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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 dates60,301Searchable applications
568Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 39,295 approved or refused records
5,055Refused applications
34,240 approved · 5,055 refused · 3,294 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 1996 to 2 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/2036
Listed building consent for the remedial strengthening of existing timber beam in main bedroom (bedroom 1), removal of partition wall between WC and Family Bathroom, removal of partition walls in kitchen, relocation of downstairs WC and Utility Room, restoration of Victorian fireplace to original inglenook and the change of use for bedroom 4 to en-suite.
Hammer Mill Farm, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, TN27 8HD
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2037
Prior approval for the proposed change of use from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)
Stable Cottage, Barhams Mill Farm, Barhams Mill Road, Egerton, Ashford Kent, TN27 9BU
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2040
W6 - twisted willow. Tree stands around 13m tall with the rough lateral branch length of 5m Proposal reduce height by 3m down to 10m and reduce the lateral branches by 1.5m to 3.5m. W2 -willow tree. Proposal to reduce the lateral branches by around 4m to give clearance to neighbouring property reduce from 7m to 3m this will clear the building and improve balance to the tree. W3 dead willow. To reduce down in height from around 18m to 10m to lower pollard points (Exempt)
Sunnyside, The Street, Bethersden, TN26 3AD
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2041
Listed Building Consent for the conversion of the existing dairy into a home office
Hogben Farm, Church Lane, Aldington, TN25 7EH
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2043
Prior approval for change of use of offices to one 3 bedroom single-storey dwelling.
Vernacular Homes Ltd, The Spinney, Susans Hill, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3TE
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2044
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed vehicular crossover to consist of 2 x tapers and 5 x dropped kerbs and associated hardstanding.
21 Deans Walk, Ashford, TN23 5BL
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2045
Non-material amendment to planning permission 21/00627/AS for "The erection of 13 dwellings together with all necessary infrastructure" to allow minor adjustments to the site layout and alterations to the (fenestration) details on individual plots
Land rear of 7 to 14 Harmers Way, Egerton, TN27 9DN
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2046
T1 Turkey Oak - To reduce by 1-2mtrs away from the house. T2 Field Maple - To reduce side of tree going towards the house by 1-2mtrs and reshape. T3 Field Maple - To reduce by 2-3 mtrs away from the house
65, The Street, Willesborough, TN24 0NA
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2048
Details submitted pursuant to condition 6 (Car park management plan) for planning permission NOT/2023/2160
Land between, 82-120 Front Road
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2049
Erection of a shop canopy. The siting of tables and chairs outside the shop.
4 Bank Street, Ashford, TN23 1BX
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2050
Construction of new self-build dwelling and detached garage.
The Nook, Buck Street, Challock, TN25 4AR
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2051
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Opinion request in relation to the retention of the existing Inland Border Facility (IBF) and Border Control Post (BCP)
Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2052
Listed Building Consent for a single storey rear extension.
7, The Old House, Station Road, Charing, TN27 0JA
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Under AppealPA/2024/2053
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Change of use of one agricultural building and land within its curtilage to one dwelling house and associated operational development
Maid Morton, Barn At, Hythe Road, Smeeth, TN25 6ST
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2055
Prior Approval for the Change of Use of an Agricultural Building and land within its curtilage to dwellinghouse
Paddock Hill Farm, Hythe Road, Smeeth
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2056
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (external materials), 6 (lighting plan), 7 (planting & ponds) & 18 (landscaping) for planning permission PA/2023/2108
Site adjacent Buffalo Cottages, Bethersden Road, Smarden
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2058
Conversion of existing garage to an annex (Retrospective)
Willoughby House, Kingsford Street, Mersham, TN25 6NZ
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2059
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Proposed use of part of building for the sale of products associated with horticulture ancillary to the use permitted by planning permission reference 11/01222/AS.
Office Handcocks Farm Nursery, Handcocks Farm, Bethersden Road TN26 1LN
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2060
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (materials) and 5 (landscaping plans) of planning permission 21/00087/AS
Wissenden Corner, Unit 2, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3EL
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2061
Details submitted pursuant to condition 5 (external lighting) of planning permission PA/2024/1211
26 Chart Road TN23 3HS
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2062
Display of non-illuminated double faced totem with 2no internally illuminated logo signs.
Land at Junction of Waterbrook Avenue and, Bad Munstereifel Road, Sevington
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2063
Replacement of existing roof light window with a conservation roof light window. Replacement of existing tiles surrounding said window with Kent peg tiles (Retrospective)
Ye Ancient House, 5 High Street TN27 8AL
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2064
Details submitted pursuant to condition 13 (Ecological Management Plan) for planning permission 18/00405/AS
Land east of railway and north of John Lewis at Home, Fougeres Way, Ashford
Received 6 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2065
Single storey rear infill extension, two storey side extension following demolition of porch and conservatory & addition of 5no dormers. Erection of detached garage
44 Sandyhurst Lane TN25 4NS
Received 6 Nov 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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