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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 dates56,454Searchable applications
567Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 35,646 approved or refused records
4,621Refused applications
31,025 approved · 4,621 refused · 3,134 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/0671
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an existing residential annexe
Questeds Cottage, Frith Road, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 7DQ
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0672
T1 - Cedar - Mature tree, remove dead wood, reduce lower and mid laterals by 2-3m in accordance with the outline in the annotated photographs. (SUPERSEDED SPEC - poor and supressed stem due to having developed within overmature Leylandii hedgerow. Non - asymmetrical canopy, deadwood throughout canopy. - Fell to ground level)
Twitten Cottage, The Pavement, Tenterden, TN30 6DR
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0673
Installation of HVAC equipment to the rear of the restaurant with associated fence screening.
Mcdonalds, Rutherford Road, Eureka Leisure Park, Ashford, TN25 4BN
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0675
Single storey rear and front extensions following removal of existing balcony and changes to fenestration.
Kingsgate House, Kingsgate Lane, Wittersham, TN30 7NS
Received 4 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0676
Details submitted pursuant to condition 5 (landscaping scheme) of planning permission PA/2023/1066.
Harven Hall, Watery Lane, Westwell, TN25 4JH
Received 4 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0677
Notification to remove a silver birch covered by a TPO under a 5 day notice
Kent House, 81 Station Road, Ashford, TN23 1PP
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0678
Listed Building Consent for replacement entrance door.
Gate Lodge, Surrenden Road, Pluckley, TN27 0PP
Received 4 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0679
Pool enclosure attached to dwelling.
Bourne Farm, Bourne Road, Aldington, TN25 7AR
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0680
Conversion of garage into habitable accommodation, removal of external staircase, addition of cladding to former garage and living space, replacement of rear single-storey extension with weather boarded structure, addition of external staircase, a Juliet balcony, 3no rooflights and 2no dormers to front elevation, and changes to fenestration.
15 Cot Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8JB
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0682
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed garden room.
6 Freathy Lane, Boughton Aluph, TN25 4QR
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0683
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2023/1561 (Proposed change of use of land from agricultural to residential, alteration to access and new entrance gate. Two storey side extension including conversion of existing garage & proposed detached garage. New sewage treatment plant) to allow changes to roof form of garage, additional rooflights and change to fenestration, position of approved access and change to weatherboarding
Pearce Barn, Preston Hill Lane, Tenterden, TN30 7DW
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0684
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 7 (biodiversity) & 8 (lighting plan) of planning permission PA/2023/1561.
Pearce Barn, Preston Hill Lane, Tenterden, TN30 7DW
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0685
Installation of electric front gates to front of 25 & 27 High Street.
25 & 27, High Street, Rolvenden, TN17 4LP
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0686
T1 - Bay - crown reduction by 4-5m.
1 Elm Cottages, Wye Road, Boughton Aluph, TN25 4HZ
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0687
Replacement front steps and hand-railing.
3, Bells Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6ES
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0688
Details submitted pursuant to conditions: 3 (Bat lighting plan) & 6 (Cycle parking facilities) of planning permission 21/02154/AS
Highworth Grammar School, Maidstone Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 8UD
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0689
Proposed Front Porch and construction of a vehicular access with permeable driveway creating off road parking.
4, Oaklands, Mersham, TN25 6NE
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0690
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2024/0027 for Two-storey dwelling with associated garage/storage space, garden room outbuilding, parking, garden, and biodiversity enhancements following the demolition of a redundant agricultural barn and sheep sheds to allow changes to width of balconies on North West Elevation.
Little Crampton Barn, High Halden Road, Biddenden, TN26 3HR
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0691
Details submitted pursuant to condition 7 (Great Crested Newt - Mitigation Strategy) of planning application 22/00730/AS
Land between Stanley House and Long Meadow, Pluckley Road, Smarden
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0692
T1 - Yew tree - crown reduction by 1.5 - 2metres.
Carpenters, Chilham Castle Estate, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent CT4 8DB
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0693
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing use for a continuous period in excess of 10 Years and in breach of the Agricultural Occupancy Condition applied as condition (5) of Planning Permission 99/00705/AS.
Cott Farm, Cot Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8JP
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0694
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed outbuilding for use as home office.
5 Glen View, Chilmington Green, TN23 3UB
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0695
Proposed single-storey rear and side extension following the demolition of the existing side/rear extension. Ancillary changes to ground & first floors.
51 Abbots Walk, Wye, TN25 5ES
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0696
Listed Building Consent for pool enclosure attached to dwelling
Bourne Farm, Bourne Road, Aldington, TN25 7AR
Received 5 Apr 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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