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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 dates60,635Searchable applications
568Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 39,581 approved or refused records
5,086Refused applications
34,495 approved · 5,086 refused · 3,300 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/2243
Proposed single storey rear and two storey side extension
10, Cowdrey Close, Willesborough, TN24 0UB
Received 3 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2244
Proposed 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/2024/2245
Listed Building Consent for the replacement of 8 x windows to side elevation
Westwell Court, The Bull Pen, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, TN25 4JX
Received 3 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2246
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 24 (External materials) & 38 (Fine details) for planning permission 19/00025/AS (relating to Block C of the Local Centre only)
Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 3 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2247
Replacement windows on the ground floor and installation of Solar Panels on the Roof - Southwest Elevation
3 Ovenden House, 142 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6HT
Received 3 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2248
Detached open cart lodge to replace temporary 'Clarke' Garage.
2 Rectory Walk, Cock Lane, Hamstreet, TN26 2HU
Received 4 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2250
Display of 2no. illuminated digital 75" LCD screens on BT Street Hub
Land at junction of New Street and, Forge Lane, Ashford
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2251
Advertisement consent for installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. internally illuminated digital 75" LCD advert screens
Land east of Unit 1A, near junction with Victoria Way and Beaver Road,
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2252
Installation of 32 ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on micro-inverters
Bog Farm, Plain Road, Smeeth, TN25 6QX
Received 4 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2253
Advertisement consent for installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. internally illuminated 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/2024/2254
Variation of condition 1 (approved Plans) for planning permission PA/2024/0699 "Variation of condition 1 (approved plans) of planning permission PA/2023/1741" to allow for minor alterations to units 16- external alterations to remove non-original door and window to West Quid. 19 - removal of a bedroom, 20 - reconfigure of door and window to bedrooms 1 & 2, 21 - relocate the external store to the unit, and 24 - internal alterations to allow for level changes
Former Wye College Buildings, High Street, Wye, Ashford TN25 4AH
Received 4 Dec 2024 - Under AppealPA/2024/2255
3no static units, 3no touring caravans, associated car parking and new day room, all for Gypsy & Traveller use. (part retrospective)
Kialarny, Nickley Wood Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LZ
Received 27 Nov 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2256
Non-material amendment to planning permission 22/00325/AS "Alterations to existing extension. Conversion of existing outbuilding to ancillary residential accommodation. Associated internal and external alterations and external landscaping works. Erection of replacement garage and home studio." to allow removal of 20th-century lean-to outshot and catslide of former washhouse and external cladding. Lifting and relaying courtyard surfaces, steps, and ramps. Rebuilding garden wall and changes to fenestration
Clappers Mead, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3QL
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2257
Listed Building Consent for the internal revisions to already approved Units 19, 20, 24, an external store to unit 21 and external revision to Unit 16
Former Wye College Buildings, High Street, Wye, TN25 5EJ
Received 4 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2260
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed single-storey rear extension
4 Coombelands, Wittersham, TN30 7NU
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2259
Erection of detached garage and playroom
Little Greenfield, School Road, Appledore, TN26 2BA
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2258
Prior notification for agricultural storage building
Land Northeast of Little Harbourne Farm, Harbourne Lane Tenterden
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2261
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - Lawful start commencement of works and a material start has been made on planning permissions 18/00290/AS & 21/02258/AS.
Westenden, Rolvenden Road, Tenterden, TN30 6UD
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2262
Proposed No.2 detached dwellings both with a garage, garden, car barn & home office over with access from Ashford Road
Land between Monarch House and Bourne Farm, Ashford Road, High Halden
Received 28 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2264
Proposed external wall insulation
6 Addison Cottages, The Street, Wittersham, TN30 7EB
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2265
Removal of small lower limb (approx 5 meter long) and reduce second limb back by 2.5 meters to a good growth point, limbs located on North side of tree
3, Hamilton House, Laurel Court, Chilmington Green, TN23 3UH
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2266
Installation of EWI ( External Wall Insulation) and Roof Extension
47, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NT
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2267
Installation of EWI ( External Wall Insulation) and Roof Extension
16 Gatefield Cottages, Gatefield Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4JH
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2268
Installation of EWI ( External Wall Insulation) and Roof Extension
2 Addison Cottages, The Street, Wittersham, TN30 7EB
Received 5 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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