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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 dates60,563Searchable applications
568Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 39,521 approved or refused records
5,080Refused applications
34,441 approved · 5,080 refused · 3,299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/2181
Proposed conversion of existing garage into self-contained living accommodation
Beechside, Pilgrims Way, Charing, TN27 0DR
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2182
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Materials) and 10 (Construction Management Plan) of planning permission 21/02059/AS
Land adjacent to Orlestone Rise, Ruckinge Road, Hamstreet, TN26 2NW
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2183
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - upgrade/replace the existing bulbs on floodlights with LED versions.
The Homelands, Ashford Road, Kingsnorth, TN26 1NJ
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2185
Erection of one self build detached dwelling following demolition of garage.
Melville, Bethersden Road, Smarden, TN27 8QU
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2186
5-Day Notification; Fell tree covered by a TPO affected by ash dieback. T2 -Ash Multi stemmed – 2 remaining stems + 1 fallen. Located on the bank to the south-east corner of W1 W1- Ash – 1 remaining stem + 1 fallen. Located on the eastern boundary of W1, North of the driveway. T2 will require a replacement planting plan
Shaw House, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0QX
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2187
T1-Oak - Overall crown reduction by 3 metres, from 18 Metres to 15 Metres Reason for works; Several of the branches are encroaching into our property area. The work would greatly reduce the risk of falling branches to anyone standing beneath.
11 Bishop Crescent, Tenterden, TN30 7BF
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2188
Details submitted pursuant to condition 19 (Landscaping) for planning permission 22/01067/AS
Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2189
Conversion of existing outbuilding to an annexe.
60 Twelve Acres, Willesborough, TN24 0ET
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2190
Details submitted pursuant to condition 8 (Biodiversity enhancement) for planning permission PA/2024/1281
Saracens Cottage, Surrenden Road, Pluckley, TN27 0SA
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2194
5 Day notification Fallen Tree
Pumping Station west of The Old Roses, Ashford Road CT4 8DR
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2195
Details submitted pursuant to condition 7 (Noise management plan) of planning permission 19/00263/AS
25, High Street, Ashford, TN24 8TH
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2196
Consent to display 1 x internally illuminated totem sign and 2 x internally illuminated fascia sign
Premier Inn, Maidstone Road, Westwell, TN26 1AP
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2197
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Removal and replacement of the existing external wall Insulation (EWI) system and cladding. All existing plywood spandrel panels and perimeter cladding to roofing fascia will be removed and replaced with a non-combustible Rockpanel Cladding system. All existing timber decking to the rear car-park area will be removed and replaced with an A1 non-combustible decking system. All existing weatherboarding (lapped and hit & miss cladding) will be removed and replaced with Hardie Plank systems with a reaction-to-fire classification. All existing timber fencing to the rear car park, timber cladding to balconies, and bespoke sloped timber to the ground floor car park area will be removed and replaced with a bespoke Aluminium extruded cladding system.
Meridian House, Godinton Road, Ashford
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2198
2-storey side & single-storey rear extension. Roof space conversion with new dormer & roof light to rear elevation. Alter the existing roof structure to form a new gable. Following the demolition of the existing outbuilding/garage
4 Hadman Cottages, Bell Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PW
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2199
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 2 (walls and fences) & 6 (landscaping scheme) of prior approval NOT/2024/1821.
Skidd Farm, Stone Hill Road, Egerton, TN27 9DU
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2200
Listed Building Consent for the conversion of existing barn to holiday let accommodation, including alterations to the internal layout and openings and the provision of external lighting, vents and bat boxes.
The Cloth Hall, Water Lane, Smarden, TN27 8QB
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2201
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens.
Land east of Unit 1A, near junction with Victoria Way and Beaver Road
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2202
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens.
Land at junction of New Street and, Forge Lane, Ashford
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2203
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens following the removal of the associated BT kiosk.
Proposed new telephone kiosk south of 16A Bank Street, Ashford
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2204
Advertisement consent for installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens
Pavement outside of, 82-88 High Street, Ashford
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2205
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens.
Footpath outside (46) & (40), High Street, Ashford, TN24 8TE
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2206
T1 and T2 - Common Lime Trees - Pollard back to previous points.
17, Upper Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5AW
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2207
Prior notification for a steel framed barn.
Home Farm, Hythe Road, Smeeth, TN25 6SP
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2209
First-floor side extension over existing 1-storey side extension.
1 West End, Susans Hill, Woodchurch, TN26 3RF
Received 28 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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