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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34,441 approved · 5,080 refused · 3,299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/2210
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed single-storey side extension following demolition of conservatory.
17 Centurion Walk, Kingsnorth, TN23 3FQ
Received 28 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2211
T31 & T32 - Oak trees - both to be removed and replacement planting with Betula Pendula Magical Globe Birch
43 Shirkoak Park, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3RP
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2213
Variation of condition 5 (tourist occupation) of planning permission 05/01494/AS for change of use of redundant agricultural buildings to holiday lets to allow for an increase from 8 weeks occupation limit to 24 weeks.
The Old Saw Mill, Church Lane, Hastingleigh, TN25 5HN
Received 28 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2214
Proposed garage
Trybairn, Blackwall Road, Wittersham, TN30 7EG
Received 28 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2215
Single storey front and rear extensions
36 Chart Road, Ashford, TN23 3HS
Received 28 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2216
Listed building consent for the blocking up of doorway and creation of new doorway and for the removal of boxed space at the end of ground floor staircase , widening of the last three treads plus installation of new handrail and balustrade.
Lyncroft, The Ridgeway, Smeeth, TN25 6SQ
Received 28 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2217
T1 -Sycamore - Crown Reduction - Reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to 2.5 metres from 20 metres to 17.5 metres
6, Church Street, Wye, TN25 5BJ
Received 28 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2218
Removal of 1 span of extra high voltage overhead line between points B to D the conversion of existing pole at point A to a section pole with an angled stay. The installation of H terminal pole at point B. The removal of existing H pole at point C. The installation of a new terminal H pole at point D. The overhead line will be replaced by underground cable from points B to D.
Hop Farm, Park Lane, Great Chart, Ashford, TN26 1JZ
Received 21 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2219
Non-material amendment to PA/2024/0660 for installation of underground cabling to remove condition 4.
Field to the west of National Grid Converter Station, Church Lane, Aldington
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2220
Advertisement consent for 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 MadePA/2024/2221
Lawful Development Certificate for proposed single-storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory.
30 Bournewood, Hamstreet, TN26 2HL
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2222
T1 - Elder - Fell ground level to allow more light onto the green the tree doesn't have any aesthetic value being there.
13 Beult Meadow, Smarden, TN27 8PZ
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2223
Variation of condition 3 (approved plans) of planning permission PA/2024/0101 for Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 22/00155/AS for proposed front porch extension, two-storey rear extension with dormer, first-floor rear extension and changes to the fenestrations to allow for a first storey extension at the rear north-west corner
Worsenden Lodge, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, TN27 8EJ
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2224
Erection of purpose-built holiday let with parking, associated garden and landscaping enhancements, following the demolition of the existing stables and outbuildings.
Potkiln Oast, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3HJ
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2225
5 Day Notification T1 Ash and a number of small trees and shrubs have caused root action pressure on the face of the retaining wall inducing a collapse during storm ‘Bert’. The vegetation within influencing distance of the wall requires removal owing to the danger of further collapse.
Beacon Oak House, 78 Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6LR
Received 28 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2229
Listed building consent to replace windows to rear elevation. Regularise ground and first-floor work including - modern wall removal and installation of a partition wall, removal of the gas meter and enclosure, opening original doorways, and installing internal doors on both floors.
Seymour House, 28-30 Scotton Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5BZ
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2230
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - The garden area hatched in green has been continuously used as a residential garden as part of the residential curtilage of Stonebridgelands since 1989.
Stonebridgelands, Front Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3SL
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2232
Proposed single storey rear extension
The Small Holding, Longhill, Chilham, Kent. CT4 8BN
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2233
Proposed single-storey rear extension, dormers to front and rear roof slope, conversion of roof space to habitable accommodation, and installation of roof light
Garden Cottage, 25 The Street, Kennington, TN24 9HB
Received 2 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2234
Replacement of 3 rear timber windows with uPVC windows
73 High Street, Ashford, TN24 8SF
Received 2 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2239
T1 & T2 - Morus alba Platanifolia (shade mulberry trees) - crown reduction by 1-2metres to leave 4metres.
Church Farmhouse, The Street, Brabourne, TN25 5LR
Received 2 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2240
5 day notice to remove 2 silver birch trees
The Minnis, The Street, Smarden
Received 29 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2241
T1 Lime tree; prune back to previous pollard points for maintenance and preservation.
7 Lawn Close, Tenterden, TN30 6UH
Received 2 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2242
Prior approval for the installation of PV-mounted roof panels. Installed on the roofs of units 2, 3, 4 & 5 at Entralon Gate
Units 2-5, Entralon Gate, Hall Avenue, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0LP
Received 3 Dec 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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