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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 dates60,141Searchable applications
568Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 39,153 approved or refused records
5,038Refused applications
34,115 approved · 5,038 refused · 3,290 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/1926
Proposed self build one-and-a-half storey detached dwelling with garden, parking, and access
Verona, Woodchurch Road, Tenterden, TN30 7AE
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1927
Proposed single storey front extension, replacement detached storage building and increased size of parking area
Brambles Care Home, Bramble Lane, Wye, TN25 5EE
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1928
Display of 1no non-illuminated fascia sign and 1no non-illuminated hanging sign.
83 High Street, Ashford, Kent TN24 8SA
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1929
Proposed self build dwelling for agricultural worker
Vine Hall Farm, Office At, Woodchurch Road, Bethersden, TN26 3JY
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1930
Demolition in a conservation area of all buildings at 1 to 11 New Rents, Ashford
1 to 11, New Rents, Ashford, TN23 1LE
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1931
Proposed double garage
Hill Farm House, Ashford Road, Bilsington, TN25 7JT
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1932
Lawful Development Certificate – Existing – Confirmation of lawful start of planning permission 14/01551/AS
32 Downs Way, Charing, TN27 0JP
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1935
T1 - Mature Yew Tree - Fell, as tree is rapidly dying. T2 - Acer Negundo 'Varieqatum' - Fell, tree is dying.
Little Dane Court, 1 Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6AB
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1933
Prior approval for the change of use of two agricultural sheds to a flexible use falling within Class (E) (g)(i) Office.
Agricultural Buildings At, The Park, Hamstreet Road, Shadoxhurst
Received 17 Oct 2024 - ClosedNOT/2024/1934
Prior Approval for the change of use of agricultural buildings to provision of eight new dwellings which amount to 995.6m2 in Gross Internal Floor Space within three existing barns that form part of the agricultural unit.
Barn at Clover Farm (a.k.a. Daniel Farm), The Pinnock, Pluckley
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1936
Listed building consent for internal alterations including the removal/alterations to internal walls, staircase, new ground floor wc and the creation of 1 no dormer and 3 rooflights to the 1st floor bedroom.
Forge Cottage, Ruckinge Road TN25 7JX
Received 15 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1938
Proposed new vehicular access and associated works.
Yeomans House, Lower Lees Road, Chilham, CT4 8AZ
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1940
Prior Approval for the change of use of 2 agricultural sheds and the land within their curtilage to 2 no. 1 bedroom dwellinghouses and associated operational development.
The Park, Agricultural Buildings At, Hamstreet Road, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1NL
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1941
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 4 (Ecological mitigation) , 6 (Materials) , 11 (Lighting design plan) , 12 (Light spill) and 13 (Biodiversity) of Planning Permission PA/2023/0273
Blackberry Mead Farm, Pilgrims Way, Westwell, TN25 4NQ
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1942
Proposed self-build dwelling following demolition of existing garage
Land North of Moat Farm House, Oak Grove Lane, High Halden, TN26 3BX
Received 18 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1943
Garage conversion (Retrospective)
30, Harvest Way, Singleton, TN23 5WP
Received 18 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1944
Change of use of holiday let to retail space, to include the sale of take-away coffee.
Parsonage Farm, The Street, Brabourne, TN25 5LR
Received 18 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1945
Listed building consent to convert the loft into two additional bedrooms, install a new staircase, reposition and replace roof lights with heritage-style versions, and structural repairs.
The Timbers, Finn Farm Court, Kingsnorth, TN23 3BF
Received 18 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1952
Listed Building Consent to replace the existing external painted softwood doors and windows
20, Frensham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NJ
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1946
Two Storey Rear Extension
15 Henley Fields, Tenterden, TN30 6EL
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/1948
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (external materials), 6 (biodiversity enhancement), 8 (landscaping), 9 (walls & fences), & 10 (drainage) for planning permission PA/2023/1605
Land North East of Black Friars and West of Green Hedges, Sissinghurst Road, TN27 8EQ
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1949
Proposed part single-storey, part two-storey rear and side extension, front porch, and detached garage with games room above
8, Cherry Garden Crescent, Wye, TN25 5AS
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/1950
Silver birch tree - 6 metre height reduction , reason for works are that the tree has become too large.
Langley House, The Street, Little Chart, TN27 0QA
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/1951
Proposed single-storey rear extension
1 Dennes Mill Close, Wye, TN25 5DR
Received 21 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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