future potential damage T4 - Sycamore - Fell - To lessen crown competition and increase natural light T5 - Crack Willow - Re-pollard to previous pollard points T6 - Ash - Fell - to avoid continued damage to the boundary fence T7 - Ash - Fell - to avoid risk to the public and users of the subject car park T8 - Ash - Fell - to avoid risk to the public and users of the subject car park T9 - Horse Chestnut - Fell - to avoid risk to the public and users of the subject car park T10 - Horse Chestnut - Fell to coppice - to avoid risk to the public and users of the subject car park T11 - Horse Chestnut - Fell to coppice - to promote live root/stump retention T12 - Horse Chestnut - Fell to coppice - to promote live root/stump retention T13 - Horse Chestnut - Fell to coppice - to promote live root/stump retention T14 - Horse Chestnut - Fell to coppice - to promote live root/stump retention
Gilletts, The Street, Smarden, TN27 8QA
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0318
Change of use of agricultural land to residential use, erection of three-bay garage with office/playroom over and construction of tennis court and associated fencing.
East Ongley Farmhouse, Ongley Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8HF
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0319
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Biodiversity Method Statement) of planning permission PA/2022/3042
Rogers Wood, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, TN27 8ET
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0320
Demolition of Glebe Hall, Glebe Hall shed, and Vicarage garage. Erection of a shed/cycle store. Erection of three two-storey detached dwellings with vehicular access from Church Road, associated parking, landscaping, boundary treatments, and construction of a twenty-bay Church car park
The Vicarage, Church Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6AT
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0321
Details submitted pursuant to condition 31 (archaeological evaluation) of planning permission 21/00790/AS
Land between Woodchurch Road and Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AY
Received 15 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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