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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 dates57,030Searchable applications
568Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 36,139 approved or refused records
4,672Refused applications
31,467 approved · 4,672 refused · 3,158 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/0998
Listed Building Consent for additional timber frame repairs to barn including replacement of decayed softwood members and retention and repair of existing oak members where required.
Lyddendane House, Lyddendane Road, Hastingleigh, TN25 5HZ
Received 30 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0999
Two replacement timber doors - one with fanlight above and other with glazed panels.
11 Queen Street, Ashford, Kent TN23 1RF
Received 30 May 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1000
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission PA/2023/1962
Old Obeden Farm House, Snughorne Lane, Smarden, Ashford Kent TN27 8PR
Received 30 May 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1002
Prior notification for change of use of agricultural building to B8 storage and distribution
Great Engeham Farm, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent TN26 3PU
Received 30 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1003
Extension to existing outbuilding to create a multi-use garden room with ancillary bedroom space.
7, Hamilton Road, Willesborough, TN24 0DJ
Received 31 May 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1004
2 x Tree of heaven in the rear garden. 3-4 metre height reduction to both
6, Kennington Place, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9HZ
Received 31 May 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1005
1 x sycamore tree at the rear of the property - diseased and dying with decay at the base - full removal down to ground level. 1 x cherry tree at the front of the property - lifting path and potentially causing damage to drainage underground - full removal of the tree down to ground level
5 Kennington Place, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9HZ
Received 31 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1006
Infill porch extension, two storey rear extension with inset rear balcony, single storey extension to garage and glass link extension to connect house and garage.
14 Augustine Drive, Finberry, Sevington, TN25 7GH
Received 31 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1007
Erection of new crop store following the demolition of existing building and silos
White Hill Grain Store, White Hill, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent TN25 4HB
Received 31 May 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1008
Details submitted pursuant to Conditions 4 (materials) and 5 (lime base mortar) of planning permission PA/2023/1870.
The Church Of St Mary The Virgin, The Street, Great Chart, TN23 3AY
Received 31 May 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1009
Remove 2no windows and replace with bifold doors in side elevation and brick up French doors in rear elevation.
The Hollyhocks, Peening Quarter Road, Wittersham, Ashford, Kent TN30 7NP
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1010
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2023/1776 for Construction of a self-contained 6m x 4m shed to allow for changes to the materials, size, and roof design.
Scout And Guide Headquarters, Lower Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3SQ
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1011
Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed single-storey rear extension and front porch
155 Bybrook Road, Kennington, TN24 9JE
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1012
Proposed roof conversion with dormers to the front and rear elevations
14 Ramsfield, Wye, TN25 5AD
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1013
Erection of a greenhouse with cold frames
Rock Hill House, Rock Hill Road, Egerton, TN27 9DP
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1014
Proposed garden room
31 Churchfield Way, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5EQ
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1016
Proposed single storey rear extension and changes to fenestration following demolition of existing WC.
16 High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8AH
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1017
T1 - Silver Birch - crown reduction between 3 and 4 metres cavity on the trunk requires 4metres on 1 limb to reduce weight and bring the limbs away from electric power lines T2 - Acer Palmatum - crown reduction by 1.5metres
10 The Green, Woodchurch, TN26 3PF
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1019
Display of 2no. non-illuminated timber post entrance signs.
Domaine Evremond Winery, Land west of, New Cut Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent CT4 8JY
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1020
T1 - Ash - Cut down due to tree being dead.
1 Stace Close, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6RP
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1021
Non-material amendment to planning permission 21/00790/AS for Outline application for the development of up to 145 residential dwellings (50% affordable) including the creation of access points from Appledore Road (1 x all modes and 1 x emergency, pedestrian and cycle only), and Woodchurch Road (pedestrian and cycle only), and creation of a network of roads, footways, and cycleways through the site. Provision of open space including children's play areas, community orchards, sustainable urban drainage systems, landscape buffers and green links all on 12.35 ha of the site. Full planning permission for the change of land use from agricultural land to land to be used as a country park (8.66 ha), and land to be used as formal sports pitches (3.33 ha), together with pavilion to serve the proposal and the surrounding area. Including accesses, ancillary parking, pathways, sustainable urban drainage systems and associated landscaping to allow changes to named drawings in Condition 50 providing additional details for sports pavilion substation.
Land between Woodchurch Road and, Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1022
Detail submitted pursuant to condition 9 (walls & fences) of planning permission 19/01736/AS (revised details)
Land west of, New Cut Road, Chilham, CT4 8JY
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1023
Lime Tree to be pollarded just below where the tree has fallen and rotted and to include two further pollarding operations within a 10 year period.
Egerton Grange, The Street, Egerton, TN27 9DJ
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1024
Listed Building Consent for replacement of decayed fixed panel to 2nd floor rear dormer window to match opening casement window.
24 Church Yard, Ashford, TN23 1QG
Received 4 Jun 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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