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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 dates55,732Searchable applications
548Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 35,057 approved or refused records
4,553Refused applications
30,504 approved · 4,553 refused · 3,102 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/0378
G1 Ash - remove deadwood, T3 Ash - remove deadwood, T4 Ash - Re-pollard back to previous pruning points.
Pumping Station, Wheatfields, Aldington, Ashford, Kent TN25 7GF
Received 23 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0379
1no. two storey detached dwelling with existing garaging, access and amenity garden.
Townland, Six Fields Path, Tenterden, TN30 6EX
Received 23 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0381
Single storey annexe with associated landscaping following demolition of existing garage outbuilding and hard-standing.
Copper Lodge, Water Lane, Smarden, TN27 8NR
Received 23 Feb 2024 - Under ConsultationPA/2024/0382
Alterations to provide additional 4 x 1 bed, 2 x 2 bed units and a staff bedroom including changes to fenestration, conversion of first floor in West and North wing and new external wall to rear following demolition of toilet block.
Manor House, Bentley Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent TN24 0HP
Received 23 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0383
Detail submitted pursuant to condition 24 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) of planning permission PA/2022/2950
Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent TN25 6AF
Received 23 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0384
Single Storey Front Extension, First Floor Side Extension and Replacement Porch
Krshna Vilas, Brooke Road, Ashford, TN24 8HN
Received 23 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0385
Listed Building Consent for rear conservatory.
The Barn Oast, North Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8BA
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0386
Single Storey Rear Extension with rooflights.
7, Albert Road, Ashford, TN24 8NY
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0387
Shop front fascia signage to the front and part side elevation of the building canopy. (Black painted timber sign with white pinned built up timber lit by led trough lighting).
12 Tufton Street, Ashford, Kent TN23 1QP
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0388
Listed Building Consent for replacement of front door window unit with painted black wooden unit.
Silks Farm, Tayes Barn, Amage Road, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5DE
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0389
Erection of proposed garage.
Vitters Oak Cottage, Old Surrenden Manor Road, Bethersden, TN26 3DJ
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0390
5 day Notice to pollard 1x Oak and 1x Maple tree protected by a TPO
Great Meadow House, 45 Fullers Way, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8FQ
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0391
Single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory.
New House, Wye Road, Boughton Aluph, TN25 4HZ
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0392
Rear conservatory.
8 Crop Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent TN25 7LJ
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0393
Listed Building Consent for removal and insertion of internal walls, insertion of stairs, conversion of first floor, new external wall to rear following demolition of toilet block. Insertion of rooflights and creation of new windows, repairs and rendering of external walls.
Manor House, Bentley Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent TN24 0HP
Received 23 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0394
Increasing the size of the roller shutter door to 4 metres in height and 5.47 metres in width, addition of new fire escape door and recladding to rear elevation of warehouse, new 2.4 metre acoustic fencing and AC condenser unit.
Consort Frozen Foods Ltd Unit 22a, Wotton Road, Ashford, TN23 6LN
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0396
Proposed garage conversion and first floor side extension
27 Red Tree Orchard, Singleton, TN23 5PZ
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0398
Construction of a 52sq metre Community Room to provide extra facilities.
Green Farm, Church Lane, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1LS
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0400
Remedial works to address subsidence damage to the sub-structure and structure, Concrete underpinning to be completed along with associated internal works.
Forsham Farm, Wassall Lane, Rolvenden, TN17 4PP
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0401
Change of use of land from agricultural to residential and erection of detached garage and 2 x sheds (part retrospective).
Wymondham, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent TN26 1LQ
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0402
Single storey side extension following demolition of existing conservatory.
The Old Post Office, Church Road, Mersham, TN25 6NU
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0403
Details submitted pursuant to condition 22 of planning permission 21/01914/AS and conditions 67 & 68 of planning permission 12/00400/AS (unexpected contamination) for Land Parcel E5 only
Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Kent
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0404
Non-material amendment to planning permission 21/00884/AS "Proposed Erection of Pump House and 4 Airsourced Heat Pumps with associated fenced enclosure." to allow changes by moving the pump house and enclosure 3 metres to the South
St Mildreds Church, Church Road, Tenterden, TN30 6AT
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0405
Conversion and extension of an existing building to provide one residential unit.
Former Kennels Site, Wye Road, Hastingleigh, TN25 5DB
Received 27 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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