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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
63,679Searchable applications
570Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 43,281 approved or refused records
5,403Refused applications

37,878 approved · 5,403 refused · 3,448 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026
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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.

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

  1. Decision MadeNOT/2025/1558

    Prior notification for the change of use from agricultural building to one dwelling house.

    Barn 2 at, Golden Wood Farm, Brisley Lane, Ruckinge

    Received 21 Aug 2025
  2. Decision MadeNOT/2025/1560

    Prior Notification for 1 x proposed hay barn and 1 x proposed machinery storage barn

    Land South of Hillcrest, Church Lane, Shadoxhurst

    Received 21 Aug 2025
  3. Decision MadeOTH/2025/1559

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 21/00750/AS for Proposed two and three storey residential development on former light industrial site, comprising 12no. two and three bedroom townhouses and 8no. two bedroom apartments, and associated parking and landscaping to allow additional balconies, changes to fenestration, changes to floor to floor heights, internal layouts and window panel configuration.

    Site of, 55 Mabledon Avenue, Ashford, TN24 8BN

    Received 21 Aug 2025
  4. Decision MadePA/2025/1561

    Lawful development Certificate - Proposed single storey rear extension following the demolition of existing conservatory.

    1 Mill Cottage, Ashford Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3EW

    Received 21 Aug 2025
  5. Decision MadeOTH/2025/1562

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 3(iii) (Remediation Statement) of Planning Permission 18/00120/AS

    Ashford Road Service Station, Ashford Road, Chilham, CT4 8EE

    Received 22 Aug 2025
  6. Decision MadePA/2025/1563

    Construction of a pond and weir (Retrospective)

    Woodland 300 meters East of Saracens Dairy, Pluckley Road, Pluckley

    Received 22 Aug 2025
  7. Decision MadeOTH/2025/1564

    T1 - Ash - Reduce to a low pollard of six metres above ground level. Reason for works - Extensive and advancing decay is suspected throughout the central most and north east facing stems as a result of the fungal colonisation. The tree is considered to pose an unacceptable risk to users of the site and to users of the adjacent properties to the east (Thanet Terrace).

    Land West of 1 to 4 Thanet Terrace, The Street

    Received 22 Aug 2025
  8. Decision MadePA/2025/1566

    Loft conversion to bungalow to include front and rear dormer windows

    The Beehive, Ruckinge Road, Bilsington, Ashford, TN25 7FY

    Received 22 Aug 2025
  9. Decision MadePA/2025/1567

    Erection of a first floor side extension

    16 Earls Avenue, Willesborough, TN24 0AB

    Received 22 Aug 2025
  10. Decision MadePA/2025/1568

    Proposed erection of an outbuilding for use as a home office/gym, following the demolition of the existing carport.

    3 Cloth Hall Gardens, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8AT

    Received 22 Aug 2025
  11. Decision MadePA/2025/1570

    Lawful development certificate - Proposed - Side porch, addition of roof lights and Bi-Fold doors to rear.

    54 Beacon Oak Road, Tenterden, TN30 6RP

    Received 22 Aug 2025
  12. Under ConsultationPA/2025/1571

    Change of use of land and siting of a shepherd's hut for use as a holiday let (Retrospective)

    Shepherds Hut at, Kempes Hall, Harville Road, Wye, TN25 4ER

    Received 26 Aug 2025
  13. Decision MadePA/2025/1572

    Material change of use of land for the stationing of two residential caravans (mobile homes) and two touring caravans for Gypsy / Travellers; the erection of a building and the creation of an access (part retrospective)

    Land Southeast of Hatchentan, Plurenden Road, High Halden

    Received 26 Aug 2025
  14. Decision MadeOTH/2025/1573

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 4 (Materials), 10 (Landscaping Scheme), & 11 (Biodiversity Enhancements) of planning permission PA/2023/0667

    The Acorns, Shenley Road, Smarden, TN27 8PS

    Received 26 Aug 2025
  15. Decision MadePA/2025/1574

    Two-storey side and single-storey rear extension and changes to fenestration following demolition of existing single-storey side extension and removal of front canopy.

    82, Sandyhurst Lane, Ashford, TN25 4NT

    Received 26 Aug 2025
  16. Decision MadePA/2025/1576

    Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed vehicle crossover and associated hardstanding.

    30 Glover Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0RS

    Received 25 Aug 2025
  17. Decision MadePA/2025/1577

    Lawful development certificate for the proposed change of use from a class C3(a) dwelling house to a class C3(b) dwelling house

    244 Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9QN

    Received 25 Aug 2025
  18. Decision MadePA/2025/1578

    Single-storey side extension following the demolition of the garden room

    Upper Stone House, Rose Hill, Stone, Tenterden, TN30 7HH

    Received 25 Aug 2025
  19. Decision MadePA/2025/1579

    Proposed reinstatement of the front entrance door, addition of canopy to door and a garden wall and gate to the east of the dwelling.

    81, Forge Cottage, The Street, Willesborough, TN24 0NA

    Received 26 Aug 2025
  20. Decision MadePA/2025/1580

    Two-storey self-build detached dwelling with associated parking area

    Land to the west of 1 Durrant Green, Ashford Road, High Halden, TN26 3BU

    Received 26 Aug 2025
  21. Decision MadeNOT/2025/1581

    T1 Hawthorn – Fell T2 Elm - Fell T3 Beech – reduce by 1.5-2m over whole crown leaving a rounded profile wherever possible. Crown lift to 3m over footway and 5.5m over the highway. Indicative profile is shown in the annotated photos within the Officer Report.. (Superseded specification - T1 & T2 - Laburnum - to be removed as they are dying. T3 - Fir - crown reduction by 2-3 metres to reduce its height. Branches over hanging the road will be removed as they are a danger to the public.)

    Clare Cottage, The Green, Boughton Aluph, TN25 4HX

    Received 26 Aug 2025
  22. Decision MadeOTH/2025/1582

    T1 Oak Tree - Reduce back by 4 metres to gain more light into garden and keep tree from encroaching on house, canopy spread on south side reduce back from 13 metres to 9 metres.

    5, Shepherd Close, Kingsnorth, TN23 3GT

    Received 26 Aug 2025
  23. Decision MadeNOT/2025/1583

    T1) Weeping ash in severe decline - Remove deadwood back to top of main stem leaving as a monolith for wisteria. T2) 5 no. dead sycamores, along Court Lodge Road - Fell. T3) Dead contorted willow - Fell to a height of approximately 2m. T4) Dead Poplar - Fell. T5) Cherry with suspected Fire Blight (under 7.5cm dbh) - Fell to ground level.

    Court Barn, Court Lodge Road, Appledore, TN26 2DD

    Received 26 Aug 2025
  24. Decision MadeOTH/2025/1584

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 8 (Landscaping Scheme), 9 (Enhance Biodiversity) & 11 (Drainage/Surface Water) of planning permission PA/2024/1640

    Rushfield Farm, Appledore Road, Kenardington, Ashford, TN26 2NF

    Received 27 Aug 2025

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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.

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