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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 dates57,232Searchable applications
568Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 36,305 approved or refused records
4,701Refused applications
31,604 approved · 4,701 refused · 3,175 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 MadeNOT/2024/1113
Reserved matters application for the approval of the details of landscaping and appearance for 40 self-contained extra-care units with associated communal support facilities and infrastructure pursuant to outline planning permission 19/00921/AS
Lakeside Nursing Home, Chapel Road, Hothfield, TN25 4LN
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1115
Installation of 2 x 1.2m and 1x 1.8m dishes onto an existing mast
Telecommunications Site Rear Of Three Ways Engineering, Charing Hill, Charing, TN27 0NL
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1116
Ash tree - Fell
258 Faversham Road, Kennington, TN24 9AN
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1117
Removal of condition 11 (Permitted Development) of planning permission 22/00160/AS for "Proposed erection of one detached two storey dwelling with a detached double bay car shelter"
Land adjacent Bridleway, Mill Lane, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN25 4EL
Received 18 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1118
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Landscaping Scheme) of planning permission PA/2024/0880.
Plot 02 (Former Wye College Pig Unit), Amage Road, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5DQ
Received 18 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1119
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (Biodiversity), 5 (Landscaping) & 10 (Walls & Fences) for planning permission 21/00459/ AS
Foxgloves, Cranbrook Road, Tenterden, TN30 6UW
Received 18 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1120
Prior notification for a new pole barn.
Apple Blues Farm, Vicarage Lane, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0BT
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1122
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 5 (construction management plan), 10 (lighting for biodiversity) & 11 (biodiversity) for planning permission 21/02106/AS
Land to East of Unit D, Smarden Business Estate , Smarden Road, Ashford , TN27 8QL
Received 18 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1124
Certificate of Lawful Development - Proposed Single Storey Rear Extension
Carlton Cottage, Station Road, Pluckley, TN27 0QZ
Received 18 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1125
Erection of replacement barn
Springbourne Farm, Harris Lane, High Halden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3HN
Received 18 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1126
Conversion of Garage to Annexe
34 Maidstone Road, Ashford, TN24 8UB
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1127
Removal of Condition 1 of planning permission 21/01038/AS to allow permanent retention of the mobile home
Smarden Business Estate, Unit D, Smarden Business Park, Smarden , TN27 8QL
Received 18 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1128
Prior approval for Change of use from shop/office to one-bed dwelling.
24 Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6QU
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1129
Details submitted pursuant to condition 8 (soft landscaping) of planning permission PA/2024/0574
Hamstreet Surgery, Ruckinge Road, Hamstreet, TN26 2NJ
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1130
Single-storey rear in-fill extension
The Barn Oast, North Street, Biddenden, TN27 8BA
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1132
T1- Ash - Crown raise to 4m to allow extra light into the area below. T2- Sycamore - Crown raise to 4m to allow extra light into the area below.
105, The Limes, Stanhope, TN23 3NY
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1134
T14-Sweet Chestnut - to be felled T15 - Holly - to be felled T23 - Sycamore - to be felled T24 - Sycamore - to be felled T45 - Yew - to be felled T46 - Holly - to be felled T47 - Sycamore - to be felled T48 - Sycamore - to be felled T49 - Hawthorn - to be felled T50 - Hawthorn - to be felled T51 - Hawthorn - to be felled Trees that require felling for planning work application reference - PA/2023/0747 Trees to be felled are marked onsite with pink dots. Replanting is to be undertaken elsewhere within the property boundary.
2 Home Farm Cottages, Coach Drive, Hothfield, TN26 1DZ
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1135
Proposed garage units
The Garage, Hythe Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent TN25 6AQ
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1136
Proposed Garden Room
Eggarton Lodge, Eggarton Lane, Godmersham, CT4 7DY
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1137
Conversion of garage to annex
Little Meadow, Pluckley Road, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent TN27 0QH
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1138
Proposed ground floor infill extension and alteration to rear fenestration.
Pookwell, Sandhurst Lane, Rolvenden, Kent TN17 4PQ
Received 20 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1139
Two-storey Side and Rear Extension
5 Henley View, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6HW
Received 20 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1140
Erection of earth sheltered autonomous dwelling with adjoining pond and woodland
Land to the south of Cider Works, Cider Works, Bell Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8FS
Received 20 Jun 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1141
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 5 (Ecological Mitigation and Management Plan), 6 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan), 7 (Biodiversity Enhancements), 8 (DLL License), 9 (Construction Parking), 10 (Site Compound and Lorry Routing), 11 (Wheel Washing),14 (Surface Water Drainage Details), 15 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme), 16 (Foul Water Drainage Scheme), 17 (Travel Plan), 21 (Lighting Design Strategy) and 22 (Infiltration / SUDS) Of planning permission 21/01284/AS
Land between, 82-120 Front Road
Received 20 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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