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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

61,221Searchable applications

570Recorded as pending

87%Approval rate · 40,105 approved or refused records

5,149Refused applications

34,956 approved · 5,149 refused · 3,327 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 1996 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Planning and Development Contact planning Planning Contacts Local plan Emerging Local Plan and Design Code Pre-application advice Pre-Application Advice Article 4 directions Article 4 Directions

Council contacts

Planning enquiriesplanning.policy@ashford.gov.uk Council source

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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.

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/2025/0269
Removal of existing timber windows (57) and 1 rear door on a block of flats and replacement with white uPVC windows to the rear, with a mix of white and brown uPVC feature windows to the front aspect.
15 & 17 North Street, Ashford, TN24 8LF
Received 14 Feb 2025
Pending ConsiderationOTH/2025/0271
Regulation 77 application to assess nutrient neutrality for application NOT/2024/1878 (Prior approval for the change of use and extension of an agricultural building and the land within its curtilage to a dwellinghouse and associated operational development)
Wallfield Farm, Surrenden Road, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0PP
Received 12 Feb 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0272
Listed building consent for the conversion to ancillary building to include internal alterations.
The Cottage, Coach House At , The Street, Great Chart, TN23 3AH
Received 14 Feb 2025
Decision MadeNOT/2025/0273
Prior notification for an agricultural storage building
Thorn Farm, Grigsby Lane, Smarden, TN27 8QQ
Received 17 Feb 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0275
Proposed construction of conservatory
100 Orion Way, Willesborough, TN24 0DZ
Received 17 Feb 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/0276
EIA Screening Opinion request in relation to the construction of an anaerobic digester (AD) plant (utilising energy crops only) with associated access, landscaping, and ancillary works
Little Oak Farm, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3BQ
Received 14 Feb 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0277
Proposed self-build two-storey dwelling
The Nook, Buck Street, Challock, TN25 4AR
Received 17 Feb 2025
Decision MadeNOT/2025/0278
T1- Magnolia Tree - Removal of tree in back garden and replacement with fruit trees
52, Upper Queens Road, Ashford, TN24 8HF
Received 17 Feb 2025
Decision MadeNOT/2025/0279
Prior approval for the proposed change of use of a first floor office space to 5 residential dwellings
Suite A Unit 4, Pluto House, 19-33 Station Road, Ashford, TN23 1PP
Received 13 Feb 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0280
Installation of Solar PV Panels to 2No. Existing Farm Buildings.
Coldharbour Farm, Knock Hill, Stone, TN30 7JX
Received 17 Feb 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0281
Proposed additional windows to the first and second floor side elevation, proposed roof extension plus rear dormer & front rooflight and associated internal works.
1 Westwell Leacon, Leacon Lane, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0EH
Received 17 Feb 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0282
Addition of a single storey glass roof located on the rear elevation of the property
72 Bushy Royds, Willesborough, TN24 0DS
Received 17 Feb 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0283
Extension of an existing drop kerb, replacement of concrete driveway with cobblestone, and alterations to boundary treatments
Garden Cottage, 25 The Street, Kennington, TN24 9HB
Received 17 Feb 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0284
Installation of a Package Waste Treatment Plant and associated pipe works and pump
Stone Baptist Chapel, Appledore Road, Stone, TN30 7JL
Received 17 Feb 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/0285
Details submitted pursuant to (part) Condition 21 (Verification soil report for plots 1-7 only) for Planning Application 17/01840/AS
Former Naccolt Brickworks, Naccolt Road, Naccolt, Wye, TN25 5NX
Received 17 Feb 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0286
Proposed siting of shipping containers for a mixed-use comprising storage (Class B8) and commercial office space (Class E)
Land adjoining The Paddocks and Orchard Cottage, Church Road, Sevington, TN24 0LD
Received 17 Feb 2025
Under AppealPA/2025/0287
Certificate of Lawful Development - Proposed - Erection of Mobile Structure to Provide Ancillary Accommodation
Little Odiam, Wissenden Green, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3EW
Received 17 Feb 2025
Decision MadeNOT/2025/0288
Prior Approval - Larger Home Extension - Erection of a single-storey rear extension
11, Long Beech, Singleton, TN23 4XU
Received 17 Feb 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0289
Construction of a private way and hardstanding for agricultural purposes (Retrospective)
Apple Blues Farm, Vicarage Lane, Charing, TN27 0BT
Received 17 Feb 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0290
Proposed staggered fence and new gate
16 Glebe Close, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8NG
Received 18 Feb 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/0291
Non material amendment to planning permission 19/00997/AS for Proposed development of 12 new two storey dwellings consisting of 8 x 3 bed properties and 4 x 4 bed properties with associated parking, gardens and landscaping works including a proposed village planted linear park and pedestrian crossing to allow changes to size of garden for plots 8 and 9.
Land between Doctors Surgery and 80, The Street, Appledore
Received 17 Feb 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0293
Proposed conversion and extension to existing garage
1, Hoads Wood Gardens, Ashford, TN25 4QB
Received 18 Feb 2025
Decision MadeNOT/2025/0294
5 Day Order Dead trees within a group TPO that are being felled next week (as it's a school site and it's half term).
Goldwyn Community Special School, Godinton Lane, Hothfield, Ashford, TN23 3BT
Received 14 Feb 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/0295
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (materials), 4 (joinery details, mechanical ventilation) of planning permission PA/2024/1374.
Upper Stone House, Rose Hill, Stone, TN30 7HH
Received 18 Feb 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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