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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.
England · Local authority
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 dates60,812Searchable 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34,630 approved · 5,102 refused · 3,305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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/2024/2387
Operational works including amendments to fenestrations in association with flexible commercial use
Clay Pit Shave, Southenay Lane, East Brabourne, Ashford , TN25 6AW
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2388
Details submitted pursuant to part discharge of conditions 3 (Materials), and 4 (Joinery Details) of Listed Building Consent PA/2022/3082.
Amherst Court, Bedlam Lane, Egerton, TN27 9DA
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2392
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - loft conversion with dormer to rear.
17, Spinners Close, Biddenden, TN27 8AY
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2389
Single-storey rear extension with glazed link and store to include changes to fenestration to existing dwelling and landscaping works following demolition of existing sheds and rear conservatory.
The Coach House, 62A Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6LR
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2391
Erection of carport and porch to side elevation, changes to fenestration and external materials, reduction of roof height to existing porch and change to roof on east elevation. Addition of solar panels to roof and alteration to fenestration of Stables Cottage. Minor landscaping.
Oxney Isle Manor, Moons Green, Wittersham, TN30 7PS
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2393
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission 20/01486/AS
Redwood House, Redundant Building At, Canterbury Road, Charing, TN27 0EU
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2394
Proposed dwelling with associated landscaping and parking.
Land between , Minden Cottage & Pig & Whistle , Ashford Road, Ashford , TN23 3DH
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2395
T1: Goat Willow - coppice. T2: Silver Birch - coppice T3: Hornbeam - coppice. T4: Hazel - coppice T5: Hornbeam - coppice. T6: Hazel - coppice All trees are overhanging the boundary fence
47 Forest Avenue TN25 4GB
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2397
Details submitted pursuant to condition 46 (Part A) (soft landscaping Implementation Notice) of planning permission 11/00473/AS Variation of Condition 32 of outline planning permission 02/00278/AS. **Addendum to the Environmental Statement**
Land South of Captain's Wood (Phases B4-B5 only), Cheeseman's Green Lane, Finberry, Ashford
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2398
Single-storey side extension & 2no additional windows to rear elevation
The Rolvenden Club, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NE
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2399
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2023/0095 (Proposed garden room with mezzanine and greenhouse following demolition of outbuildings) To allow changes to approved drawings.
56-58 Waterloo House, High Street, Rolvenden, TN17 4LN
Received 24 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2400
Prior Approval for the change of use of Dutch Barn and land within its curtilage to a dwelling house and associated operational development.
Barn at, Low Wood Farm, Ashford Road, Bethersden, TN26 3AP.
Received 23 Dec 2024 - ClosedOTH/2024/2401
EIA Screening Opinion request in relation to the installation and operation of a solar development with associated equipment and necessary infrastructure
Land north of Appledore road, Kenardington Ashford, Kent TN26 3TL
Received 24 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2402
Single storey rear extension
54, Ripley Road, Willesborough, TN24 0UY
Received 27 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2403
Proposed front porch, 2 No. dormers with the addition of a balcony to the rear dormer, and rooflights.
Annexe at, Plummer Cottage, Plummer Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6TU
Received 27 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2404
T1 - Ash Tree - crown reduction by approx 50%. This is due to the trunk being hollow and mushy and clear areas of dead branches.
Beacon House, The Street, Bethersden, TN26 3AE
Received 27 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2405
Proposed single-storey rear extension
57 Oxenturn Road, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5AY
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2408
Two-storey rear extension and extended lean-to storage building, first floor balcony and relocation of front door; following demolition of garage. Creation of new access to the highway.
Hambledon, 19 Cherry Garden Lane, Wye, TN25 5AR
Received 31 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2409
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed rear extension
Chilmington Yard, Chart Road, Great Chart, Ashford
Received 31 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/0001
• T1 Oak – Crown lift growth <75mm diameter to 6m height and remove dead wood. • T2 Oak – Fell stem but do not poison as it may be part of T1. (Superseded spec - T1 - Oak - 3metre crown reduction to whole tree 10m above ground level. T2 - Oak - Rapid crown decline fell and remove.)
11, Cherry Orchard, Woodchurch, TN26 3QX
Received 2 Jan 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/0003
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (archaeological watching brief), of planning permission PA/2024/1598
Old Barrack Farm, Reading Street, Tenterden, TN30 7HT
Received 2 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0002
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - single storey rear extension with flat roof.
10, Wilson Close, Willesborough, TN24 0HX
Received 2 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0005
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission PA/2022/3042 (proposed erection of replacement dwellinghouse and garage with associated landscaping and parking) to allow for alteration the ridge height and materials of the proposed garage and office buildings.
Rogers Wood, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, TN27 8ET
Received 2 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0006
Lawful Development Certificate -Proposed - use of the existing dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a residential household as a children’s home where no more than two children would live together as a single household and receive care from visiting staff (C3) to (C2)
51, Barn Platt, Ashford, TN23 7UH
Received 2 Jan 2025
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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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