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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40,545 approved · 5,713 refused · 3,567 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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 MadeNOT/2026/0180
Prior Notification for general purpose agricultural storage building for agricultural machinery, equipment and temporary grain storage.
Nash Court, Watery Lane, Westwell, TN25 4JL
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0181
Proposed erection of 26 panel domestic ground mounted solar array, and associated works.
Lashenden, Frittenden Road, Biddenden, TN27 8LF
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0182
Variation of conditions 2 (Approved Plans) & 9 (Boundary Planting) for Planning Permission PA/2022/2312 "Use of the site for open storage (Use Class B8) with associated laying of hard standing installation of perimeter fence"; to allow for creation of a new access.
Land adjacent to Bombardier Transportation Ltd, Beaver Lane, Ashford, TN23 4TX
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0183
Change of use from vacant office use (Class E) to education use (Class F1) and associated external works including reconfiguration of parking, landscaping, fencing, external alterations to building and a multi-use games area.
Focus House, Bridge Road, Ashford, TN23 1HA
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0184
Demolition of existing agricultural buildings and erection of single-storey dwelling (Self Build) and detached garden room with associated works including new vehicular access and driveway, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements.
Agricultural buidings named DG Grinding, Gribble Bridge Lane, Biddenden
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Under AppealPA/2026/0185
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Repositioning and re-use of an existing close-boarded timber fence, with concrete posts, to enclose the residential garden. The fence would have a maximum height of approximately 1.8 metres and would be positioned behind an existing and continuous boundary hedge, which forms the physical and visual interface with the adjacent access road.
12 Conker Close, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3LL
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0186
Proposed dormer roof extension to rear pitched roof
2 Cherry Gardens, Ashford, TN23 6LG
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0187
Proposed porch and rear extension. First floor extension to include rooflights. Construction of a detached garage and a detached workshop.
Meadowcroft, Green Lane, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4BL
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0188
Proposed installation of a matt black stainless steel twin-wall flue to the front elevation.
Eveden, Lossenham Lane, Newenden, TN18 5QD
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0189
Loft conversion including the erection of 2no dormers to rear elevation and 2no roof lights and 1no sun tunnel to front elevation.
18, Acorn Close, Kingsnorth, TN23 3HR
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0190
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 14 (Sewage Disposal) of Planning Permission PA/2023/0273
Blackberry Mead Farm, Pilgrims Way, Westwell, Ashford, TN25 4NQ
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0191
Proposed two-storey dwelling (Self-Build)
Land North of Oak Tree View, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/0192
T1 Maple tree and T2 Holly tree. Fell - Trees are too big and causing the brick wall to crack adjacent to public walkway.
14 Bells Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6ES
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0193
Discharge of Condition 9 (Construction Management Plan) of Planning Permission PA/2022/2768
Heathlock, Canterbury Road, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4DW
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0194
Erection of garden store.
Balcony House, Brook Street, Woodchurch, TN26 3SX
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0195
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (materials), 6 (hard and soft landscaping), 9 (bicycle storage), 11 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan), 12 (biodiversity revised landscape and elevations) & 15 (fine details) of planning permission PA/2024/2394.
Land between the Pig and Whistle Farmhouse and Minden Cottage, Ashford Road, Great Chart
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0196
Variation of planning conditions 2 (Approved plans and documents), condition 5 (Surface water drainage details) and condition 16 (Operational lighting details) of planning permission PA/2022/2950 for the Erection of a synchronous condenser plant with ancillary infrastructure, access, landscaping and other incidental works to allow for Condition 2 - To be updated to reflect the revised plans. Condition 5 - To be re-discharged to reflect the revised surface water drainage design and Condition 16 - To be re-discharged to reflect the final lighting design.
Field to the west of National Grid Converter Station, Church Lane, Aldington
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0197
Listed Building Consent for the installation of 4 solar panels to the rear flat roof extension.
81-83 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6LB
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0198
Proposed single storey rear and side extensions following demolition of 3no existing outbuildings.
Rolvenden Primary School, Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4LS
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0199
Two-storey outbuilding following demolition of existing outbuilding.
The Willows, Spelders Hill, Brook, TN25 5PB
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0200
Conversion of integral garage into habitable room with changes to fenestration.
41, Manor House Drive, Kingsnorth, TN23 3LP
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/0201
T1 - Weeping Pear - Reduce by 2m in height and trim, T2 - Tulip Tree and T3 Willow Tree - Reduce by 4m in height and 3m off lateral limb, T4 - Maple Tree - Reduce by 3m in height and 2m off lateral limbs, T5 Hornbeam Tree - Reduce by 4m in height and 3m off lateral limbs, T6 Conifer Tree - Reduce laterals encroaching from neighbours from 1m at the bottom of tree rising to 0.5m and then 0.25m as T6 rises.
Stableside, Hambrook Lane, Chilham, CT4 8DJ
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0202
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and removal of Condition 4 (obscure glazing) of planning permission PA/2025/1595 for Proposed single-storey side and rear extension to allow for change of roof from pitched to flat.
Coach House, Hookstead, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3NE
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0204
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed dropped kerb and creation of off road parking.
1, Barn Platt, Ashford, TN23 7UQ
Received 3 Feb 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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