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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 dates62,943Searchable applications
570Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 42,477 approved or refused records
5,329Refused applications
37,148 approved · 5,329 refused · 3,418 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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/2025/1185
Proposed single storey rear extension with associated fenestration
The Corner House, 1-3 High Street, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0HU
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1188
T2 Oak - Crown reduce to previous points, remove deadwood and epicormic growth to approx.3m. Reason for work: Maintenance, this tree was last reduced in 2016 and is now due.
34 The Meadows, Biddenden, TN27 8AW
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1189
Proposed construction of a self-build dwelling with detached garage and garden store.
Land south east of May House, Tenterden Road, Appledore
Received 25 Jun 2025 - ClosedPA/2025/1190
Modification of S106 Agreement as the original permission (02/01565/AS) to insert a mortgagee protection clause
Former Rowcroft and Templer Barracks site, Templer Way, Ashford
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1191
The siting of one static caravan for use as an annex within the curtilage of the existing residential property
Bridge Farm, Bears Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, TN23 3BW
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1192
Outline application for 2no bungalow dwellings with associated works with all matters reserved.
Land adjacent Waverlea, Susans Hill, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3RE
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1193
T1 - Sycamore - Fell - To remove ivy covered Sycamore immediately behind new garage presently being erected, and its associated suckers. It is presently preventing the roof being lowered onto the garage, and is very close to the new erection, presenting future problems of roof damage. It is proposed to plant a Rowan tree of 8-10cm diameter, further along the tree line, as a replacement.
4 Badgers Close, The Hill, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0LU
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1194
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 8 (Biodiversity enhancement) of Planning Permission PA/2024/1904
High Tree Lodge, Buck Street, Challock, TN25 4AT
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1195
Removal of chimney (Retrospective Application)
73 & 75 Ryeland Way, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN25 7FU
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1196
Details submitted pursuant to condition 34b (Framework Commercial Travel Plan (FCTP) of planning permission 18/00098/AS - only in relation to food store permitted by 21/01982/AS
Unit 3, Fletching Lane, Waterbrook Park, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0ZP
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1197
Construction of a roof and infill wall to create a garden room with flat roof - Retrospective
26 Conningbrook Avenue, Ashford, TN24 9FB
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1198
Single-storey rear conservatory
19 Craythorne, Tenterden, TN30 6SD
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1199
Single-storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory; changes to boundary fencing & terracing
45, Hillbrow Road, Ashford, TN23 4QH
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1200
Proposed two storey rear and side extension with pitched roof and roof lights to include ramped side and rear access.
13, Red Tree Orchard, Singleton, TN23 5PZ
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Under ConsultationPA/2025/1201
Full planning application for the construction and operation of a Solar Farm (35MW) with all associated works, equipment, enclosures, access and biodiversity net gain
Land South of Warehorne Road abutting Roughlands Wood Northeast of, Appledore Road, Kenardington/Woodchurch
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1202
Maintenance to the existing annex roof including the cleaning off the moss and replacing cracked or damaged Kent peg tiles
81, Forge Cottage, The Street, Willesborough, TN24 0NA
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1203
Lawful development certificate - proposed - internal changes to stud walls and installation of staircase.
Kingfisher Business Centre, Unit 8, Henwood, Ashford, TN24 8DG
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1204
Removal of no.1 dead oak tree under a 5 day notice
Woodlands Caravan Park, Tenterden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8BT
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Appeal AllowedPA/2025/1205
Conversion of a garage to an independent residential dwelling with a garden area and parking
Little Etchden, Etchden Road, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3DS
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1206
Open-sided extension to existing garage (Retrospective)
Glebe Orchard Barn, Bowerland Lane, Chilham, Ashford, CT4 8AT
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1207
Single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory.
1, Littledale, Charing, TN27 0AP
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1208
Variation of conditions 2 (Approved Plans and Documents) and 17 (Highway Safety). Removal of condition 18 (Highway Mitigation Scheme) of planning permission 22/01067/AS for "The erection of a Class E retail unit alongside access, car parking, landscaping and associated works" to allow amendments to the wording of condition 2 to reference the updated plans, amend the wording of condition 17 and to remove condition 18
Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1209
Flat roofed first floor rear extension to provide 3no new bedrooms and 1no office with addition of rooflights to front elevation.
Breton Court, Grange Road, Tenterden, TN30 6EE
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1210
Non-material amendment to planning application PA/2023/2240 "Erection of four detached dwellings with associated access, carports and parking" to allow minor changes to Plot 1,2,3 and 4. External door heights and styles (rear elevation only) to plots 1,2, and 4 only. External window heights revised and fascia & soffit with applied rafter feet to soffit to all plots, changes are requested to meet building control regulation requirements
Land north of Old Clockhouse Green, Challock, Kent
Received 30 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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