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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 dates57,460Searchable applications
568Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 36,487 approved or refused records
4,731Refused applications
31,756 approved · 4,731 refused · 3,188 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jun 2000 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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More application records
- Decision MadePA/2024/1254
Single-storey side and rear extensions and extension of the pitched roof.
Oak Crest, Charing Heath Road, Charing, TN27 0AT
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1255
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - steel frame shed on concrete hardstanding
The White Cottage, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6SR
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1256
Prior notification was received on 07/07/2024 and expiring on 18/08/2024 for a Single Storey Rear Extension with a depth of 4.00 Meters, Eaves height of 2.30 Meters, and overall height of 3.45 Meters
87 Cleves Way, Ashford, TN23 5DG
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1257
Single-storey rear extension
3 Caroland Villas, Church Road, Smeeth, TN25 6SB
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1258
Conversion of detached garage into annexe and loft conversion with rooflights
The Oast Hadman Place, Bell Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PW
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1259
Three-storey side extension and loft extension above garage.
Hawthorn House, Maidstone Road North Of Drovers Roundabout, North Of Simone Weil Roundabout, Ashford, TN25 4NR
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1260
T005 - Lawson Cypress - reduce the height from 16m to 10m. T006 - Field Maple - 2-3m crown reduction. T007 - Hazel - remove South East facing branch back to area of decay - currently overhanging footpath. T009 - Chinese Willow - fell to just above ground level - decay and movement in rooting environment. T010 - Common Ash - fell to just above ground level - dieback and decay. T011 - not identified - fell to just above ground level - dead. T012 - Sycamore - 5m crown reduction - one stem has failed. T013 - Hornbeam - 3-4m crown reduction - acute lean over footpath and road. T014 - Portuguese Laurel - crown thin and reduction by 2m.
Braethorpe, Canterbury Road, Ashford, TN24 8QF
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1261
T9 Oak - Fell to ground level. T10 Sever Ivy. T11 Oak - Sever Ivy. T12 Oak - Sever Ivy. T18 Silver Birch - Fell to ground level. T19 Sweet Chestnut - Fell to ground level. T23 Ash - Fell to ground level. Reduce live branches as needed
Godinton Primary School, Godinton Day Nursery, Lockholt Close, Ashford, TN23 3JR
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1262
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (noise protection scheme) & 4 (joinery details) for planning permission PA/2024/0151
Swan Inn, 19 Tufton Street, Ashford, TN23 1QN
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1263
Listed Building Consent for repairs to the timber-framed structure and replacement of associated infill panels. Repair and replace windows like for like. Replacement doors and frame. Re-pointing to ground-floor brickwork and replacement of first-floor weatherboard. Repair and replacement of joinery items and eaves reinforced as required.
Upper Stone House, Rose Hill, Stone, TN30 7HH
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1264
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (Phasing Plan), 4 (Code of Construction Practice - Phase 1D only), 6 (Wheel Washing & Contractor Parking - Phase 1D only) of planning permission 19/01476/AS
Land At Newtown Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, TN24 0PN
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1265
Listed Building Consent for a small conservation rooflight on the rear elevation catslide roof and associated works
Little Westwell Farmhouse, Rolvenden Road, Tenterden, TN30 6TY
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1269
Single-storey rear extension
Murada House, Faversham Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0NN
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1270
Proposed two storey side extension
14 Galloway Drive, Kennington, TN25 4QQ
Received 9 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1272
Erection of 9 dwellings with access, parking, cycle storage, refuse storage, landscaping, pumping station and other associated works
Land at Gate House (16A Townland Close) and land to the south and east of Gate House (16A Townland Close), Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8AR
Received 9 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1273
Front porch.
1 Ross Court, Hampden Road, Ashford, TN23 6JN
Received 9 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1274
Replace the tile hanging to the front elevation of the property with grey timber cladding.
32, Orchard Drive, Wye, TN25 5AU
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1275
Application for Lawful Development Certificate - proposed vehicle crossover
15, Elm Place, Ashford, TN23 5PB
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1276
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Archaeological watching brief) for planning permission PA/2023/0973
Fountain Cottage, Calehill Park, Calehill Road, Little Chart, TN27 0QG
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1278
Prior Approval for conversion of the first and second-floor offices to 2 no. 2 bed flats.
23 Bank Street, Ashford, TN23 1DG
Received 9 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1279
Single storey rear extension
Elmstone House, North Street, Biddenden, TN27 8AE
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1280
Proposed additional security fencing and gates to the current 2.4m high palisade fencing
Unit 2, Arrowhead Road, Waterbrook Park, Sevington, TN24 0FL
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1283
T1 - Ash - The lateral branches spread roughly 4.5-5m. We propose to reduce these by around 2-2.5m back to good growth points. The tree overhangs the property of number 8 the dene. The branches have started touching the building. This will maintain clearance from the property.
Land to the west of forge hill, Bethersden , TN26 3AF
Received 11 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1281
Change of use of land from agricultural to residential and the erection of a single-storey detached garage following the demolition of the stable block
Saracens Cottage, Surrenden Road, Pluckley, TN27 0SA
Received 11 Jul 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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