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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 dates60,723Searchable applications
568Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 39,660 approved or refused records
5,095Refused applications
34,565 approved · 5,095 refused · 3,302 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/2294
4no self/custom build detached dwellings with associated access and parking areas.
Land rear of 4 Little Robhurst, High Halden
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2300
T1 Oak • Reduce crown back to previous points • Reduce crown by 2-3 m where no reduction points exist ensuring that the crown profile matches existing reduction points • Remove two small diameter limbs over garage structure to east • Crown lift to 6m limbs <75mm diameter (Superseded spec: T1 Oak tree - Proposed 5-6 metre crown reduction.)
26, Grange Crescent, Tenterden, TN30 6DZ
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2296
Row of x12 Lawson Cypress Trees, forming a hedge row at rear boundary of property - Request for felling of hedge row - Reason for works - With the increasing width of hedge it has become hard and dangerous to maintain, replacement planting with English Yew.
4, Garden Place, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9DZ
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2297
Installation of an EV Home Charger
Low Barn, Pope Street, Godmersham, CT4 7DL
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2298
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 5 (External materials), 6 (Fine details), 8 (Biodiversity enhancement) & 13 (Lighting) for planning permission PA/2023/2350
Potters Barn, Cruttenden Farm Annexe, Brook Street TN26 3SR
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2299
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (contamination assessment),4 & 8 (landscaping & biodiversity enhancements) 6, (materials), 8 (EV charger), 10, 11 (cycle store), 12 & 13 (sewerage disposal & water drainage) of planning permission 22/00724/AS (Appeal Ref: APP/E2205/W/23/3323854
Former Burnt Oak Poultry Farm, Squids Gate Lane, Challock, TN25 4DP
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2303
Amendment to EIA Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended 2018) for the Wellwood Reservoir to Potters Corner Reservoir water mains pipeline Scheme; update to the pipeline route alignment, additional vegetation removal following screening opinion.
Wellwood Reservoir to Potters Corner Reservoir EIA Screening Opinion for South East Water Limited
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2304
Increase in roof height to create a 2nd floor, rear external fire escape with changes to fenestration and creation of additional parking spaces.
SWM Offices at, Heartsay Garage, Headcorn Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8JY
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2305
Details submitted pursuant to condition 54 part, (b) (sustainable construction - carbon dioxide emission reduction measures - Block 2B and 2D only) of planning permission 15/01671/AS.
Plot 2 Former Powergen Site, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2306
Details submitted pursuant to condition 1 parts a-e and g-j (detailed drawings - Phases 2A and 4 only) of Listed Building Consent PA/2024/1401
Newtown Railway Works, Newtown Road, Ashford, TN24 0PN
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2307
Proposed enlargement and replacement of external window on rear elevation.
Bridge Cottage, Highfield Lane, Sevington, TN24 0FN
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2308
Proposed Loft Conversion with Rear Dormer
Newlands House, Newlands Road, Charing, TN27 0AR
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2309
Single-storey garage
25 Park Drive, Hothfield, TN26 1EQ
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2310
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed single-storey rear extension.
40, Springwood Drive, Ashford, TN23 3LQ
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2311
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - Occupation of the annexe as a separate dwelling for more than 10 years
Vigo Farm, Annexe At, The Street, Hastingleigh, TN25 5HU
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2312
Removal of 1 x whitebeam
Hibbsden House, Rolvenden Road, Tenterden, TN30 6TT
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2313
Change of use to storage compound, vehicle storage and welfare cabin with hardstanding. (retrospective)
Unit 2, Arrowhead Road, Waterbrook Park, Sevington, TN24 0FL
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2314
Change of use and conversion of agricultural building to Class E use
Boat Nursery, Bonnington Road, Ashford, TN25 7BN
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2315
Change of use and conversion of glasshouse buildings to deliver commercial units (B8 use)
Boat Nursery, Bonnington Road, Ashford, TN25 7BN
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2316
Extension of dropped kerb
Kingsnorth Industrial Estate, Wotton Road, Ashford, TN23 6JY
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2317
To fell dead willow tree to ground level
Frensham, 91 The Street, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0NA
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2318
Variation of condition 18 (Public right of way) of planning permission PA/2023/1175 for Erection of 9 bungalows with the provision of new public amenity space, together with associated access from Mill Lane, parking, landscaping, and infrastructure; to allow for the footpath link to be constructed prior to first occupation of dwellings rather than prior to the commencement of development.
Land between Boughton Cottage and Millview Cottage, Mill Lane, Smarden
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2319
Tree has fallen over onto the site compound, request to remove the tree
Warehorne Wastewater Treatment Works, Kenardington Road, Warehorne, TN26 2LX
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2320
Proposed changes to fenestration including French doors to existing extension.
Coleham Green Farm, Shadoxhurst Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3PP
Received 16 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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