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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 dates

60,812Searchable applications

568Recorded as pending

87%Approval rate · 39,732 approved or refused records

5,102Refused applications

34,630 approved · 5,102 refused · 3,305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026

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Council contacts

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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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/2024/2351
Proposed detached carport/garage
Old Barn House, Pluckley Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0AQ
Received 13 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2352
Variation of condition 9 (Off-site Highway Works) of planning permission 19/00834/AS for "Outline application for the change of use of land from agricultural to residential and erection of 25 dwellings with associated access"; to amend the detail of the off-site highway works
Land at Orchard Farm, Canterbury Road, Kennington
Received 13 Dec 2024
Decision MadeOTH/2024/2353
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 2 (Materials), 3 (Commencement of development above foundation level) & 9 (Walls and fences) of Planning Permission 19/01736/AS
Land west of, New Cut Road, Chilham
Received 16 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2354
Construction of new office building following the demolition of the existing.
May Cross, Stone Cross Road, Bilsington, Ashford, TN26 2PJ
Received 18 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2355
Conversion of existing barn to form two holiday lets.
Turks Head Farm, High Halden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN26 3HT
Received 18 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2357
Steel framed Agricultural Barn (Retrospective)
Hay Barn, Hans Farm, Tar Pot Lane, Ruckinge, Ashford, TN26 2PX
Received 18 Dec 2024
Decision MadeNOT/2024/2356
T1 - Bay tree - To be felled as it is causing problems to the garage.
2, Rothley Close, Tenterden, TN30 6LP
Received 18 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2358
Variation of condition 3 (Approved plans and documents) of planning permission 21/00782/AS "Building operations required in connection with previously approved prior approval application for change of use of buildings from agricultural to light industrial use (under reference 20/01805/AS)" To regularise the breach as the building was not built to plan (Retrospective)
Agricultural Building Two, Hans Farm, Tar Pot Lane, Ruckinge, Ashford, TN26 2PX
Received 18 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2359
Listed building consent to replace existing UPVC windows with new timber windows and French doors to existing extension.
Coleham Green Farm, Shadoxhurst Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3PP
Received 16 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2362
Listed Building consent for proposed single-storey side and rear extension
Vine Cottage, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BB
Received 16 Dec 2024
Decision MadeOTH/2024/2363
HV diversion of an existing pole and overhead span by undergrounding a section of overhead span and moving the existing pole and stays. This will result in a reduction of the existing overhead line
North section of, Phase 2 Old Clockhouse Green, Canterbury Road, Challock
Received 16 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2364
Listed Building Consent for the construction of a single storey rear extension, amendments to existing window apertures and fenestration, along with internal re-configuration, 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/2024/2365
Proposed detached outbuilding.
14, Chilmington Oaks, Chilmington Green Lane, Chilmington Green, TN23 8AL
Received 19 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2373
Proposed single-storey rear extension following the demolition of existing conservatory
38, Bournewood, Hamstreet, TN26 2HL
Received 19 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2375
Erection of a carport
Woodside Bungalow, Field Mill Road, Egerton, TN27 9AU
Received 20 Dec 2024
Decision MadeNOT/2024/2376
Prior Approval - Larger Home Extension - Single-storey rear extension (Depth 4.40m x Eaves 2.99m x Ridge 2.99m)
181, Kingsnorth Road, Ashford, TN23 6ND
Received 20 Dec 2024
Decision MadeNOT/2024/2377
Forestry Commission felling licence notification. Ref -019/4083/2024. A narrow strip of conifers (Scots pine and Lawson's cypress) mixed with some broadleaves (beech, hornbeam, ash, sweet chestnut, wild cherry and others) in Charing Beech Hangers SSSI. Part of the area covered by the application is designated as ASNW. It is area of Kent Downs National Landscape. The woodland is adjacent to Kent Gliding Club and covered by TPO. The conifers dominating the area have reached the height of 20-25m and are posing safety risk for gliders. Because of this the club is proposing to fell the area.
Beacon Hill Quarry, Pilgrims Way, Charing, Kent. TN27 0DR
Received 17 Dec 2024
Decision MadeOTH/2024/2378
Discharge of conditions 3 (Archaeology), 8 (Construction and Transport management plan) & 16 (drainage details) pursuant to planning permission 19/01206/AS
London Beach Golf Club, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6HX
Received 20 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2379
Listed Building Consent for alterations to the approved 1996 extension which include the removal of the chimney, changes to the internal layout, insertion of French doors and replacement windows and replacement windows to the main house, excluding two ground floor windows to side elevations. (retrospective)
Stonebridgelands, Front Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3SL
Received 20 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2380
Certificate of Lawful Development - Proposed garden building to be used as a home office incidental to main dwelling.
3, Sandpiper Row, Ashford, TN24 9FE
Received 20 Dec 2024
Decision MadeNOT/2024/2381
T40 -Common Hawthorn - Fell and grind out stump. T61 - Black Walnut - Crown reduction 3 metres from 20 Metres to 17 Metres to ease loading on its overall structure, T72 - Pedunculate oak - Remove decorative cage. T112 - Crack Willow - Coppice the tree close to ground level removing all arising from the site and allow to regenerate. and T119 - Crack Willow - Coppice the tree close to ground level removing all arising from the site and allow to regenerate.
Wye Methodist Church, Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5DP
Received 20 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2382
Certificate of Lawful Development - Proposed - Detached single-storey garden room incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling.
Orlestone Grange, Church Lane, Hamstreet, Ashford, TN26 2EN
Received 20 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2383
Proposed single-storey side extension, front porch canopy, solar panels on the existing roof, and proposed wood-burner flue.
Swiss Cottage, Appledore Road, Tenterden, TN30 7BE
Received 20 Dec 2024
Decision MadePA/2024/2385
Self build dwelling to support equestrian business at Pett Farm (Retrospective)
Pett Farm, Pett Lane TN27 0DS
Received 20 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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