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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31,256 approved · 4,646 refused · 3,143 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 MadePA/2024/0865
Front extension to form additional/enlarged garage area
158 Sandyhurst Lane, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4NX
Received 3 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0866
Listed Building Consent for single-storey orangery-style side extension, lowering of existing window cill to create internal doorway and hard landscaping around extension.
Hollybush Farm, Poundhurst Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2PQ
Received 2 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0868
Conversion of existing integral garage, create a new front-facing bay window and modify the current bay window.
168 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN24 9AE
Received 3 May 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0869
Details submitted pursuant to condition 5 (details of proposed extraction equipment/plant & scheme of maintenance schedule) of planning permission PA/2023/0557
The Ferry Inn, Appledore Road, Stone, TN30 7JY
Received 6 May 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0870
T1 - yew tree - removal due to damaging the boundary wall.
Church Cottage, The Street, Bethersden, TN26 3AD
Received 7 May 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0871
Prior Notification received on 07.05.2024 and expiring on 18.06.2024 for a single storey rear extension with a depth of 4m, eaves height of 2.95m and overall height of 3.60m.
9 Grosvenor Road, Kennington, TN24 9NS
Received 7 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0872
Replacement of Unit A with the erection of a timber frame unit with metal box profile cladding.
Smarden Business Estate, Unit A, Smarden Business Park, Smarden, TN27 8QL
Received 7 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0873
Proposed erection of detached annexe with double car barn
Kingsgate House, Kingsgate Lane, Wittersham, TN30 7NS
Received 7 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0874
Display of 1no non-illuminated fascia sign. (Retrospective)
46-48 High Street, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent, TN30 6AS
Received 7 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0875
Application for Lawful Development Certificate - proposed development - completion of vehicular crossover
Claremont, Canterbury Road, Chilham, CT4 8DX
Received 7 May 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0876
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2023/1502 for Single-storey side extension. Double-glazed windows, and new cladding to the existing building following the demolition of the existing garage, outbuilding, and porch to allow changes to cladding.
Wagoners, Water Lane, Smarden, TN27 8QB
Received 7 May 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0877
Details submitted pursuant to condition 11 (Boundary Treatment Plan) of planning permission 18/00321/AS
Phase 2 Old Clockhouse Green, Canterbury Road, Challock, TN25 4BJ
Received 7 May 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0879
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (external materials) & condition 6 (ecological mitigation) for planning permission PA/2024/0027
Blackhouse, High Halden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN26 3HR
Received 3 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0880
Variation of conditions 2, 3 & 15 of planning permission 21/00121/AS for Demolition of existing agricultural buildings and erection of a dwelling with associated access, parking and landscaping/garden to allow for new locations of parking, new extent of hardstanding and drawings/drawing numbers updated due to design development.
Plot 2 (Former Wye College Pig Unit), Amage Road, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DQ
Received 7 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0881
New entrance gate with associated boundary wall, fencing and landscaping.
Plot 02 (Former Wye College Pig Unit), Amage Road, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DQ
Received 7 May 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0882
T1 Oak - Reduce 2 x limbs on south west side growing towards no24 by 2-3m to good growth points. Reduce 1 limb on the North side growing towards no22 by 2m to good growth points. Crown lift to 2.5m over footpath and grassed area and 5.2m over road. Remove all deadwood.
Land adjoining 3 Temple Close and 22, Constantine Road, Kingsnorth, Kent
Received 7 May 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0883
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2023/1502 for single-storey side extension. Double-glazed windows, and new cladding to the existing building following the demolition of the existing garage, outbuilding, and porch to allow changes to materials of glass wall and bi-fold doors.
Wagoners, Water Lane, Smarden, TN27 8QB
Received 8 May 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0885
Removal of x4 dead Ash trees.
Court Lodge, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent TN25 4JX
Received 8 May 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/0886
T1 - Ash - dead to be felled - tree is near to the churchyard wall. T2 - Ash - dead to be felled - close to other trees. T3 - Ash - dead to be felled - is in a heavily wooded area in order to reduce damage when it falls.
Court Lodge, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent TN25 4JX
Received 8 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0887
Listed Building Consent for proposed lift and associated structural/building works; removal and insertion of internal walls; raising the kitchen floor and new bespoke secondary glazing.
Great Maytham Hall, 2 The Clock House, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NE
Received 8 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0888
Lawful Development Proposed - use of the dwelling (C3a) to provide caring facilities for up to 2 persons (C3b)
48 Belmore Park, Ashford, Kent TN24 8UW
Received 8 May 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0890
Non-material amendment to planning permission 21/01347/AS (Erection of raised timber decking area with a pre-fabricated timber pod sauna) reduce the height and extent of the raised timber decking area surrounding the pre-fabricated timber pod sauna, in keeping with a reduction in the size of the pod sauna.
The Barn Great Pested Farm, Pested Lane, Challock, TN25 4BD
Received 8 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0891
Installation of extraction canopy, a/c compressors and fire exit door.
5 Cedar Parade, Repton Avenue, Ashford, Kent TN23 3TE
Received 9 May 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0892
Details submitted pursuant to condition 25 (Biodiversity method statement) condition 26 (Landscape ecological management plan) of planning permission 22/01067/AS
Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ
Received 8 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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