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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 dates59,604Searchable applications
568Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 38,702 approved or refused records
4,993Refused applications
33,709 approved · 4,993 refused · 3,278 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jul 1999 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/1585
T1 to T8 - Mixed Species Fruit Trees - Carry out formative pruning works as required. Growth being removed will be between 30-50cm to appropriate points, except on the Cherry Tree (T1) where growth removal will be up to 1m. Repeat operation for annual pruning for ten years from the date of the decision notice.
Woodgate House, The Street, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1LU
Received 27 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1587
Proposed detached dwelling with detached garage
1 Durrant Green, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3BU
Received 27 Aug 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1588
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 22 (Ecological Mitigation Statment) & 23 (Ecological Design Statment) of planning application 19/00834/AS
Land at Orchard Farm, Canterbury Road, Kennington, Kent
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1589
Details submitted pursuant to condition 5 (bat emergence survey) of planning permission PA/2023/2388
Stone Green Hall, Flood Street, Mersham, TN25 7HE
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1590
Remove dead Cherry tree overhanging fence and carport, TPO/17/00009
Oaks House, 1 Pinnock Place, The Pinnock, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0EF
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1591
Variation of conditions 8 (opening hours) and 12 (external seating) along with the removal of condition 5 (sound insulation between the ground and first floor) of planning permission 22/00652/AS to allow for a change to opening times and for the provision of outdoor seating
Tudor Lodge Antiques, The Square, Chilham, CT4 8BY
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1592
Two storey extension and associated lower ground works following the demolition of the existing conservatory
10 Rogersmead, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6LF
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1593
T2132 - Common Horse Chestnut - Reduce crown by approximately 4m in height and carry out a proportional width reduction; T2133 - Common Oak - Subsidence damage occurring to the north-eastern side of the church building. Tree growing in close proximity of church. Reduce the height of the crown by approximately 5.5m and carry out a proportional width reduction. T2134 - Common Oak - Major deadwood overhanging footpath. Crown lift to 3m, remove broken/suspended branches and dead wood. T2137 - Common Oak - overhanging gravestones remove deadwood within crown - Exempt Works
All Saints Church, High Street, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8AJ
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1594
Replacement of 5 no. windows & 2 no. doors
2 Maynard Villas, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3LP
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1595
T1 - Sycamore - Lateral Crown reduction from 4 meters height by 2 meters. The tree has outgrown its space and is encroaching on neighbouring property and garage
10 Okehampton Close, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN24 9HJ
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1596
Felling licence consultation proposing to re-coppice and re-stock with coppice re-growth
Amenity Land Northwest of, 40 Rosewood Drive, Ashford
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1597
Single storey rear extension and replacement double garage following the demolition of existing garage.
40 Albert Road, Ashford, TN24 8NU
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1598
Replacement of existing conservatory with new sunroom and rebuild of the garden wall and associated works including new underpinned foundations to the southwest corner of the original building.
Old Barrack Farm, Reading Street, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 7HT
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1599
Single storey side extension and changes to fenestration.
Tenterden Fish Bar and Restaurant, Station Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent, TN30 6HN
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1600
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - change of use to funeral directors.
Unit 1 New Street Farm, Chilmington Green Road, Great Chart, TN23 3DL
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1601
T1 - Holly Tree - reduce to ground level T2 - Silver Birch - reduce to ground level T3 - Hawthorn - reduce in height by 2.5m.
89, Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5ED
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1602
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (Joinery), 4 (Rooflights), 6 (Infill structure), 7 (Fireplace), and 9 (Former servant's hall floor) of Listed Building Consent PA/2023/1467
Pett Place, Pett Lane, Charing, TN27 0DS
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1603
Ground floor front porch
16 High Snoad Wood, Challock, TN25 4DQ
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1604
T1- Ash - To be felled. The tree has ash dieback and extensive decay in the lower section of the trunk.
Chestnut Villa, The Street, Mersham, TN25 6NF
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1605
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 4 (Landscaping) & 5 (Soft Landscaping) for planning permission PA/2024/0352
Lone Barn Farm, Marriage Lane, Wye, TN25 5DJ
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1606
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Brick Sample) of listed building consent PA/2024/1401 - Phase 2B (buildings B and C only)
Newtown Railway Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, TN24 0PN
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1607
Temporary removal followed by replanting of sections of hedgerow to support works for South East Water’s Wellwood Reservoir to Potters Corner Reservoir Scheme
Wellwood Reservoir to Potters Corner Reservoir, TN27 0DP to TN25 4NR.
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1608
Listed Building Consent for replacement of signage with 3no external illuminated signs including a pictorial sign, facia with trough light and amenity sign. 2no external lanterns and 1no floodlight. (part retrospective)
The Blacksmiths Arms, 84 The Street, Willesborough, TN24 0NA
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1609
Single-storey side infill extension
30 Woodlands Road, Ashford, TN24 0AE
Received 2 Sept 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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