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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30,443 approved · 4,535 refused · 3,100 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 MadeOTH/2024/0322
Details submitted pursuant to condition 2 (materials) of planning permission 21/00790/AS
Land between Woodchurch Road and Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AY
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0324
Removal of existing play equipment and installation of new equipment and safety surfacing. Including extending existing fenced area with new 1.2m high timber palisade fencing with 3 single leaf access gates.
The Minnis, The Street, Smarden, TN27 8NB
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0325
Provision of new outbuilding for mixed farm storage and stables and retrospective application for new treatment plant.
1 Stone Corner Cottage, Ebony Road, Stone, TN30 7JD
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0326
Erection of single storey front extension
14 Nettlefield, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN24 9DU
Received 15 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0327
T15 - English oak - Crown reduction in height to 14m, spread of canopy to be reduced to 4m from the trunk and canopy lift to 6m to clear from intruding on building. T16 - Wild Cherry - Crown reduction in height to 14m spread of canopy to be reduced to 4m from the trunk and canopy lift to 6m t clear from intruding on building.
Boughton And Eastwell Cricket Pavilion The Green, Wye Road, Boughton Aluph, TN25 4HX
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0328
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (Approved parking electric charging) of planning permission 21/00790/AS
Land between Woodchurch Road and Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AY
Received 16 Feb 2024 - ClosedPA/2024/0329
Provision of new garage outbuilding and parking hardstanding
Old Place Farm, Woodchurch Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3JG
Received 14 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0330
Change of use from an outbuilding into an annex to support the main house (Retrospective)
5, Tally Ho Road, Kingsnorth, TN26 1HJ
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0331
Single-storey rear extension including patio expansion following the demolition of a shed
45, Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5ED
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0332
Erection of single storey rear extension
44 The Moat, Charing, Ashford, Kent TN27 0JH
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0333
Non-material amendment to planning permission 22/00549/AS "Single-storey rear extension. Loft conversion with the erection of 3 dormers to front and 1 dormer to rear. Internal and external alterations" to allow for the removal of GRP stack (fake chimney)
34, Ramsfield, Wye, TN25 5AD
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0334
Change of use of land and demolition of an existing stable building, erection of a new building to form holiday let accommodation with associated landscaping and biodiversity enhancement.
Land And Building Adjacent To Stone Corner Farmhouse, Ebony Road, Stone, TN30 7JG
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0335
Detail submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Nutrient neutrality assessment) for planning application 21/01719/AS
Hurst Hill Farm, Pluckley Road, Hothfield, TN26 1ER
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0336
Prior approval for an agricultural storage building
Land East of Heath Farm, West of Vicarage Lane, and South of Church Hill Road. Apple Blues Farm, Lenham Heath, Maidstone, ME17 2BT
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0337
Single storey side and rear extensions.
The Haybarn, 3 Beulah Cottages, Harris Lane, High Halden, TN26 3HN
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0338
T1 Ash tree to fell. Ganoderma present at base. Root fungus present.
39 The Green, Woodchurch, TN26 3PF
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0339
T1 Holly - Fell - excessive shading.
10 The Street, Wittersham, TN30 7ED
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0340
External soil stack on the north elevation
Bennetts, 56 The Street, Appledore, TN26 2AE
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0341
Certificate of lawful development - Proposed vehicular crossover and hardstanding
191 Bybrook Road, Kennington, TN24 9JH
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0342
Proposed raising of ridge to 1.4m to facilitate loft conversion with two front dormer windows. Erection of a single-storey rear extension.
170 Sandyhurst Lane, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent TN25 4NX
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0343
Change of use from agricultural land to residential garden use (Retrospective)
2 Shiregate Cottages, Soleshill Road, Chilham, CT4 8JX
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0346
Erection of 1.no dwelling with associated access, parking and landscaping, following the demolition of an existing agricultural building.
Lazy Meadow Farm, Smarden Road, Bethersden, TN26 3HE
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0347
Proposal to demolish dutch barn and wooden barn, erect two detached houses with garages, access, landscaping and ancillary works.
Low Wood Farm, Ashford Road, Bethersden, TN26 3AP
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0348
Extension to Existing Hard Standing and Drop Kerb
74 Lower Vicarage Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AP
Received 19 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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