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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 dates62,163Searchable applications
570Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 41,505 approved or refused records
5,246Refused applications
36,259 approved · 5,246 refused · 3,382 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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More application records
- Decision MadePA/2025/0769
Extension to existing aircraft hangar including two-storey extension to include facilities and viewing platform and construction of helicopter landing area.
Hexden Marsh, Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN18 5PX
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/0770
Non-Material Amendment to Planning Permission 22/01067/AS for The erection of a Class E retail unit alongside access, car parking, landscaping and associated works to allow changes to the wording of Condition 17 and remove Condition 18.
Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0774
Proposed outbuilding to form an outside kitchen. (Retrospective)
20 Otium Lake, Station Road, Pluckley, TN27 0DZ
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0775
Listed Building Consent for the replacement of a porch and five existing windows
Church Hill Cottage, Church Lane, Aldington, TN25 7EG
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0776
Listed building consent for lime plastering to exposed internal brickwork.
43 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6BJ
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0777
Single storey side extension with changes to fenestration
The Barn at, Box Farm, Bedlam Lane, Egerton, Ashford, TN27 9BY
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/0778
T1 Scots Pine - Fell - Reason for works: Due to size, tree is starting to become too large for the garden and causing excessive shading leading to lack of grass and hindering landscaping project. - No replanting to take place due to space and the trees location.
27 Lodge Wood Drive, Ashford, TN25 4GA
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0779
Lawful development certificate - Proposed - Single storey rear extension following the demolition of the existing conservatory
4 Sandilands, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0RD
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0780
Variation of condition 7 (visitor parking space) of planning permission 18/01343/AS for Partial demolition of existing dwelling (retrospective). Erection of 7no. single storey bungalows (5no. detached and 2no. semi-detached) for the over-55's (over-55's restriction on new build units only) with associated alterations to access (revision to planning permission 14/01324/AS) to allow for the removal of the visitor parking space in front of No 4.
Land Rear Of 76 To 82, The Street, Kennington
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0781
Certificate of Lawful Development - Existing - Use of land for the external storage and distribution of road planings and the continued storage of two haulage vehicles in the building at Chapel Farm, in connection with the applicant’s haulage business
Chapel Farm, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, Ashford, TN25 6QS
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0782
Conversion of garage to create a study incorporating a velux roof window to rear elevation
46, Mountbatten Way, Brabourne, TN25 6PZ
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0783
Listed Building Consent for repainting and minor repair works to the front façade. Repair and repaint porch inside and outside.
34, Saxon House, The Street, Appledore, TN26 2BX
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0784
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Erection of a single storey side extension.
5 Magpie Farm, Appledore, Ashford, TN26 2BF
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/0785
Mulberry Tree - To Fell. Fig tree - Reduction of 2-2.5 metres.
Old Wheelwrights, The Street, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0QT
Received 25 Mar 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0786
Single storey rear extension and the addition of 2 no. rooflights.
10, St Marys Green, Kennington, TN24 9HP
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/0789
5 Day Notification to fell Horse Chestnut for safety reasons, close proximity to the road
Great Maytham Hall, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4NE
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/0790
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 2 (materials) & 3 (lime based mortar) of Listed Building Consent PA/2024/0400.
Forsham Farm, Wassall Lane, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4PP
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0791
Erection of 2no. residential dwellings, associated parking, landscaping and widening of existing access
Land 100m East of, Homestall Farm, Ashford Road, High Halden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3BS
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/0792
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 2 (External Pipework), 3 (Eaves and ridge details and fine details) & 5 (Tiles) for Listed Building Consent application PA/2024/1101
Ash Farm, Mill Lane, Smarden, TN27 8NW
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0793
Single storey rear and side extension
11 Chestnut Close, Ashford, TN23 3JT
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/0794
T1 Laurus nobilis - bay leaved laurel - crown reduction by 1metre due to over-sailing the access road and with several BT wires in & close to the crown.
137, Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5DP
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0795
Erection of a summerhouse for ancillary accommodation
135, Christchurch Road, Ashford, TN23 7UY
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/0796
Proposed detached garage/carport building following the demolition of an existing storage building
Stone Farm, Annexe At, Lower Road, Stone, TN30 7JJ
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/0797
T1 - Sycamore - crown reduction by 1m, remove 2no branches as indicated to remove significant overhanging branches to 2 Palace Farm Cottage . Due to its proximity and size, this tree is believed to be causing impact to the flint wall, and furthermore the scale of the tree is causing challenges with securing property insurance.
Palace Farm, Pett Lane, Charing, TN27 0LP
Received 25 Apr 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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