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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 dates56,748Searchable applications
567Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 35,902 approved or refused records
4,646Refused applications
31,256 approved · 4,646 refused · 3,143 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 MadeOTH/2024/0836
Details submitted pursuant to condition 17 (drainage verification report) for planning permission 18/00733/AS
The Laurals, Land adj The Barn Street , Chilmington Green Lane, Ashford, TN23 3DN
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0837
Conversion of loft to habitable space including alterations to existing roof to allow for additional gables to side and rear and changes to fenestration.
1 Bellflower Rise, Ashford, Kent TN24 0GS
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0838
Relocation of existing greenhouse and reinstatement of garden fence
Old Place Farm, Woodchurch Road, High Halden, Ashford Kent TN26 3JG
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0839
Vehicle cross over and associated hardstanding.
Pendennis, Plain Road, Smeeth, TN25 6QN
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0840
Removal and reconstruction of chimney stack
80 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6JB
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0841
Two-storey side extension, loft conversion including new dormer windows, and changes to existing fenestration
The Bungalow, Green Lane, Challock, Ashford, Kent TN25 4DN
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0842
Non-material amendment to planning permission 19/00572/AS for "Change of use of 26 - 32 High Street to residential use to provide 6 dwellings, including demolition of flat-roofed link attached to no 32, demolition of single-storey building and demolition of lecture theatre, and provision of landscaping and parking" to allow removal of the requirement to paint the exterior of unit 4 white.
30-32, High Street, Wye, TN25 5AL
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0843
Construction of a cart-barn style double garage and associated alterations.
Forehead House, Church Lane, Aldington, TN25 7EH
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0844
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - environmental improvement projects. The proposed works will create a mosaic of wetland features along a more naturally functioning reach of the watercourse, which will be inconspicuous in the landscape.
Upper Tokes Wood, Ducks Lane, Shadoxhurst
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0846
Proposed part single-storey and part two-storey side extension.
210 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN24 9AF
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0847
Non-material amendment for planning permission PA/2023/1550 for "Conversion and extension of garage to form annexe accommodation" to allow changes to the rear elevation roofline by removing the proposed gable and reinstating the straight roofline as existing on the garage.
Trimworth Barn, Olantigh Road, Crundale, CT4 7EA
Received 1 May 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0848
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4(i) (Archaeological field evaluation works) for planning permission PA/2024/0489
Mersham Le Hatch Business Village, Hythe Road, Smeeth, TN25 6NH
Received 1 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0849
Reconstruction of the roof & glazing including increase in roof height and changes to fenestration to the West Conservatory.
Mersham Le Hatch, The Secret Garden Restaurant, Hythe Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent TN25 6NH
Received 1 May 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0850
Forestry Commission Application to Area of ASNW covered mostly by mixed broadleaves with dominant oak. In northern part covered by the FLA there is an oak stand with hornbeam in understorey. The part covered by oak stand was granted FL in 2014 (019/434/13-14 allowing coppicing of the area) but was not executed. The area normally would require only thinning of oak, however, because stumps of many oaks have been damaged and timber deteriorating, it was estimated that on 30% of the area regeneration fell is necessary. The applicant is proposing to restock the area with natural regeneration. Felling licence consultation 019/1097/2024
Land at Post Wood South East of Shadoxhurst Road and North of, Coldblow, Woodchurch
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0851
Prior approval Larger homes extension - single storey extension (Depth 8m x Eaves 2.89m x Ridge 4 metres)
Havenlea Place, Canterbury Road, Chilham, CT4 8AE
Received 1 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0852
Installation of a 12kw domestic air source heat pump to the North-East elevation
Hambrook House, Hambrook Lane, Chilham, CT4 8DJ
Received 1 May 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0853
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (construction & transport management plan) for planning permission PA/2023/2363
7 Worsenden, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, TN27 8EH
Received 1 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0856
Proposed Single Storey Front Extension and Replacement Porch
Krshna Vilas, Brooke Road, Ashford, TN24 8HN
Received 2 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0857
Proposed single storey rear extension
21 Heritage Road, Kingsnorth, TN25 7LF
Received 2 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0858
Listed Building Consent for the reconstruction of the defective roof & glazing, raising of roof and new windows, widening existing doors and inserting new external doors to the West Conservatory.
Mersham Le Hatch, The Secret Garden Restaurant, Hythe Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent TN25 6NH
Received 1 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0859
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed single storey side extension
3 Kennington Place, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN24 9HZ
Received 2 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0861
Single-storey orangery-style side extension.
Hollybush Farm, Poundhurst Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2PQ
Received 2 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0862
Single storey front and side extension to be used as an ancillary annexe, with associated access and landscaping works.
Island Barn, Ashford Road, Bethersden, TN26 3BB
Received 3 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0864
2.4m high galvanised steel palisade fencing around the perimeter of Units B & C, one pair of 2.4m high x 5m wide vehicle gates and one 2.4m high x 1m wide personnel gate.
Ashford Business Park, Foster Road, Ashford Business Park, Sevington, Ashford, Kent TN24 0SH
Received 3 May 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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