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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 dates55,825Searchable applications
567Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 35,123 approved or refused records
4,560Refused applications
30,563 approved · 4,560 refused · 3,105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/0406
Details submitted pursuant to condition 9 (Approved lighting strategy) of planning permission 22/00487/AS
Site East of and adjacent 18, Chapmans Close, Chapmans Close, Challock, TN25 4AX
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0407
Prior Notification for the change of use of 2no agricultural buildings and land with their curtilage to 2no dwelling houses and associated operational development.
Hornes Place Oast, Agricultural Buildings Rear Of, Kenardington Road, Appledore, Ashford, Kent TN26 2BS
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0408
Carport and retrospective permission for front porch
Eversleigh, Canterbury Road, Challock, TN25 4DL
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0409
Change of use and conversion of an existing redundant agricultural building into a residential dwelling with associated landscaping, amenity land and parking
Land adjacent to Swift Farm, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, TN27 8NX
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0410
Reserved matters application for the approval of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for proposed link road for Hybrid planning application for mixed-use development pursuant to outline permission 18/00098/AS
Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Ashford, TN24 0GB
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0411
Details submitted pursuant to condition 6 (Landscaping) of planning permission 21/00790/AS
Land between Woodchurch Road and Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7AY
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0412
Proposed roof conversion with roof lights to the front and dormers to rear elevation.
Chart Court Cottage, Pluckley Road, Little Chart, TN27 0QH
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0414
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the installation of permanent posts with netting raised and lowered on match days.
The Cricket Ground, Lossenham Lane, Newenden
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0415
Two-storey detached annex following the demolition of the existing garage
Hunt Street Farm Cottage, Hunt Street, Crundale, CT4 7EL
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0416
Prior approval for the change of use of an agricultural building and land within its curtilage to a dwelling house and associated operational development
Vitters Oak Barn, Old Surrenden Manor Road, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3DW
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0417
Proposed single-storey front extension and glazed link extension and changes to fenestration.
Barn At, Park House Farm, Westwell Lane, West Of Westwell, Westwell, TN25 4LF
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0418
Listed building consent for internal and external works including: supporting and straightening the supporting beams in oak; re-roofing and upgrades to roof; removal of synthetic materials on internal walls and replacement with traditional plasterwork; replacement of all windows with traditionally detailed windows; replacement weatherboarding in oak; removal of cement floor and insertion of limecrete floor to front room and bathroom.
Woodlands Farm, Newland Green Lane, Egerton, TN27 9EP
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0419
Alterations to fenestration.
Clyde House, Ball Lane, Kennington, TN25 4EB
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0420
Proposed garage conversion, single-storey front porch extension and single-storey rear extension following the demolition of the existing conservatory. Flat roof front dormer changed to a hipped roof and changes to fenestration.
Kingsransom, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, TN25 6QP
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0421
Proposed detached garage/workshop following removal of existing wood shed.
Sheerland House, Swan Lane, Pluckley, TN27 0PL
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0422
Variation of condition 3 (external materials) & condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission PA/2023/2026 [Erection of rear/side extensions, alterations to roof, provision of atrium, flues, raised patio to create upper storey with balcony]; to allow for improvement on visual aesthetics.
5, Ox Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6NG
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0423
Single-storey rear extension with conversion of existing outbuilding.
Pear Tree Cottage, Stocks Road, Wittersham, TN30 7EJ
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0424
Proposed new windows to the second floor and the addition of roof lights
Hogben Farm, Church Lane, Aldington, Ashford, Kent TN25 7EH
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0425
T1- Ash - Felled to stump level- The tree is far too big for our garden now. It is blocking natural light and is also shading our neighbour's garden.
Ballacraine, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6DH
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0426
Two storey side extension
4, Rylands Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9LH
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0427
Request for EIA Screening opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning
Land north of M20 Coastbound south of, Kennington Road, Willesborough
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0428
Proposed garage conversion
15 Woodland Rise, Chilmington Green, Ashford, TN23 8AR
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0429
Two detached dwellings following demolition of existing garage.
The Rectory, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent TN23 3AY
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0430
Retention of existing annex for purposes ancillary to main dwelling
Ivy Cottage, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2EQ
Received 1 Mar 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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