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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31,467 approved · 4,672 refused · 3,158 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/1025
Loft conversion with dormers to front and rear elevation and window to second floor side elevation and single-storey rear extension with pitched roof.
1 Bramley, Field Mill Road, Egerton, TN27 9AS
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1026
T3 - Ash tree - approx height 12 metres tall crown reduction to be reduced to 6 metres tall T4 - Pine tree - approx height 12 metres tall crown reduction to be reduced to 6 metres tall T6 - Ash tree - approx height 8 metres tall crown reduction to be reduced to 6 metres tall T7 - Field Maple tree - approx height 10 metres tall crown reduction to be reduced to 6 metres tall due to all looking unhealthy.
23, Spinners Close, Biddenden, TN27 8AY
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1027
Listed Building Consent for single storey rear extension following demolition of WC, removal and insertion of walls, insertion of roof lanterns, repositioning of steps on first floor, full height glazed door, window to first floor rear elevation replaced by smaller timber casement window, re-cladding of first floor.
16 High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8AH
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1028
Details submitted pursuant to condition 2 (brickwork cleaning) of Listed Building Consent PA/2022/2502
Newtown Railway Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, TN24 0PN
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1029
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (mortar removal/repointing specification) of Listed Building Consent PA/2022/2502
Newtown Railway Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, TN24 0PN
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1030
Details submitted pursuant to condition 6 (drainage scheme) and part discharge of conditions 4 (i) archaeological field evaluation & 8 (contamination - written method statement) of planning permission PA/2023/0128
Former Lipscomb Cars Site, Bridge House, Chart Road, Ashford, TN23 3HZ
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1032
Details submitted pursuant to condition 31 (archaeological field evaluation works) of planning application 21/00790/AS
Land between Woodchurch Road and Appledore Road, Tenterden, Kent TN30 7AY
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1034
Retrospective Listed Building internal and external works including replacement fenestration and weatherboarding, removal of window and installation of free standing oil boiler. Replacement internal doors and kitchen and bathroom units, removal of plasterboard to expose timberwork and replacement central staircase and structural beam to kitchen.
The Oast House, Budds Lane, Wittersham, Ashford, Kent TN30 7EL
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1035
Proposed single storey front porch extension
130, Little Chequers, Wye, TN25 5DU
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1036
Extension to existing garage to provide workshop and new log store (part retrospective)
Oak, Top Road, Stone, Ashford, Kent TN30 7HD
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1037
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2023/2384 for 'conversion of existing garages No. 2 and 3 to create a habitable living space, to include a first floor extension. Garage 1 to remain as is' to allow changes to roof with gable walls, and removal of one sliding door to rear elevation.
34, Albert Road, Ashford, TN24 8NX
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1040
Details submitted pursuant to condition 16 (walls & fences) of planning permission PA/2023/2325
Ashford Fire Station, Henwood, Ashford, Kent TN24 8DH
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1041
Proposed single storey rear extension
9 Grosvenor Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN24 9NS
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1042
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Materials), 11(Joinery),14 (Walls and fences) & 20 (Noise mitigation) of planning permission PA/2023/0704
Land to the South East of High Tree Lodge , Buck Street,, Challock, TN25 4AT
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1043
Proposed single storey rear extension, conversion of an existing integral store into habitable accommodation and changes to fenestration.
Bulltown House, Bulltown Lane, Brabourne, TN25 5NB
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1044
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (barn owl survey), 4 (sewage disposal), 5 (landscaping), 6 (ecological enhancement) & 7 (external materials) for planning permission PA/2023/1357
Glover Farm, Moor Lane, Woodchurch, TN26 3SS
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1045
Details submitted pursuant to condition 10 (verification report surface water drainage system) of planning permission 20/01600/AS
Four Winds, New Road, Egerton, TN27 9DT
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1046
Erection of 2 no. self-build dwellings, with associated parking, garage and gardens, following the demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings.
Island Cottage, Appledore Road, Stone, TN30 7JL
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1048
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (archaeological watching brief) for planning permission PA/2024/0595
Blackwood Cottage, Bartlets Lane, Chilmington Green, TN23 3DW
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1049
Two-storey dwelling and ground mounted solar array.
Land North of Parsonage Farm, Frogmore Lane, Bonnington
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1050
Change of use, conversion, and alterations to existing ancillary outbuilding to provide a standalone dwellinghouse with residential garden area
Ancillary Building South of Lanes End Cottage, Tenterden Road, Appledore, TN26 2AL
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1053
5 Day Notification - T1 Western Red Cedar - Fell
The Chimes, Upper Queens Road, Ashford, TN24 8HJ
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1054
Reserved matters application for the approval of details of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale to outline planning permission 21/00087/AS
Wissenden Corner, Unit 2, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3EL
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1055
Erection of 2. No one-bedroom flats following the demolition of 5. No garages.
Garages adjacent 2a Sprotlands Avenue, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent. TN24 0AQ
Received 7 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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