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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 dates59,705Searchable applications
566Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 38,792 approved or refused records
5,005Refused applications
33,787 approved · 5,005 refused · 3,282 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 MadePA/2024/1610
Replacement of existing conservatory with new sunroom and rebuild of the garden wall, replace the window between the kitchen and the sunroom with french doors 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/2024/1611
Consent to display 3 externally illuminated replacement signs. 1 x Illuminated Hanging Sign, 1x Illuminated Fascia with Trough Light and 1 x Illuminated Facia (Part retrospective)
The Blacksmiths Arms, 84 The Street, Willesborough, TN24 0NA
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1612
Outline application for redevelopment of vacant lock-up garages to provide 4 one-bedroom apartments with all matters reserved save for access.
Garage 1-9, Cryol Road, Ashford, TN23 5AN
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1613
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Landscaping) for planning permission PA/2024/0394
Consort Frozen Foods Ltd Unit 22a, Wotton Road, Ashford, TN23 6LN
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1614
Listed Building Consent for repair to first floor beam including plating existing beam to existing wall plate.
Dawkins, Romden Road, Romden, Smarden, TN27 8RB
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1615
T1 - Ash tree - close to boundary between Stone Lodge and Dering Court to be felled.
Stone Lodge, The Grove, Pluckley, TN27 0RR
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1622
Demolition of existing glasshouse and part conversion and extension of existing warehouse with change of use from B(2) to E(3) for a proposed cafe.
Tenterden Vineyard, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1616
Installation of extract ventilation louvres to North East and South West Elevations.
Embassy House, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6BN
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1617
Details submitted pursuant to condition 57 (Safeguarding of heritage assets) for Phase 1D of planning permission 19/01476/AS
Land At Newtown Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, TN24 0PN
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1618
5 Day Tree Notification - visible crack on the east side of the main stem at 1.5m. A crack that wasn’t visible on previous inspections. The crack is at a point on the main stem where another major stem originates, leaning south toward a footpath. Recommend a pollard/ topping at 6/8m.
Tenterden Recreation Ground, East Cross, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1619
Replacement of front and rear porches, rear single-storey extension, removal, and replacement of the chimneys, changes to existing ground floor fenestration, repositioning of access with an associated brick wall, block columns, and new electric gate with associated landscaping
Brookside, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LT
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1620
Details submitted pursuant to condition 42 (Residents Information Pack) & 46 (Soft Landscaping) for planning permission 11/00473/AS
Phases B1-B3 'The Grove', Cheeseman's Green Lane, Finberry, Ashford
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1621
Details submitted pursuant to condition 1 (Residents Information Pack) & 7 (Soft Landscaping) for planning permission 14/01075/AS
Phases B1-B3 'The Grove', Cheeseman's Green Lane, Finberry, Ashford
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1623
T1 - Fell Oak tree to ground level and grind out stump.
Mulberry House, Church Hill, Kingsnorth, TN23 3EG
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1624
Vehicle crossover and creation of one off-street parking space
18 Heathside, Appledore, Ashford, Kent TN26 2AT
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1625
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - conversion of garage into a bedroom space.
18, Kings Close, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1AU
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1626
Details submitted pursuant to condition 1 part a (brickwork rebuilding) and b (method statement for brickwork repair and repointing) relating to Phase 2B (buildings B and C only) of Listed Building Consent PA/2024/1401.
Newtown Railway Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, TN24 0PN
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1627
Alterations to garage - replacement doors and pier
Wellbro Cottage, Reading Street, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 7HT
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1628
Single-storey building, to provide an indoor fitness pool, gym with associated facilities, and ancillary residential accommodation to be used in conjunction with the dwelling house. Following the demolition of the existing ancillary accommodation
Ramsden Oast, Reading Street, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent, TN30 7HS
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1631
Prior Notification received on 03/09/24 and expiring on 15/10/24 for a single story rear conservatory with a depth of 4m, eaves height of 2.50m and overall height of 3.60m.
8, Cherry Tree Road, Charing, TN27 0BB
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1632
T1 - Lawsons Cyprus - Proposed reduction by 11.5 meters from 24 meters to 12.5 meters - to preserve, manage and avoid potential danger to the public
Church of St Michael the Archangel, The Street, Smarden
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1633
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Joinery Details) for planning permission 18/01680/AS
Coleham Green Farm, Shadoxhurst Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3PP
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1635
G1: Sycamore: To cut back by 2m on the driveway side only due to protruding to far over the driveway in to the garden and towards the house. and remove the basal growth from the sycamores with basal growth. T1: Cherry to be felled due to being dead. T2: Cherry to be felled due to being in major decline. T3: Silver birch to be crown lifted to 6m. T4: Willow to be reduced by 3m and crown lift to 3m due to failure of structure.
The Garden House, Rolvenden Road, Tenterden, TN30 6TT
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1634
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - Single-Storey rear extension.
Ryecroft, Lower Lees Road, Chilham, CT4 8AS
Received 4 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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