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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

62,466Searchable applications

570Recorded as pending

87%Approval rate · 41,972 approved or refused records

5,273Refused applications

36,699 approved · 5,273 refused · 3,400 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

Decision MadeNOT/2025/0905
Prior approval for the change of use of agricultural building and land within its curtilage to a dwelling house and associated operational development
Tatu Farm, High Halden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8JG
Received 13 May 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/0906
Details submitted pursuant to Conditions 18 (Bicycle Storage), 22 (Boundary Treatment), 24 (Refuse Storage) & 25 (Privacy Screens) of planning permission 20/01808/AS.
Unit at Old Pumping Station, Pluckley Road, Charing
Received 13 May 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0907
Outline application for a permanent rural workers dwelling with all matters reserved (self build).
Newland Farm, Newland Green Lane, Egerton, TN27 9EP
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/0908
Details submitted pursuant to part discharge condition 13 (Completion of the phased program of archaeological work) of planning permission PA/2023/1048
37, The Green, Woodchurch, TN26 3PF
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadeNOT/2025/0909
T1- Poplar - Re-pollard. All epicormic growth to be removed, leaving trunk as per previous works. T2- Poplar - Re-pollard. All epicormic growth to be removed, leaving trunk as per previous works.
West Wing, Old Cloth Hall, North Street, Biddenden, TN27 8AG
Received 14 May 2025
Under AppealPA/2025/0910
Listed Building Consent for replacement of the existing non-original windows, by new double-glazed, traditionally detailed sash windows.
Vitters Oak, Old Surrenden Manor Road, Bethersden, TN26 3DW
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0912
Proposed stable/hay store, with hard standing and access road, including change of use of land for the keeping of 3no Donkeys - Part retrospective
Land rear of Kendrew, Frith Road, Aldington, TN25 7DQ
Received 13 May 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/0918
Details submitted pursuant to condition 8 (Tree Protection Scheme) of planning permission 21/01361/AS
Land North East of 74 North Street, Biddenden, Biddenden
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0913
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations to ground floor including removal of a section of internal wall; raising the modern section of the ceiling; lowering modern section of floor and inserting limecrete; and insertion of new patio doors to replace double glazed modern window.
Rose Farm, Rose Farm Road, Pluckley, TN27 0RG
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0914
Variation of condition 3 (Opening Hours) of Planning permission PA/2025/0084 change of use of an existing Shepherds hut to craft workshop and ancillary retail sales; to allow for changes to the Saturday opening hours.
Parsonage Farm, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, TN25 5LR
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0915
Construction of additional overspill carparking area. (retrospective)
London Beach Golf Club, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6HX
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/0916
Details submitted pursuant to condition 10 (surface water drainage scheme) of planning permission 21/01361/AS
Land North East of 74 North Street, Biddenden, biddenden
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/0917
Details submitted pursuant to condition 12 (scheme for the provision of foul drainage system) of planning permission 21/01361/AS
Land North East of 74 North Street, Biddenden, biddenden
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/0919
Details submitted pursuant to condition 14 (Landscape & Ecological Management Plan) of planning permission 21/01361/AS
Land North East of 74 North Street, Biddenden, biddenden
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/0920
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (Materials), 4 (Fine Details), 5 (Green Energy Strategy), 6 (Landscaping), 7 (Boundary Treatment) & 10 (Refuse & Cycle Store) of planning permission 21/00577/AS
The Barn The Bothy, and Land at rear of 9, Church Hill, Chilham
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/0921
Discharge of Condition 7 (Construction and Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)) of planning permission 21/01361/AS
Land North East of 74, North Street, Biddenden
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadeOTH/2025/0922
Discharge of Condition 16 (Details of the proposed internal estate roads, footways etc) of planning permission 21/01361/AS
Land North East of 74, North Street, Biddenden
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0923
Erection of a detached single storey garden building
Cadnams Barn, Beddlestone Grange, Hampton Lane, Brabourne, Ashford, TN25 5PN
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0924
Proposed garage extension to create home office - Retrospective
31, Damara Way, Kingsnorth, TN25 7FD
Received 15 May 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0925
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Single storey rear extension
20 Marmion Way, Singleton, Ashford, TN23 5HY
Received 15 May 2025
Decision MadeNOT/2025/0926
Prior Notification to demolish 4 no. modern industrial units on the site indicated on drawing, retaining one listed and two curtilage listed buildings
Brundrett House, Tannery Lane, Ashford, TN23 1PN (also known as Kent Wool Growers)
Received 14 May 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0927
Display of 1 x Internally illuminated fascia sign (Retrospective)
Unit 4, Pound Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3JE
Received 13 May 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0928
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - use from garage to annexe.
The Water Meadow, Bourne Road, Aldington, TN25 7AR
Received 15 May 2025
Decision MadePA/2025/0929
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Single storey side extension
3, Manse Field, Brabourne, TN25 6QH
Received 15 May 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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