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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 dates60,002Searchable applications
568Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 39,038 approved or refused records
5,026Refused applications
34,012 approved · 5,026 refused · 3,286 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/1806
Extension to existing double garage to create car port with bin store.
Downsells, Canterbury Road, Godmersham, TN25 4HE
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1807
Proposed single storey front extension
17, Foxglove Green, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0RJ
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1808
Listed Building consent for superstructure repairs to areas of external brickwork, internal brickwork, plasterwork, timber skirtings and mouldings.
Court Lodge, Church Hill, Bethersden, TN26 3AQ
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1812
Removal of a condition - Agricultural dwelling restriction imposed under planning consent As/we/3/58/35p to allow residential use (Retrospective)
Little Ramsden, Reading Street, Tenterden, TN30 7HS
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1813
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission PA/2024/0711 for two-storey front extension and changes to fenestration to allow for change to front extension.
18, Hillcrest Close, Kennington, TN24 9QT
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1814
Proposed two-storey side extension and replacement outbuilding following demolition of existing shed.
223 Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 9QH
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1815
Change of use of land from agricultural to equestrian. Erection of stable block consisting of two stables, a farrier/ tie up bay, a tack room and a hay barn/feed store following demolition of 2no existing garages. Erection of 2no mobile field shelters.
Heron Manor, Mountain Street, Chilham, CT4 8DG
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1816
Single-storey side extension following the demolition of the existing conservatory
Blackbarn, Poplar Road, Wittersham, TN30 7NR
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1818
Prior Notification for agricultural building.
Ham Leas Farm, Buildings, Marsh Road, Hamstreet, TN26 2QW
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1819
T1 Oak - 2 metre reduction , this is due to the tree overhanging in the neighbors property and loss of light.
26, Vespasian Way, Kingsnorth, TN23 3QX
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1820
Erection of a self build replacement dwelling with shed, following demolition of existing dwelling.
Chequer Tree Paddock, Colliers Hill, Mersham, TN25 7HT
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1821
Prior approval for the proposed change of use of an agricultural building and land within its curtilage to two residential dwellings and associated operational development.
Skidd Farm, Stone Hill Road, Egerton, TN27 9DU
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1822
Proposed conversion of existing garage to annex
Beulah, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2EF
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1823
T1 - oak tree - crown reduction of height by 3-4 metres, and width by 2-3 metres. Located on the boundary of three adjoining properties, branches are overhanging.
Coach House, Penderel Court, Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6LL
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1824
Agricultural-style barn; part to be used for hay and storage of agricultural machinery and part for expansion of existing pet crematorium business following demolition of existing pole barn.
Boundary Farm, Cranbrook Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6UR
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1825
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed single storey rear extension with changes to fenestration and new garage following demolition of existing garage.
87, Sandyhurst Lane, Ashford, TN25 4NU
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1826
Proposed vehicle crossover and dropped kerb
6 Osborne Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0EE
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1827
Changes to fenestration, installation of EV chargers and PV panels to roof.
Wye Methodist Church, Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5DP
Received 2 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1829
Display of 1no non-illuminated fascia sign (retrospective).
36-38, High Street, Ashford, TN24 8TE
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1828
Listed Building Consent for the replacement of 2no. floor joists and floorboards; minor repairs to timber joists; and insertion of insulation and fire board.
16, The Street, Kennington, TN24 9HB
Received 2 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1830
Proposed rear dormer, front rooflight and removal of chimney
100, Orion Way, Willesborough, TN24 0DZ
Received 2 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1831
Installation of Air Source Heat Pumps
Towers School And Sixth Form Centre, Faversham Road, Kennington, TN24 9AL
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1832
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2023/1141 (Proposed single storey extensions to rear and side elevations, conversion and alterations of stables and rebuilding of greenhouse. Ground mounted solar array & Air Source Heat Pumps. Front porch to Coach House) to allow changes to fenestration to store with 4no bi-folding doors. Supporting knee braces to 4no posts of the stables. Change of location of the cold frames associated with the proposed greenhouse.
Heronden Hall, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7QA
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1833
Removal of flat roof to existing extension and replace with a lean-to roof.
6 The Pasture, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN24 9NG
Received 3 Oct 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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