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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 dates61,818Searchable applications
570Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 40,972 approved or refused records
5,214Refused applications
35,758 approved · 5,214 refused · 3,365 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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/2025/0609
Listed Building Consent for floor strengthening of the basement joists and additional timber joists to be installed alongside the existing.
7 North Street, Ashford, TN24 8LF
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0610
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Single storey rear extension.
91A, Front Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3SF
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0611
Two-storey rear extension, porch to front elevation, increase in roof height to create an additional storey. Changes to fenestration. Solar panels to roof.
28 Chart Road, Ashford, TN23 3HS
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0612
Proposed single storey rear extension with rooflights.
37 Francis Road, Ashford, TN23 7UP
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0613
Proposed 3 bay garage with log store, ancillary works to alter existing driveway
Chelsburne House, The Street, Brook, TN25 5PL
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/0614
Prior Approval for the change of use of agricultural building and land within its curtilage to a dwelling house and associated operational development.
Garth End, Redbrook Street, Woodchurch, TN26 3QS
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0615
Erection of lodge to provide rural workers accommodation, with associated parking and landscaping
Parish Farm, Hassell Street, Hastingleigh, Ashford, TN25 5JE
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/0616
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Archaeology) for planning permission 21/00627/AS
Land rear of 7 to 14, Harmers Way, Egerton
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/0617
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (Archaeology) for planning permission PA/2025/0083
Mountsford Barn, Canterbury Road, Chilham, CT4 8AF
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0618
Partial ground and first floor rear extensions, alterations to roof form of existing single storey elements and alterations to fenestration. Removal of flat roof dormer, rear porch and part of the rear wall. Erection of 1.5 storey building to provide garage/workshop with ancillary accommodation above. Demolition of the existing detached garage.
Barge Cottage, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4QA
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0619
Proposed erection of a single storey oak frame garage with an attached storage/workshop
Ivy End Farm, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8RH
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0620
Change of use of land to extend residential curtilage. Erection of garden store and open store. Proposed single-storey side extension. (part retrospective)
Ryeland Barn, Little Hookstead Farm, Wrens Nest Lane, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3NH
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0621
First floor balcony to rear elevation (Part retrospective)
Conningsby, Kingsford Street, Mersham, TN25 6PE
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0622
Proposed rear two-storey extension and first-floor dormer extension to the front elevation
173 Hythe Road, Ashford, TN24 8PL
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0623
Proposed first floor extension.
Tudor House, Church Hill, Kingsnorth, TN23 3EF
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0624
Single storey rear extension following the demolition of the existing conservatory
53, Felborough Close, Chilham, CT4 8DS
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0625
Proposed porch alterations, and addition of pitched roof to existing front dormer and side garage.
34, Homewood Road, Tenterden, TN30 7AU
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/0627
Non-material amendment to planning permission 20/00326/AS for Construction of retail warehousing and detached drive thru restaurant together with associated access, servicing, landscaping, car parking and SUDs provision to allow changes to the proposed external elevations to units 1-6.
Proposed Retail Units, Fourges Way, Ashford, TN25 4DT
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0628
Listed Building Consent for ventilation system to be installed.
Town Hall, 24 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6AN
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0629
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Extension to rear elevation with a flat roof design.
28 Forgefield, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3BL
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0634
Proposed single-storey rear extension with rooflight.
5 Monks Hill Cottages, Church Road, Warehorne, TN26 2LR
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0630
Single-storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory.
9, Marshalls Land, Tenterden, TN30 6EA
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0631
Listed Building Consent for a plant room to be erected following the attached wooden shed to be demolished, window alterations to the north and east elevations to align with internal changes to floor levels and other minor alterations.
Town Hall, 24 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6AN
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0632
Proposed porch to the front elevation
88, The Forstal, Wye, TN25 5ER
Received 31 Mar 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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