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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 dates63,043Searchable applications
570Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 42,567 approved or refused records
5,335Refused applications
37,232 approved · 5,335 refused · 3,420 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 MadeNOT/2025/1266
Prior Notification for an agricultural building.
Land at Tuesnoad Lane, Tuesnoad Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3ET
Received 7 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1267
T25 - Oak - Crown reduction to a 6 Metres height (monolith), sparse canopy to encourage new growth and to minimise the risk of damaging cars and drive under. T26 - Oak - reduce 1 x lateral limb by 2 metres to prevent damage to the static caravan as overhanging
Spill Land Caravan Park, Benenden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BX
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1268
Lawful development certificate -Proposed Air Quality PM25 monitoring location.
Air Quality Monitoring Station East of 75 Kilndown Close, Stanhope
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1269
Prior approval for the change of use and conversion of an agricultural building and land within its curtilage to a dwelling house and associated operational development.
Barn at Munks Farm, Woodchurch Road, Appledore, TN26 2BJ
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1270
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed outbuilding
54, Twelve Acres, Willesborough, TN24 0ET
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1271
Removal of condition 2c (1:10 scale drawings showing details of the proposed protection of any historic floorboards) of Listed Building Consent 14/00571/AS Internal alterations at ground and first floor levels including removal of partitions at ground floor level to enlarge kitchen. At first floor level form new opening from bedroom and create an en-suite bathroom; to allow for accordance on advice from the LPA due to no historic floorboards being present.
Balcony House, Brook Street, Woodchurch, TN26 3SX
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1272
Lawful Development Certificate - proposed provision of a twin unit mobile home (not operational development) within the garden of the lawful dwelling house for use as additional accommodation by one household (not a material change of use)
Three Greens, Hamstreet Road, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1NL
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1273
T1 - Corsican Pine - Crown reduction. 3 no. lower branches overhanging the front of drive, footpath and road - reduce back the ends of the branches, by 2-3 metres in length, cutting back to suitable side branches, to give 4 metres height clearance over the drive and path and 5 metres height clearance over the road.
3 Eastwell Meadows, Tenterden, TN30 6QR
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1274
Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 3no. detached dwellings with shared private access, associated landscaping, and ecological enhancements
99 Lower Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3SG
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1276
Replacement porch to the front and two-storey side extension with landscaping following demolition of existing garage, side extension and porch.
37, Park Drive, Hothfield, TN26 1EG
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1277
Variation of condition 3 (materials) of planning permission PA/2023/0736 for Proposed repair & conversion of existing outbuilding to create supplementary accommodation to allow changes to roof material and keep 'like for like' (corrugated sheeting).
Fairview, 1 Jennings Farm Cottage, Charing Road, Pluckley, TN27 0QL
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1279
Single-storey rear and side extension following the demolition of the existing conservatory
3, Pondmore Way, Ashford, TN25 4LU
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1280
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (Ecological enhancement plan) & 4 (Landscaping scheme) for planning permission PA/2024/2178
Hans Farm, Kitsbridge Lane, Ruckinge, Ashford, TN26 2PX
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1281
Extension of vehicle crossover.
3, Cradlebridge Drive, Willesborough, TN24 0RH
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1284
T1- Sycamore - Fell - decay at the base T2 - Ash Tree - approx 13 metres high, crown reduction 2-3 metres, with a proportional width reduction of 2 metres, cutting back to appropriate branch axils.
50, Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6LL
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1285
Two-storey rear extension and changes to fenestration following demolition of existing rear single-storey extension.
High House Farm, Ebony Road, Stone, TN30 7HY
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1286
Garden office.
The Granary, Church Lane, Hothfield, TN26 1EL
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1287
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 4 (a - fenestration details) (b - ridge details) and (c - section plans external walls) of Planning Permission PA/2023/0209
Westover, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, TN27 8NT
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1290
Single-storey rear extension, roof extension to accommodate larger rear dormer, erection of greenhouse and extension of existing driveway.
2 Martins Close, Tenterden, TN30 7AJ
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1291
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (tree protection plan) and condition 3 (archaeological watching brief) of planning permission PA/2025/0389.
Land south of Ashford Road and east of Burleigh Road, Charing
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1292
Erection of a barn and track with retention of existing access (part retrospective)
Land West of North Barn, Kenardington Road, Warehorne, TN26 2LU
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1293
Prior approval for a proposed access track to allow harvesting and removal of timber
Land East of Gwent House, Caroland Close, Smeeth (submitted as Bog Farm, Caroland Close, Smeeth, Ashford, TN25 6RY)
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1294
Installation of 3 x 8 metre high flagpoles in the frontage of International House for Ashford Borough Council use. Flags to be flown would be the Borough flag, Union Jack and other ABC-approved flags
International House, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1295
Lawful Development Certificate - proposed - vehicle crossover and associated hardstanding.
40 Upper Vicarage Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AH
Received 10 Jul 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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