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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 dates66,651Searchable applications
576Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 46,258 approved or refused records
5,713Refused applications
40,545 approved · 5,713 refused · 3,567 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 1995 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decision MadePA/2026/0097
Proposed rear single storey extension
5, Acorn Close, Kingsnorth, TN23 3HR
Received 20 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0100
Variation of condition 1 (approved Plans) for planning permission PA/2024/2254 "Variation of condition 1 (approved Plans) for planning permission PA/2024/0699 - Variation of condition 1 (approved plans) of planning permission PA/2023/1741" to allow for amendments to approved plans for internal amendments to units 18 and 35
Former Wye College Campus, High Street, Wye
Received 20 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0101
Single storey side extension (retrospective)
120, Lakemead, Singleton, TN23 4XZ
Received 20 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0102
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations to unit 18 including timber cladding of internal walls, opening up/restoration of vaulted roof, changes to layout of first floor bathrooms, move internal walls to ground floor, blocking up and relocation of doorways. Unit 35 including removal of internal walls and blocking up of doorway.
Former Wye College Campus, High Street, Wye
Received 20 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/0103
T1: Ash tree to have an overall reduction of 3m and remove the deadwood. Included unions at base causing possible failure points.
Land to the North of Rowan Tree, Cage Lane
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0104
Proposed rear and front infill extension, with associated works including changes to fenestration. Proposed detached garage building, pool house and swimming pool.
Hoseney House, Sandy Lane, Tenterden, TN30 7DA
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0105
Erection of a new lock up garage (Retrospective)
Garages rear of 35 to 41, Christchurch Road, TN23 7XE
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0106
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (external lighting) of planning permission PA/2024/2313.
Unit 2, Arrowhead Road, Waterbrook Park, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0FL
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0107
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2024/1272 for erection of 9 dwellings with access, parking, cycle storage, refuse storage, landscaping, pumping station and other associated works to allow changes to first floor layout of plot 6 and allow bathroom windows to plots 6 and 9 to be opening.
Land at Gate House (16A Townland Close) and land to the south and east of Gate House (16A Townland Close), Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8AR
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0108
Two storey side/rear extension and first floor side extension. Shortening of garage. Changes to fenestration.
39 Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6LL
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0109
Proposed first floor side extension and front porch.
30, Tilden Close, High Halden, TN26 3LR
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0110
T1. Crown reduction on Oak by 1.5 meters to previous growth unions.
93, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6LB
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0111
Discharge of conditions 3 (Drainage) & 16 (Ground Levels) of Planning Permission PA/2022/2312
Land adjacent to Bombardier Transportation Ltd, Beaver Lane, Ashford, TN23 4TX
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0115
Non-material amendment to planning permission 19/00025/AS for Hybrid planning application seeking: (i) Outline planning permission (all matters reserved except for points of access) for up to 437 dwellings; formal and informal open space incorporating SuDS; and associated services, infrastructure and groundworks; and (ii) full planning permission for the erection of 288 dwellings; the creation of serviced plot of land to facilitate the delivery by Kent County Council of a two-form entry primary school with associated outdoor space and vehicle parking; a new Bowls Centre including a clubhouse of 292 sq m, ancillary buildings and a bowling green; a local centre to provide 280 sq m of A1 (retail), 180 sq m of A1 (retail foodstore) , 100 sqm A3 (café), 75 sq m A5 (takeaway), 190 sq m D2 (gym/fitness studio space), open space incorporating SuDS; vehicle parking; and associated services, structural landscaping, infrastructure and groundworks to allow changes to wording of condition 20 regarding legislation.
Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0116
Non-material amendment to planning permission 16/00125/AS for Construction of 326 new dwellings with associated access, parking, landscaped areas including a neighbourhood play area, internal roads for the development, details of distributor roads E and F, Waterbrook Link Road, a district play area north of Captain's Wood and surface water drainage measures; to allow changes to the layout of the residential plots, alter the design and layout of apartment Blocks 4, 5 and 9, and to include the addition of earth bunds to the public amenity area within Phases B6-B8.
Land south of Captains Wood, Land at Cheesemans Green, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0117
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 4 (Landscaping) for Planning Permission PA/2025/0687
Woolpack Corner, Woolpack Corner Farm, Benenden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8BU
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0119
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 changes to: Rearrangement of parking bays along Mabledon Avenue to maintain 10 number bays. Adjust landscape to match new bay configuration and omit one set of steps down to the site
55, Site Of, Mabledon Avenue, Ashford, TN24 8BN
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0120
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (Aboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan) and condition 6 (Biodiversity Enhancement Plan) of planning permission PA/2025/0008
Challock Cricket Pavillion, Blind Lane, Challock, TN25 4AU
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0121
Listed Building Consent for the conversion of barn to single dwelling
Barn At, Little Singleton Farm, Goldwell Lane, Great Chart, TN26 1JS
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0124
Non-material amendment to planning permission 21/01267/AS (for the erection of detached garage and fencing), to allow for the increase of the roof pitch to 35°, the addition of two sets of double wooden doors, a lean-to log store, and the weatherboarding and fencing to be softwood feather edge stained black.
The Stable, The Wickets, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0FT
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0122
Details submitted pursuant to condition 5 (part B) (BREEAM) of planning permission 19/00025/AS in relation to Block C of the Local Centre only.
Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/0123
T1 - Bay (marked B on plan) - reduce height by up to 4m due to blocking light to neighbouring properties. T2 - Sycamore (marked S on plan) - reduce height by up to 4m due to blocking light to neighbouring properties.
26 Beacon Oak Road, Tenterden, TN30 6RY
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0125
T1 and T2 Sycamore- Crown reduction of 3 metres. Reason for works - Both trees have significant stem decay caused by radiated heat damage resulting from a fire 10+ years ago. They form 1 canopy so it is recommended a crown reduction of both to reduce risk of stress to the 2 large cavities which is evident on T2 and to a lesser extent T1.
Kennington Lodge, The Grove, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9HA
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0126
T1 and T2 Hollies- Reduce both hollies by 1.5 m all round. Reason For Works - All round pre-emptive reduction works as outgrowing the location, sits between the junction of two roads and the adjacent property(no 10).
10 Kennington Place, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9HZ
Received 23 Jan 2026
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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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