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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 dates56,653Searchable applications
567Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 35,816 approved or refused records
4,635Refused applications
31,181 approved · 4,635 refused · 3,142 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/0805
Change of use of land to a seating area for the business.
1, Gurkha Bhansa Ghar, Apsley Street, Ashford, TN23 1LF
Received 24 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0807
Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed single-storey rear extension
28, Flaxpond Road, Ashford, TN23 5PP
Received 24 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0809
Carport with store, change of use of land from agricultural to residential and laying of hardsurfacing (retrospective)
Newlands Farm, Charing Heath Road, Charing, TN27 0AL
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0810
Single storey side extension.
Maltmans Paddock, Pluckley Road, Maltmans Hill, Smarden, TN27 8RF
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0811
Variation to condition 2 of planning permission PA/2024/0257 (Single storey rear extension and 2no outbuildings with changes to fenestration following demolition of existing conservatories and sheds) to allow changes to pitch of 2no outbuilding roofs, relocation of the window in outbuildings and change from single to double door to 1no outbuilding.
Waddington, 27 Singleton Road, Great Chart, TN23 3BB
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0812
Erection of 5 x internally illuminated fascia signs.
Amf Bowling Ashford, 43-79 Station Road, Ashford, TN23 1PP
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0813
Conversion of existing barn to annexe with alterations to roof.
Cutlers Farmhouse, Maidstone Road, Chilham, CT4 8EU
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0814
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Construction & transport management plan) for planning permission PA/2023/1520
Belvedere Lodge, High Halden Lane, High Halden, TN30 6SY
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0817
T6, Oak - Remove epicormic growth from centre of tree and extending below lowermost main branches. Crown reduce the horizontal extent of the tree by 1 - 1.5 metres, to prevent the overhanging of nearby buildings and maintain shape. Possible height reduction if required, this would be a maximum of 1 - 1.5 metres.
17 Rectory Close, Woodchurch, TN26 3QD
Received 26 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0815
Construction of Single Storey, 2No. Bedroom Dwelling with Amenity Garden and Parking
Plummer Farm, Plummer Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6TU
Received 26 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0818
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 2 (materials), 3 (trenching works) & 4 (archaeology) for planning permission 21/00884/AS
St Mildreds Church, Church Road, Tenterden, TN30 6AT
Received 26 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0819
Installation of LV underground cable, stays and HV overhead line
Lake Farm, Thornden Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4PR
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0820
4 no dwellings with associated hard and soft landscaping and other works following demolition of all existing buildings.
The Old Saw Mill, Pluckley Road, Bethersden, TN26 3DD
Received 26 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0823
T4 - Cypress (conifer) - Removed to ground level will benefit the oak tree, electric cable and drive entrances to both property and neighbour entrance
Forge Cottage, Church Road, Warehorne, TN26 2JX
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0824
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 2 (materials), 5 (weatherboarding sample), 6 (lime mortar) & 9 (roof light details) for Listed Building Consent PA/2023/0103
Parsonage House, The Street, Smarden, TN27 8QA
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0825
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Mechanical Ventilation and Soil Stack) of Listed Building Consent PA/2024/0356
Bennetts, 56 The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent TN26 2AE
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0826
Non material amendment to planning permission 19/01736/AS for (New Winery and Visitor Centre for Domaine Evremond Winery including vehicular access) to allow changes to the layout of the fenestration of the main entrance on the southern elevation of the approved building, including the installation of a brise soleil
Land West of, New Cut Lane, Chilham
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0827
Details submitted pursuant to condition 17 (proposed earthworks details) for planning permission 21/02206/AS
Barn In Field Rear Of 22, Lloyds Green, Wittersham, TN30 7NX
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0828
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Construction and transport management plan), condition 4 (EV point), condition 8 (Refuse), condition 10 (Drainage - SUDS), condition 11 (Sewage), condition 12 (Materials), condition 13 (Archaeology), condition 14 (Landscaping), condition 15 (Boundaries), condition 16 (Accesses), condition 18 (Ecological enhancements) for Planning Permission PA/2023/1048
37 The Green, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3PF
Received 26 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0830
Raise the canopy of the group of trees along the fence line adjacent to Bockhanger Lane to around 7 feet from the ground. Proposed works will reduce the risk of damage to the trees by machines and operators of the grounds maintenance team and to children using the site as there are low hanging branches. Tag numbers, 855, 854, 2334.
Grosvenor Hall, Cemetery Lane, Ashford, TN25 4AJ
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0832
Listed Building Consent for repairs to the brick plinth wall to include localised repointing, replacement of decayed bricks, removal of cement render and replacement with lime-based render.
Pickersdane, Amage Road, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5PL
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0833
Prior Approval for change of use of a business premises and land within its curtilage to a dwelling house and associated operational development.
Annexe, Cruttenden Farm, Brook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SR
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0834
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2023/0669 for proposed electric vehicle charging hub and associated works to allow changes to location of substation, meter housing, LV cabinet and SCADA cabinet.
Unit 7a, Rutherford Road, Eureka Leisure Park, Ashford, TN25 4BN
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0835
Prior Notification for a farm track to serve farm buildings, in Accordance with Part 6, Class A of the GDPO
Bugglesden Farm, Bugglesden Lane, Biddenden, Kent, TN30 6TG
Received 29 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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