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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 dates57,460Searchable applications
568Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 36,487 approved or refused records
4,731Refused applications
31,756 approved · 4,731 refused · 3,188 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 MadeOTH/2024/1226
Details submitted pursuant to condition 1 (Asbestos Survey) for planning permission NOT/2024/0984
National Blood Service Units 2 and 3, Cobbswood Industrial Estate, Hanover Close, Ashford, TN23 1EJ
Received 1 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1227
Application for Lawful Development Certificate - proposed - erection of pergola
3 Church View, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 7DZ
Received 1 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1229
Climbing frame, Home office and pergola in the rear garden - Retrospective
Field View, Mill Lane, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN25 4EL
Received 2 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1230
Single-storey rear extension to create an office space
29 Station Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent TN27 0JA
Received 2 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1231
Display of 1no fascia sign.
23, Bank Street, Ashford, TN23 1DG
Received 2 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1232
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 4 (Groundworks method statement), 10 (Broadband) & 16 (Biodiversity lighting scheme) for planning permission 20/01808/AS
Unit at Old Pumping Station, Pluckley Road
Received 2 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1233
T1 - sycamore tree - in the rear garden to be removed down to ground level
161, Faversham Road, Kennington, TN24 9AE
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1235
Proposed change of use from ground keepers outbuilding to a Holiday Let to include change to front fenestration.
Knoll Hill House, Knoll Hill, Aldington, Ashford, Kent TN25 7BZ
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1236
Single-storey rear extension to create an office space
29 Station Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent TN27 0JA
Received 2 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1237
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (Sections & Elevations, Joinery, Interface, roof lights & Internal staircase sections) for Listed Building Consent PA/2023/2061
Brook House, The Street, Brook, TN25 5PF
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1238
T1/2/3 Oaks: 1. Crown lift to 5 metres height over roads/paths and prune back from edge by up to 1m as necessary, lateral growth cut back to good growth points. 2. Minor reduction of 1 m lateral growth will take place to the overhang of 88 Lucilla Road. Here a maximum of 1 m from the fence line will be adhered to with maximum height clearance of 5 m. (Superseded spec - x3 English Oak (Quercus Robur) - Lift lower crown to 6m in height and reduce lateral width to 3m to all three trees. Works to be completed to balance out the trees and ensure they are symmetrical and well proportioned.)
62 Caesar Avenue, Kingsnorth, TN23 3PZ
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1239
Change of use from Shop to Hot Food Takeaway, installation of a flue pipe, fence, and dropped Kerbs
63 Gladstone Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent TN24 0BZ
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1240
G6 – Boundary fence - Cut and clear a 1 metre strip along back of neighbour’s property, leave screen at Eastern end. Raise crowns on trees behind the 1 metre strip which are overhanging the boundary fence to approximately 5 metres. Any branches above 5 metres cut back to beyond boundary.
The Old Parsonage, 24 Hastings Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4LS
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1241
Extension to, and conversion of, detached garage to create annexe accommodation
Glenmoor, Maidstone Road, Ashford, TN25 4NP
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1242
Details submitted pursuant to part discharge condition 39 (Pre-works Highway Condition Survey ) Of planning permission 21/00790/AS
Land between Woodchurch Road and, Appledore Road, Tenterden
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1243
Single-storey side extension and photovoltaic roof panels following the demolition of existing side extension. Replacement garage doors.
Cedar House, Wye Road, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, TN25 4HY
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1246
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (Great Crested Newt District Licence) & 4 (Reptile Mitigation) of planning permission PA/2023/1423
Land Between The Glenmore Centre And Tyreweb, Crowbridge Road, Willesborough, TN24 0TL
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1247
Details submitted pursuant to condition 15 (community notice board - Phases B4-B5 only) of planning permission 16/00125/AS
Land South of Captain's Wood (Phases B4-B5 only), Cheeseman's Green Lane, Finberry, Ashford
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1248
Details pursuant to condition 42 (soft landscaping) of outline planning permission 02/00278/AS
Land South of Captain's Wood (Phases B4-B5 only), Cheeseman's Green Lane, Finberry, Ashford
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1249
T2 – Birch - 40% dead Approximate height 14m: Remove deadwood back to live growth – removing approximately 3m to 4m to a height of approximately 10m.
The Old Parsonage, 24 Hastings Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4LS
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1250
Proposed double wooden garage.
The Firs, Green Lane, Challock, TN25 4DN
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1251
Details submitted pursuant to conditions, 6 (External Materials) & 7 (Joinery Details) of planning permission PA/2022/3042 (garage and office/gym)
Rogers Wood, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, TN27 8ET
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1252
T1 and T2 Lime - re-pollard at previous points. (Superseded Spec - T1 - Lime - Crown reduction from 12 meters to 3.5 meters from the ground. T2 - Lime - Crown reduction from 15 meters to 3.5 meters from the ground T1 has had a limb break under its own weight. Proposed to reduce them both to keep them healthy and to make them safe in a confined area. Both trees have been previously Pollarded)
1 Car Space For Suite I, Elwick Road, Ashford, TN23 1PD
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1253
Single-Storey Rear Extension
Carlton Cottage, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0QZ
Received 4 Jul 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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