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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 dates62,847Searchable applications
570Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 42,397 approved or refused records
5,322Refused applications
37,075 approved · 5,322 refused · 3,414 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 1996 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2025/1157
Change of use of land to residential garden, erection of a two storey side and rear extension, and the creation of a new first floor dormer window on the west elevation
The Cottage, Bucksford Manor, Chart Road, Great Chart, TN23 3AE
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1158
Erection of three-bay garage with office/playroom over.
East Ongley Farmhouse, Ongley Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8HF
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1159
T1 - Ash - Tree is believed to be Ash and has died this year. Application to cut down
2 Stace Close, Tenterden, TN30 6RP
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1160
Details submitted pursuant to condition 54 part, D (b) (Carbon Emission Reduction - Plot 1) of Planning Permission 15/0167/AS
Plot 1, Former Powergen site, Victoria Road, Ashford
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1161
Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) of Planning Permission 20/01239/AS Erection of a replacement dwelling and garage/car barn; to allow for alterations to fenestration and removal of lean-to on garage.
Boughton Cottage, Mill Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8NN
Received 20 Jun 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1162
T1 Large Oak- extensive fire damage, the main stem of the tree is now seriously compromised with signs of delamination appearing on the main trunk at a height of approx. 4 metres. Crown reduction all round by 5 metres to try and prevent the tree collapsing.
Unit 7, Rutherford Road, Eureka Leisure Park, Ashford, TN25 4BN
Received 20 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1163
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed dropped kerb with laying of hard standing and drainage.
7 Hampden Road, Ashford, TN23 6JL
Received 18 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1164
Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) of planning permission PA/2023/1461 for "Partial demolition of western extension, change of use, and conversion from redundant Methodist Church to holiday let accommodation with associated private amenity" to allow for the addition of 1 no roof light and internal changes to first floor layout (Retrospective)
Wesleyan Chapel, The Street, Appledore, Ashford, TN26 2AE
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1165
Change of use to land to keeping of horses and erection of stable building and associated landscaping following demolition of existing stables.
Althorp House, Pested Lane, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4BD
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1166
First floor side extension for dental surgery/office use
225 Dental Surgery, Faversham Road, Kennington, TN24 9AF
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1167
Variation of condition 4 (storage and drying of logs and wood chips and not for any other purpose) of planning permission 20/00774/AS "Construction of wood-chip drying building/ facility with associated access and related hard-standing area." to allow for the storage, maintenance and servicing of agricultural and vintage machinery and vehicles, as well as storage of vehicles and machinery for agricultural contracting (Retrospective)
Hendon Barn, Shadoxhurst Road, Woodchurch
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Under ConsultationPA/2025/1168
Listed building consent for single-storey rear extension, Internal reconfiguration including internal wall removal. Addition of second floor bathroom with roof lights, door opening and steps to adjoining bedroom, changes to fenestration, and new patio doors to ground floor reception area. New garage following the demolition of the existing carport.
Tile House, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LL
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1169
Barn incorporating domestic annexe following demolition of existing barn. Widening of existing access.
Little Swan Street Farm, Charing Heath Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0AT
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1170
Installation of low-level extract canopy vent to rear elevation and vent to side
Unit 13, Elwick Road, Ashford, TN23 1PF
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1172
Prior notification for an agricultural storage building.
Land northeast of Surrenden Bungalow, Surrenden Road, Pluckley
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1173
Proposed placement of modular building following the removal of a current shelter.
Woodchurch Church Of England Primary School, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3QJ
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1175
Proposed single storey rear extension
4, Old Mill Court, Biddenden, TN27 8DD
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1174
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 3 (materials), 4 (joinery details) of planning permission PA/2025/0388
Fayre Acre, Church Hill, Charing, TN27 0BU
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1176
Loft conversion and replacing existing roof lights to rear elevation with heritage-style version.
The Timbers, Finn Farm Court, Kingsnorth, TN23 3BF
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1178
Replacement double garage.
The Paddock, Magpie Hall Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN26 1HF
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1179
Timber open sided carport (retrospective)
10 Hunter Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0RY
Received 20 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1180
Variation of condition 23 (No more than 600 pupils will be registered at the school at any time of which there shall be no more than 90 in any one year group) of planning permission 16/01548/AS for "Phases 2 and 3 of the proposed Wye School expansion" to remove the restriction on the number of pupils enrolled in each year group and propose to amend the condition wording to "No more than 600 pupils shall be registered at the school at any time"
Wye School, Kempe Centre, Olantigh Road, Wye, TN25 5EJ
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1182
Erection of 2 self-build dwellings with associated access, parking, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements.
Field adj to Millview Cottage, Mill Lane, Smarden
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1183
Listed Building Consent for a single storey rear extension and associated internal alterations, with changes to fenestration.
The Corner House, 1-3 High Street, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0HU
Received 24 Jun 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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