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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 dates56,555Searchable applications
567Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 35,733 approved or refused records
4,628Refused applications
31,105 approved · 4,628 refused · 3,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/0753
Erection of a single-storey rear extension following the demolition of the existing conservatory
Rose Cottage, Redbrook Street, High Halden, TN26 3QU
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0754
Listed Building Consent seeking internal revisions to approved Units 21, 33, 36 and 39
Wye College, Olantigh Road, Wye, TN25 5AH
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0755
Erection of a timber frame outbuilding following the demolition of the existing garage
1 Yew Tree Cottages, The Street, Pluckley, TN27 0QS
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0756
T1 Oak - Reduce crown by 2 metres to good growth points as per BS3998:2010. (SUPERSEDED SPEC Oak Tree - Height reduction from 8 metres to 6 metres from ground level.)
69 Hillbrow Lane, Ashford, Kent TN23 4XW
Received 15 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0757
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Loft conversion with rear dormer and front rooflight.
19 Francis Road, Ashford, TN23 7UP
Received 16 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0758
Replacement boundary wall, fence and gates (retrospective)
Shepherds Meadow, Forge Hill, Aldington, TN25 7DT
Received 18 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0759
Proposed 2 storey front extension and loft conversion to include dormer to front, plus garage extension and conversion with addition of dropped kerb
8, Evans Road, Willesborough, TN24 0UA
Received 18 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0760
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 21 Part A (Glazing and External doors) and Part B (Horizontal and Vertical Cross Sections) of planning permission 15/01671/AS.
Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford
Received 18 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0761
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (transport construction management plan) of planning permission 22/00567/AS
Land between 10 and 13 Heathside, Appledore, Kent, Appledore, TN26 2AT
Received 18 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0762
Raise the existing canopy from 4m to 4.7m (underside).
Brookfield Service Station, Brookfield Road, Ashford, TN23 4ES
Received 18 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0764
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (Materials), 11 (Bicycle storage), 12 (Ecological enhancement plan) & 14 (Lighting) of planning permission PA/2023/1387
Court Glebe, The Street, Wittersham, Ashford, Kent TN30 7EA
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0765
T1 Conifer - Removal of the tree which is 7.5M from extension to satisfy Building Control.
20 Beacon Oak Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6RY
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0766
Listed Building Consent for the replacement of 2no. modern-style double glazed windows with slimlite double glazed windows at the rear.
41, The Street, Wittersham, TN30 7EA
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0767
Erection of two storey side extension to include the creation of door opening at first floor level in the existing side wall to provide access.
Mill Cottage, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3QW
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0768
Installation of a 12kw domestic air source heat pump
Underhill, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8DG
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0769
Listed Building Consent for removal of existing outbuilding.
Ebony Cottage, Reading Street, Tenterden, TN30 7HT
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0770
Single-storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory and single-storey rear extension.
30, Dexter Close, Kennington, TN25 4QG
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0771
Prior Notification for an Agricultural Building
Phr Farms, Bircholt Lane, Brabourne, TN25 5LD
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0772
Prior Notification for an Agricultural Storage Building
La Vale, Yard At, Manor Pound Lane, Brabourne, TN25 5LG
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0773
Outline application for the construction of up to 170 new homes, formation of a new access from Hamstreet Road, green infrastructure including landscape planting, habitat creation and open space, drainage infrastructure including a new pumping station, pedestrian and cycle routes, and associated works and infrastructure with all matters reserved save for access.
Land between Hillside and Carter House south of Hamstreet Road
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0774
T.38 - Sycamore - Re-pollard back to previous points. T.77 - Lime - Re-pollard to previous points. T.76 - Ash - Re-pollard to previous points
Kennington House, 9 The Street, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9EX
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0776
Prior Notification for an Agricultural Building
Land South East of Rugden Barn Farm, Poplar Road, Wittersham, TN30 7NR
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0777
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 5 (joinery details) & 6 (materials) of Listed Building Consent PA/2023/2024
5 Winser Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NL
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0778
Erection of single storey side extension with 2 x skylights
17, Collie Drive, Kingsnorth, TN23 3GR
Received 22 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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