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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 dates63,239Searchable applications
570Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 42,743 approved or refused records
5,355Refused applications
37,388 approved · 5,355 refused · 3,427 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2025/1347
Change of use for the existing livery business to sui generis for therapeutic classes with the existing livery animals and those specifically kept for equine therapy, along with general riding & carriage classes (Retrospective)
The Priory Home Farm Livery, Priory Road, Bilsington, TN25 7AU
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1348
Lawful development Certificate - Proposed - Change of use from Class C3 Dwelling to Class C2 Children's Home for up to 3 children with a manager and two carers sleeping overnight on a rota basis
35 Mountbatten Way, Brabourne, Ashford, TN25 6PZ
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1349
Prior approval - larger homes extension - single-storey rear extension (depth 5.60m x eaves 2.50 m x ridge 3.30m)
127 Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9QB
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1350
Installation of one new pole for the purposes of supplying two properties with electricity
5 West End, Susans Hill, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3RF
Received 16 Jul 2025 - Under ConsultationOTH/2025/1351
Habitat Bank Proposal
Land west of Romden North Bridge, Romden Road, Smarden
Received 15 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1352
Proposed single-storey side extension, front and side extensions at first floor level to include rooflights and associated alterations following the demolition of existing conservatory and porch. Plus the demolition and replacement of existing garage with a larger car barn.
Pear Tree Cottage, Pested Lane, Challock, TN25 4BE
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1354
Erection of a garden studio
Malthouse Farm, Rock Hill Road, Egerton, TN27 9EB
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1353
Retention of front boundary wall and entrance gates (Retrospective)
Rogers Wood, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, TN27 8ET
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1355
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Materials) & 4 (Joinery details) of listed building consent PA/2024/2281
Clappers Mead, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QL
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1356
Reinforcement of 10 spans of low voltage overhead lines between poles 736071 – 880143. Overhead line to be replaced from 2 open wires to 3 wired aerial bundled cables. Rushfield Wood PMT [362502] is to be upgraded from 25kVa to an 100kVA three phase transformer. The 5 spans of high voltage overhead line between poles 736021 – 736071 are to be replaced from two wires to three wires. Poles to be replaced in situ, with no changes in heights proposed.
Overhead Line Running Southwest of Rushfield Farm to Southview Farm, Appledore Road and Northeast of Southview Farm Appledore Road towards, Snargate Road, Kenardington
Received 16 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1357
Two-storey rear extension, porch to front elevation, increase in roof height to create an additional storey. Changes to fenestration. Solar panels to roof
28, Chart Road, Ashford, TN23 3HS
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1358
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 9 (Landscaping Scheme), 10 (Soft Landscape) and 11 (Street Lighting) of Planning permission 21/00839/AS
Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1359
Non-material amendment to 21/00839/AS for Active Travel Route to provide pedestrian access between Chilmington Avenue and the Secondary School Site entrance. The Active Travel Route comprises of a footpath and verge within land adjacent to Chilmington Green Road at Chilmington Green, Great Chart, Ashford, Kent; to allow for changes to the wording of condition 5 regarding existing hedges and hedgerows.
Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1360
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 7 (Street Lights), 8 (Landscaping Scheme), and 9 (Planting Plans) for planning permission 21/00840/AS
Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1361
Group of 5 Willows - Coppice - trees are situated in a dried-up pond at the back of the garden. Reason for works - difficult to access the end of the garden, and it is to prevent them from becoming too large and costly to manage.
13 Oaks Road, Tenterden, TN30 6RD
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1362
T1 Oak, re pollard back to previous pollard knuckles, reducing canopy by 3 meters in height and laterals T2 Oak, with an overall canopy spread or 20 meters, the aim is to prune back lower branches from house by 4 meters and reduce western limb back by 5 meters, all to gain more direct light into garden.
2, Shepherd Close, Kingsnorth, TN23 3GT
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1363
Details submitted pursuant condition 18 (Bus Stops) of Planning Permission 21/01284/AS
Land between, 82-120 Front Road, Woodchurch
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1364
Repollard Oak T1 back to previous pruning knuckles reducing overall canopy by 3 meters, current height 21 meters, also to remove north facing lower limb to balance lower crown
3 Shepherd Close, Kingsnorth, TN23 3GT
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1365
T1 Remove selective rubbing branch and prune back side of tree by 3m. T2 and T3, reduce back over hanging canopies by 3 meters. T4 remove selective low branches to achieve a 4m crown raise from ground and 3m prune back from the property. Also remove badly pruned low branches
4, Shepherd Close, Kingsnorth, TN23 3GT
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1366
Two-storey extension with associated alterations, including extended lean-to storage building and relocation of front door. Creation of new vehicular access.
19, Hambledon, Cherry Garden Lane, Wye, TN25 5AR
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1367
Proposed two-storey side extension with front and rear gables, integrated garage, front porch canopy, single-storey rear extension with balcony above, solar panels to rear-facing roof slope, new boundary wall/gates and extended dropped kerb. Following the demolition of the existing rear conservatory.
10 Sayer Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JT
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeOTH/2025/1368
T1 Oak - Upper crown reduction of 4-5 metres, opposite side limbs reduction of 2-3 metres and reduce the northwest of tree by 2-4 metres. Reason for works - Rebalance tree and improve safety and long term stability.
Great Maytham Hall, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NE
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePA/2025/1370
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Loft Conversion with rear dormer
90 Canterbury Road, Willesborough, TN24 0BN
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision MadeNOT/2025/1371
Prior Approval received on 23/07/2025 and expiring on 03/09/2025 for a single-storey rear extension with false pitch roof with a depth of 6.20m, eaves height of 2.40m and overall height of 3.80m.
Sutcliffe, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2EG
Received 23 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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