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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31,025 approved · 4,621 refused · 3,134 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/0697
Alteration to front elevation creating new entrance door for first floor.
Embassy House, 1-3, High Street, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6AU
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0698
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Vehicle crossover and associated hardstanding.
5 Elm Tree, Heath Road, Appledore, TN26 2DL
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0699
Variation of condition 1 (approved plans) of planning permission PA/2023/1741 (Variation of condition 1 (approved plans) of planning permission PA/2023/1260 (Conversion of former College buildings with associated restoration and alterations to buildings, demolition of later structures and rebuilding to provide 38 dwellings and community space; together with provision of two new dwellings, parking courts with car barns, cycle storage and refuse stores on land to the north of the retained buildings and associated landscaping; and change to parking arrangements for Squires Cottages (Change of Use from College residential accommodation back to 4 individual dwellings approved under Reference 16/00893/AS)) to allow for changes to internal layout for units 18, 19, 25, 32, 37 and the Heritage Centre.) to allow for changes to layout of units 21, 33, 36 and 39.
Former Wye College Buildings, High Street TN25 4AH
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0700
T1 - Cherry - Leaning tree - to install a rustic chestnut prop to aid support of the tree at an appropriate point on the southern stem. Reduce back the southern limb by approximately 2-3 metres, cutting to appropriate branch axils.
Woodgate House, The Street, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1LU
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0701
T1 - Fell - Heavily declining/dead cherry within group of Scott’s pines in rear left corner of garden T2 - Fell - Heavily declining/dead poplar in centre of rear garden
Chessenden House, The Street, Smarden, TN27 8NB
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0702
5 Day notification
Shorts Wood House, Tenterden Road, From Clapper Hill to PB, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8DW
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0703
5 Day Notification
Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, TN25 5LP
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0704
Prior notification for the change of use of one agricultural barn and land within its curtilage from agricultural use to a use falling within Class C3 (as 5 dwelling-houses), together with associated building operations.
Canal Farm, Hamstreet Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2NT
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0705
Prior approval for change of use of two agricultural barns (Barn 2 and Barn 3) and land within their curtilage, into five dwelling houses falling within use class C3 together with associated building operations
Canal Farm, Hamstreet Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2NT
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0707
Change of use of a 2 bedroom holiday let (Class C3) to mixed use (Sui Generis) holiday let and annex.
Clover Farm, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8PB
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0708
Listed Building Consent for replacement front steps and hand-railing
3, Bells Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6ES
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0709
Change of use of existing ancillary office to residential accommodation for registered care residents
Boldshaves Oast House, Frogs Hole Lane, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3RA
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0710
Listed Building Consent for removal of two sections of wall and erection new partition wall on first floor, to reduce the size of a shower room.
Imber, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent TN24 0LJ
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0711
Two-storey front extension and changes to fenestration.
18, Hillcrest Close, Kennington, TN24 9QT
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0712
Change of use of land, proposed new access, parking & turning area for the kennels & cattery along with portacabin for reception & new storage containers
Ransley House Kennels and Cattery, Kingsford Street, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6PF
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0713
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - Use of the existing building as a single dwellinghouse.
Swan Hotel, Maidstone Road, Charing, TN27 0JS
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0715
Garage conversion to create additional living accommodation.
7 Goldsmith Court, Tenterden, TN30 7AW
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0716
Conversion, extension and external alterations to existing building to create a single dwelling
8 Front Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3QE
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0717
Variation of conditions 20 (Foul drainage) & 35 (Approved Plans) of planning permission 17/01840/AS for the erection of 8 dwellings; to allow for the proposed change to the drainage system.
Former Naccolt Brickworks, Naccolt Road, Naccolt, Wye, TN25 5NX
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0718
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 22 (Foul water drainage) & 23 (Surface water drainage) of planning permission PA/2023/0704
Land to the South East of High Tree Lodge,, Buck Street,, Challock, TN25 4AT
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0719
Removal of linking ground floor structure, construction of single storey rear extension and side porch with associated groundworks, to include projecting bay window to principal elevation and minor amendments to existing windows.
17, Upper Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5AW
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0720
Provision of a mixed agricultural and tourism office, together with a single holiday let accommodation above for Barn B. (part retrospective)
Coldharbour Farm, Knock Hill, Stone, TN30 7JX
Received 12 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0721
Proposed replacement of condenser units to rear elevation.
29 County Square , Ashford, TN23 1YB
Received 12 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0722
Prior approval for the change of use of existing disused office space into 2 x 2 bedroom flats
First Floor And Second Floor, 23 Bank Street, Ashford, TN23 1DG
Received 8 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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