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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 dates60,062Searchable applications
568Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 39,088 approved or refused records
5,029Refused applications
34,059 approved · 5,029 refused · 3,287 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 MadeNOT/2024/1866
T1 - Holly - Crown reduction by 1 metre, from 6 metres to 5 metres.
31 Albert Road, Ashford, TN24 8NX
Received 8 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1869
Hornbeam tag number 2317. Dying tree with significant basal decay, fell tree to ground and replant new tree on the site
Grosvenor Hall, Cemetery Lane, Ashford, Kent TN25 4AJ
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1867
Listed Building Consent for alterations to ground floor including removal of partitions and chimney surround.
Prebbles Hill House, Egerton Road, Pluckley, TN27 0PE
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1868
Certificate of lawful development - proposed- single-storey side extension
Snughorn Farm, Bell Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8PP
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1870
T1 - Hornbeam tag 345. Dying tree with significant basal decay, fell to the ground, replant new tree on site
Grosvenor Hall, Cemetery Lane, Ashford, TN25 4AJ
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1872
Purple leaf plum tree, tag 335, dying tree, fell to ground. Replant new tree on the site
Grosvenor Hall, Cemetery Lane, Ashford, TN25 4AJ
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1871
Hawthorn, tag 343. Fell to ground. Dying tree, vertical split stem. Replant new tree on site
Grosvenor Hall, Cemetery Lane, Ashford, Kent TN25 4AJ
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1873
Proposed erection of first floor, including a two-storey side and rear extension with changes to fenestration and associated parking provision.
New Barn Farm, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3BS
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1875
Prior approval for the change of use of an agricultural building and the land within its curtilage to a dwellinghouse and associated operational development.
Wallfield Farm, Surrenden Road, Pluckley, TN27 0PP
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1876
Single-storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory
29 Redberry Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent TN23 3PE
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1878
Prior approval for the change of use and extension of an agricultural building and the land within its curtilage to a dwellinghouse and associated operational development.
Wallfield Farm, Surrenden Road, Pluckley, Ashford, Kent TN27 0PP
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1879
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2023/1535 (Single storey rear extension, conversion of existing loft space, insertion of dormer window to rear roof slope, rooflight to side roof slope, and two rooflights to front roof slope following demolition of existing conservatory and rear lean to) to allow for a change in fenestration and positioning, and an external wall to be re-built rather than retained.
40 Upper Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5AN
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1880
T1 and T2 - Hornbeams - 3-4 metres reduction with a proportional width reduction by cutting to previous reduction points, leaving a finished height of 10 metres. These trees were reduced in April 2020 due to overshadowing the garden. Reduction back to previous points.
12, Vineys Gardens, Tenterden, TN30 7AZ
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1881
Listed building consent to change front door from a solid wood door to a wood door with glass
106b High Street, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 6HT
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1882
Regulation 77 application to assess nutrient neutrality for a single pitch caravan development
Land adjacent to Vine Cottage, Cobbs Hill, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8AL
Received 8 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1887
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - new vehicle crossover and associated hardstanding.
87 Washford Farm Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 5YA
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1888
Proposed new access with vehicle crossover and hard standing to existing front garden.
173, Beaver Road, Ashford, TN23 7SG
Received 11 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1889
Hornbeam, tag 347. Fell due to significant decay.
Grosvenor Hall, Cemetery Lane, Ashford, Kent TN25 4AJ
Received 11 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1890
Yew tree, tag number 342 - Fell dead tree.
Grosvenor Hall, Cemetery Lane, Ashford, TN25 4AJ
Received 11 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1891
1 x Ash, tag 337. Fell dead tree
Grosvenor Hall, Cemetery Lane, Ashford, TN25 4AJ
Received 11 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1892
Loft conversion and repositioning of roof lights
The Timbers, Finn Farm Court, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent TN23 3BF
Received 11 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1893
Proposed single storey rear extension, alterations to existing lean to roof, changes to external material and fenestration.
Brick On Edge Cottage, Station Road, Appledore, Ashford, Kent TN26 2DE
Received 11 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1896
Display of 2no. non-illuminated pole mounted signs
Unit 7a, Rutherford Road, Eureka Leisure Park, Ashford, TN25 4BN
Received 11 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1897
Listed Building Consent for installation of two wood burning stoves together with stove pipes, register plates and other fittings in existing ground-floor fireplaces; installation of flue liners within the existing chimney to serve these stoves; installation of new chimney pot and cowl to serve new stove; replacement of two existing chimney pots and cowls; flaunching the chimney stacks.
Wissenden Grange, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3EL
Received 14 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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