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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 dates56,138Searchable applications
567Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 35,368 approved or refused records
4,582Refused applications
30,786 approved · 4,582 refused · 3,123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/0510
Erection of treble cart lodge.
Wordsworth House, The Forstal, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NU
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0511
Listed Building Consent for repair of ground floor front window, replacement of all the rear elevation windows and door, and the fitting of a plume management kit to the rear existing gas boiler flue outlet.
9 Church Yard, Ashford, Kent TN23 1QG
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0512
Erection of 2no chimneys to facilitate ventilation system.
The Ferry Inn, Appledore Road, Stone, Ashford, Kent TN30 7JY
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0513
Non-material amendment to planning permission 18/00207/AS for Reserved Matters approval for the development of Parcel P for 99 dwellings together with associated access roads, footpaths, drainage, car/cycle parking, groundworks, landscaping and infrastructure to allow installation of garage doors to approved carports on plots 58 and 59 and the provision of three additional surface car parking spaces.
5859, Chilmington Hamlet, Great Chart, Ashford, TN23 3DP
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0514
Erection of a timber framed garden room
Millstone, 1 The Forstal, Blind Lane, Mersham, TN25 6NY
Received 14 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0515
Extension of Existing Day Room
Miller Farm, Luckhurst Lane, Smarden, TN27 8QW
Received 14 Mar 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0516
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (arboricultural method statement) of planning permission PA/2023/2292
Salterton, Church Road, Kennington, TN24 9DQ
Received 14 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0517
Proposed annex to support the main dwelling following removal of existing barn
Handley Cross, Withersdane, Wye, TN25 5DL
Received 12 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0518
Erection of oak framed garage
Handley Cross, Withersdane, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5DL
Received 12 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0519
Change of use from mixed retail and residential use to a single dwelling.
116, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6HT
Received 14 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0520
Change of use and conversion of a building and land within its curtilage to a dwellinghouse, along with landscape, parking, and ecological enhancements following demolition of part of the building
Building adjacent to Kenylon Farm, Stalisfield Road, Charing, TN27 0HG
Received 14 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0521
Single storey rear extension
22 Kirkwood Avenue, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SE
Received 11 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0522
Proposed new outbuilding
1, Shrubcote, Tenterden, TN30 7BA
Received 14 Mar 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0523
T1 sycamore - Remove two rotten failed stems at base for safety, and remove the lowest two branches over the garden back to the trunk to improve balance while gaining extra light into the area below.
99 The Limes, Stanhope, TN23 3NY
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0524
T1 - Beech - crown reduction all round by 2.5m
46, Upper Queens Road, Ashford, TN24 8HF
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0525
T1 - remove the lowest two smaller diameter branches which overhang from the neighbouring property, this will allow extra light into the area below while maintaining a good boundary screen.
97 The Limes, Stanhope, TN23 3NY
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0526
G1 Ash Tree - dismantle to ground level, this tree has 3 stems and the base is rotting, one stem has already failed and gone across the neighbouring property. The reason for the proposed work is safety for owner and neighbouring property’s, with replanting of a flowering cherry.
101 The Limes, Stanhope, TN23 3NY
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0527
Listed Building Consent for the erection of chimneys to facilitate ventilation system.
The Ferry Inn, Appledore Road, Stone, Ashford, Kent TN30 7JY
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0528
Erection of an outbuilding for a canine hydrotherapy business
6 Castweazle, Rolvenden Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6UA
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0529
Proposed single storey side extension.
Damson House, 4 Appledore Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 7BD
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0530
Single-storey front extension
Gilham Cottage, Luckhurst Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QW
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0531
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 21/00973/AS for creation of access track to allow for changes to approved track.
Greenluck Farm, Harris Lane, High Halden, Kent. TN26 3HN
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0532
Proposed first-floor extension over existing single-storey projection. Proposed single-storey extension. Proposed two-storey/single-storey side extension, following the demolition of garage/store.
16 Bybrook Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9JA
Received 14 Mar 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0533
Non-material amendment to planning permission 09/00081/AS for "The construction of 43 new residential units" to allow changes to the previously approved site plan to show the removal of the existing annex. Elevation changes - pitched bay window and PV panels. Inclusion of a double carport for plot 2 and amended elevations for the existing farmhouse
Bilham Farm, Cheeseman's Green Lane, Finberry, Ashford
Received 15 Mar 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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