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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 dates56,352Searchable applications
567Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 35,554 approved or refused records
4,607Refused applications
30,947 approved · 4,607 refused · 3,131 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Mar 2001 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/0645
Change of use from class F2(B) to incorporate F1(F) place of public worship or religious instruction.
Kingsnorth Recreation Centre, Field View, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent TN23 3NZ
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0646
Single storey side extension
1 Johnson Close, Willesborough, TN24 0UE
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0647
3no 2 bedroom log cabin style dwellings, with associated parking and garden areas, movable ground mounted solar panels to be installed in agricultural field following removal of existing caravans.
Greenluck Farm, Harris Lane, High Halden, TN26 3HN
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0648
Proposed re-development of site consisting of 2no. 5 bedroom dwellings & alterations to existing track and access from Appledore Road
Land rear of 51 to 57, Appledore Road, Tenterden
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0649
Proposed entrance porch
87 The Forstal, Wye, TN25 5ER
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0650
Details submitted pursuant to condition 2 (joinery and glazing) for planning permission PA/2023/2010
Old Obeden Farm House, Snughorne Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PR
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0651
Construction of single storey rear extension, conversion of garage to living and utility.
26 High Snoad Wood, Challock, Ashford, Kent TN25 4DQ
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0652
Details submitted pursuant to part of condition 5 (B - joinery and glazing) of planning permission PA/2023/1988
Old Obeden Farm House, Snughorne Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PR
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0653
Removal of lime tree under a 5 day notice
Gate Cottage, Old Ashford Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JG
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0654
Extension of residential curtilage and erection of proposed annexe in association with the existing dwelling.
Dering Farm, Green Hill Lane, Egerton, Ashford, Kent TN27 9EY
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0655
Prior notification for an agricultural pole barn
Apple Blues Farm, Vicarage Lane, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0BT
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0656
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 4 (transport construction management plan), 5 (sewage), 6 (external materials) & 7 (fine details) for planning permission PA/2022/3042
Rogers Wood, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, TN27 8ET
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0657
Listed Building Consent for re-configuration of no19 and no21. Single-storey and partial first-floor rear extension following demolition of existing extension. External doorway to replace window, re-configuration of doorways. Internal works including insertion of staircase, insertion and removal of walls and doors, upgrading of existing walls. Works to roof and replacing guttering and downpipes. Insertion of conservation rooflights.
17-19 & 21 Church Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5BN
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0658
Ground level outdoor swimming pool and associated terrace works.
Old Place Farm, Woodchurch Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3JG
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0659
Erection of new single storey detached house
68 Fourways, The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent TN24 0NA
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0660
Installation of underground cabling
Field to West of National Grid Converter Station, Church Lane, Aldington, Kent, TN25 6AF
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0661
T4 Oak -3-4m reduction to the upper crown and 2-3m reduction on the mid and lower crown. (Superseded spec - T4 - Oak Tree - pollard to approx 5.5m above ground level due to failure of limbs.)
Frogs Place, Frogshole Farm, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, TN27 8EY
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0662
Single storey front extension
15, Larch Walk, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9BW
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0663
T1 - White Poplar tree - remove the over hanging branch by 3-4 metres.
Cottesloe, Frith Road, Aldington, TN25 7DQ
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0664
Single storey rear extension
Causton House, 6 The Nightingales, Biddenden, TN27 8HN
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0665
Proposed first floor rear extension
Twin Oaks, Bockhanger Lane, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9BP
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0667
Proposed single storey rear extension, repitching of the existing roof and two-storey side and first floor rear extension and installation of dormers
32 Church Road, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0LE
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0668
Non-material amendment to planning application PA/2023/0503 for "Redevelopment of site to provide 4no dwellings and associated parking and landscaping" to allow minor amendment to the wording of the condition 7 of planning permission PA/2023/0503
13, 15, 17 and 19, Mill View, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0EL
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0670
T1 Beech - Crown lift to 5-6m
Park Cottage Polla House, Church Lane, Hothfield, TN26 1EL
Received 3 Apr 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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