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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34,565 approved · 5,095 refused · 3,302 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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More application records
- Decision MadePA/2024/2321
Erection of dwelling with garage and associated development following demolition of former grain store.
Former Grain Store, Great Chilmington Farmhouse, Chilmington Green Lane, Chilmington Green, Great Chart, Ashford
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2322
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 14 (Footpath Improvements), 21 (Residents Information Pack), 22 (Cycle Stores), 24 (Biodiversity), 27 (Broadband), 28 (EV Charging) & 29 (Maintenance Strategy) of planning permission PA/2024/0699.
Former Wye College Buildings, High Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 4AH
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2323
Proposed landscape works to the residential garden; to include extension of lawn area, installation of retaining walls and additional patio plus construction of a Soakaway System.
Chestnut House, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LL
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2324
Listed Building Consent for 2 No. Slimlite glazed, painted timber fenestrations at the rear of the property: 2No. first floor dormer windows.
41, The Street, Wittersham, TN30 7EA
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Under AppealPA/2024/2325
Lawful Development Certificate for the Existing Use of the land for the storage of vehicles and materials.
Rawnie Farm, Old Way, Appledore, TN26 2DB
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2326
Proposed ensuite bathroom to bedroom 3, new Internal door on the ground floor, and enlargement and replacement of an external window on rear elevation.
Bridge Cottage, Highfield Lane, Sevington, TN24 0FN
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2327
Proposed 2-storey side extension, with replacement fenestration and stable style door, additional solar panels, detached garage with utility area/office above, Pergola (with transparent solar glazing), swimming pool, and landscaping to level the garden with sloped banking. Following the demolition of the existing outbuilding
Coom Bank, Kingsgate Lane, Wittersham, TN30 7NS
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2328
Change of use of Care Home (C2) to Residential Dwelling (C3) and conversion of existing outbuilding into incidental outbuilding with associated landscaping.
Harrington Cottage, New Road Hill, Aldington, TN25 7BH
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2329
Proposed single-storey side and rear extension
Vine Cottage, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BB
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2330
Outline planning permission for the demolition of the existing bungalow and erection of up to 55 no. dwellings with associated parking, access and landscaping works with all other matters reserved save for access from Ashford Road.
Six Acres, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6SR
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2331
Proposed part two storey and part first floor rear extension.
30, Aylesbury Road, Kennington, TN25 4QH
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2332
Prior notification for an agricultural storage building
Low Wood Field rear of Court Lodge, The Street, Brook, TN25 5PF
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2333
Proposed single-storey rear extension following the demolition of existing conservatory and garage.
Durley House, Swain Road, Tenterden, TN30 6PJ
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2334
Proposed detached single-storey office/outbuilding
Sutcliffe, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2EG
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2336
5 day notification due to the dangerous nature of the changes Removal and Replacement of Oak tree. Removal of the tree eliminates the immediate risk to public safety and property. Replacement with a suitable native species would restore long-term ecological value while ensuring safety.
21 High Snoad Wood, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4DQ
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2337
Erection of an agricultural barn
Proposed Agricultural Building, Alder Lane Fruits, Hastings Road
Received 17 Dec 2024 - ValidOTH/2024/2339
Application under Regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 in relation to application NOT/2023/1621 (Prior Approval for proposed change of use from Class E (Retail) to Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to form 2 dwellings)
72-74 Hythe Road, Ashford, TN24 8PU
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2340
T1 Oak - Reduce by 2m back to previous points (Supeseded spec - T1 Oak Fell and treat stump with ecoplugs)
Church House, Church Hill TN26 3JB
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2343
Reserved matters application for approval of layout, scale, appearance, access, and landscaping in relation to the erection of a new building providing Class E(g)(ii)(iii) (formerly B1 (b and c )), B2 and B8 floorspace for small and medium enterprises including associated access, parking, landscaping and associated works pursuant to outline planning permission 18/00098/AS
Land between railway and Waterbrook Avenue and South of, Bad Munstereifel Road, Sevington
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2344
Construction of a single storey rear extension, amendments to existing window apertures and fenestration, following the demolition of rear single story extension, front porch and first floor dormer windows.
Stone Farm, Lower Road, Stone, TN30 7JJ
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2345
Erection of a single storey rear extension. Portico to the front. Erection of a detached garage and annexe building. Creation of new driveway entrance gates.
Orlestone Grange, Church Lane, Hamstreet, Ashford, TN26 2EN
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2348
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 4 (External fixtures) & 13 (Lighting) for planning permission PA/2024/0699
Former Wye College Buildings, High Street, Wye, Ashford, TN25 4AH
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2349
Change of use of storage building to a two-bed dwellinghouse with changes to fenestration and including two parking spaces and garden area.
Pemsey Field View, Lees Road, Brabourne, Ashford, TN25 6QB
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2350
Proposed single garage conversion (Retrospective)
28 Harvest Way, Singleton, Ashford, TN23 5WP
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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