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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 dates66,913Searchable applications
576Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 46,507 approved or refused records
5,734Refused applications
40,773 approved · 5,734 refused · 3,578 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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More application records
- Decision MadeOTH/2026/0503
Details submitted pursuant to condition 60 part B (water saving and monitoring measures) 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 13 Mar 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0504
Non-material amendment to planning permission 17/01807/AS for the Erection of a single storey building to accommodate an office and beauty salon with associated parking, services, infrastructure, ground works and landscaping, to allow for the update of the wording of Condition 6 to reflect current planning legislation, specifically replacing the outdated references to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 with reference to Class E of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020.
Elizabeth Quinn Business Centre, Pluckley Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0AH
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0505
Proposed change of use of village hall (Use Class F2) to a mixed use of village hall (Use Class F2) and pre-school (Use Class E(f))
Ruckinge Village Hall, Hamstreet Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2NU
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/0508
Felling licence consultation covered by TPO/03/00023
Longbeech Wood South of, Monkery Lane, Charing
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/0510
5 Day Notification - T1 Horse Chestnut – remove fallen tree owing to basal decay.
Land West of, 75-91 Quantock Drive, Ashford
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0511
Non-material amendment to planning application PA/2025/1173 "Placement of a modular building" to allow the modular building to be repositioned
Woodchurch Church of England Primary School, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QJ
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0515
Proposed conversion of an existing detached carport into an enclosed garage
25 Wellingtonia Close, Willesborough, TN24 0WW
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0512
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed loft conversion to include dormers.
113, Christchurch Road, Ashford, TN23 7UX
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0513
Erection of a detached workshop building, a detached garage with home office/gym above, and associated landscaping, following demolition of existing ancillary workshop buildings.
Rose Farm, Rose Farm Road, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0RG
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0514
Proposed single-storey side and rear extension following the demolition of the existing extension.
17, Prospect Way, Brabourne, TN25 6RL
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0517
Variation to Condition 4 (Approved Plans) of Planning Permission 21/00336/AS for Single storey rear extension & two storey side extension; to allow for design alterations.
5 The Poplars, Warehorne Road, Kenardington, TN26 2LX
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0518
Erection of a polytunnel and greenhouse
1, Forest Cottages, Challock, TN25 4AR
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Under ConsultationPA/2026/0519
Variation of conditions 3 (Approved Plans), 4 (Phasing), 11 (Bus Stops), 12 (Area 1 Access), 13 (Area 2&3 Access), 14 (Bond Lane Access), 15 (Bond Lane Works), 16 (Steeds Lane Access), 24 (Drainage), 27 (Sewerage Disposal), 28 (WwTW Details), 29 (WwTW Management Plan), 30 (WwTW Nitrogen & Phosphorous Figures), 31 (Drainage), 32 (WwTW Details), 33 (Noise & Vibration), 34 (Light), 35 (Noise) of Planning Permission 15/00856/AS. Outline application for a development comprising of up to 550 dwellings in a mix of size, type and tenure. Provision of local recycling facilities. Provision of areas of formal and informal open space. Installation of utilities, infrastructure to serve the development including flood attenuation, surface water attenuation, water supply, waste water facilities, gas supply, electricity supply (including sub-station, telecommunications infrastructure and renewable energy). Transport infrastructure including highway improvements in the vicinity of Ashford Road/Magpie Hall Road/Steeds Lane, Pound Lane and Bond Lane, plus an internal network of roads and junctions, footpaths and cycle routes. New planting and landscaping both within the proposed development and on its boundaries as well as ecological enhancement works. Associated groundworks; to allow for the removal of the Wastewater Treatment Works and Viability Review and refinement of conditions and points.
Land at Pound Lane, Magpie Hall Road, Bond Lane and Ashford Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0520
Construction of a 20m by 40m menage / riding arena
Ashenden Farm, Bell Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8LD
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0521
Single-storey rear extension, first-floor side/rear extension and new front porch following the demolition of the existing side porch
1 Budds Cottages, Budds Lane, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7EL
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0522
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - Use of Brunger Cottage as an independent separate dwelling
Brunger Cottage, Appledore Road, Tenterden, TN30 7DD
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0523
Erection of agricultural building (viticulture) to be used as a winery and associated hardstanding.
Tenterden Vineyard, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0524
Proposed garden building following removal of the existing garden shed and conservatory, and associated works (part retrospective).
9 Maytham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NS
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Under AppealPA/2026/0525
Construction of a two-and-a-half-storey self-build dwelling
Great Bulleign, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NQ
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0529
Listed Building Consent to lift and save existing stone slabs to pavement on south side of High Street. Excavate for foundation for new edge to highway and construct new kerbing of reclaimed stone. Re-bed and relay lifted sections of pavement using existing original stone slabs.
Bethersden Marble Pavement Fronting 1 To 17, High Street, Biddenden
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/0530
Prior approval for the change of use of part of an agricultural building to a flexible commercial use falling within Class B8 (storage or distribution)
Canal Farm, Hamstreet Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2NT
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/0531
T1 Ash Tree - Fell to ground level. Reason for works - Due to size of the tree and it overhanging various properties, no plan to re-plant at the site.
13, The Pavement, Tenterden, TN30 6DP
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0532
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed Loft Conversion with roof lights.
202, Hythe Road, Ashford, TN24 8PP
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0533
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (Staff Travel Plan), 6 (Air Quality Management Plan), 8 (Operational Waste Management Plan) and 16 (Emergency Use Strategy) of CROWN/2025/0000002 (Planning ref: OTH/2025/1437).
Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE
Received 18 Mar 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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