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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 dates57,624Searchable applications
568Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 36,642 approved or refused records
4,762Refused applications
31,880 approved · 4,762 refused · 3,192 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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/2024/1334
Listed Building Consent for single storey rear extension and removal of sash window.
136-138 Bridge Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5DP
Received 15 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1335
Proposed annex in rear garden following demolition of summer house and shed
11, Forge Meads, Wittersham, TN30 7PE
Received 17 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1336
T1 - Cherry Tree - to be felled.
49 Albert Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 8NU
Received 17 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1337
Extension to existing hotel to provide additional bedrooms together with alterations to the car park and all associated works.
Hotel Development Between Trinity Road And, Hotel Unit, Rutherford Road, Eureka Leisure Park, Ashford, TN25 4BN
Received 17 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1338
Two-storey side and single-storey rear extensions, dormer loft conversion, addition of three rooflights, and hardstanding to create parking space following the demolition of the existing conservatory
8, Vincent Place, Kennington, TN24 9QZ
Received 17 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1340
Proposed outbuilding for storage and home office space following the demolition of the existing outbuilding
Handley Cross, Withersdane, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5DL
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1341
T1 - Twisted Willow - Fell - Diseased T2 - Goat Willow - Crown lift to 4.5 meters T3 - Silver Birch - Crown lift to 4 meters T4 - Hornbeam - Crown lift to 4.5 meters T5 - Hazel - Crown lift to 4.5 meters T7 - Hornbeam - Crown lift to 4.5 meters T8 - Hazel - Crown lift to 4.5 meters T9 - Rowan - Crown reduction by 3 meters to 5 meters All crown lifts are proposed to avoid branches hanging over the boundary fence. If replacement planting is required for the Twisted Willow advice will be taken from the Tree Officer
Street Record, 47 Forest Avenue, Ashford, TN25 4GB
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1343
Details submitted pursuant to part discharge condition 21 parts H (screens & windbreaks) & L (acoustic fences) relating to Plot 1 of planning permission 15/01671/AS
Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1344
Rebuild pillars and brick wall, reinstate ironwork above the wall to the front elevation
32 Albert Road, Ashford, TN24 8NX
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1345
Extension of existing day room
Miller Farm, Luckhurst Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QW
Received 16 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1346
Detached cart lodge garage.
2 Rectory Walk, Cock Lane, Hamstreet, TN26 2HU
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1347
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - to create two disabled parking spaces, associated hardstanding, widen the access and rebuild boundary walls
Womens Institute Hall, Church Road, Willesborough, TN24 0JG
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1349
Variation to condition 2 approved plans of Listed Building Consent PA/2023/1737 (Listed Building Consent for the replacement of existing rear window to patio door. Conversion and extension of existing outbuilding to a single-storey home office) To allow changes to paint colour for brick slips, window, and door frames and to add a door and dividing wall to the office
158-160, Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5DP
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1351
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed, for the installation of 20 solar panels to the front pitch.
Greenfield House, Biddenden Road, Tenterden, TN30 6TD
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1354
1no. self-build dwelling with associated landscaping enhancements and parking provision
Forty Acre Oast, Shadoxhurst Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3PW
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1355
Widening of the existing access and laying of hardstanding (retrospective)
Land off Bull Lane, Potten Farm, Bethersden, TN26 3HB
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1356
Listed Building Consent for replacement of damaged roof and hanging tiles with like for like on original house, replacement of timber boarding to recessed dormer cheeks (like for like); replacement in each area of works of bitumen membrane with TLX 'Batsafe' and installation of some sheepswool batt insulation between rafters and studs. Replacement - like for like - of lead to recessed dormer window.
Waters Land, Grange Road, Tenterden, TN30 6TJ
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Under ConsultationPA/2024/1357
Construction of Waterbrook Link Road and Bridge, associated landscaping allotments and flood compensation earthworks
Land at Cheesemans Green, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent
Received 19 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1360
Non-material amendment for planning permission PA/2024/0794 for the installation of 2 rooflights to front elevation
23 Harry Saunders Lane, Ashford, TN23 3FA
Received 22 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1358
Change of use from agricultural to the keeping of horses and construction of an Equestrian Lunge Pen to include post and rail fencing and a permeable sand surface.
Burnt House Farm, Burnthouse Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PT
Received 22 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1359
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 10 (Biodiversity) and 11 (Landscaping) for planning permission PA/2023/1345
Romden Farm, Romden Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8RA
Received 22 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1361
Proposed steel portal framed stock building to replace existing stock buildings
Chapel Bank Farm, Reading Street, Tenterden, TN30 7HU
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1362
Widening of drive, including excavation part of the existing bank
Chart Court Oast, Pluckley Road, Little Chart, Ashford, TN27 0QH
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1363
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - To remove replace and enlarge French doors and add a window on the rear elevation
Old Wheelwrights, The Street, Pluckley, TN27 0QT
Received 22 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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