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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40,773 approved · 5,734 refused · 3,578 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 MadePA/2026/0618
Change of use of the building to part residential (Class C3) and part commercial use (Class E), and the construction of a roadway and parking area, together with associated landscaping. (Retrospective)
Land Northeast of Orlestone Grange, Church Lane, Hamstreet
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/0619
Prior approval for an extension to existing cattle barn
Wissenden Lodge Farm, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3EJ
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0620
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - Confirmation of lawful commencement of the planning permission 22/00972/AS
New Barn Farm, Pluckley Road, Bethersden, TN26 3EU
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0621
T2 - Oak - Crown lift giving ground clearance to 3.5m by removing minor growth. Reason for works - Provide ground clearance for agricultural machinery
Land West of Wallington House Pluckley Road access from, Mill Lane, Smarden
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0622
Proposed greenhouse.
Honywood House, Pett Lane, Charing, TN27 0DS
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0624
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Integral garage to be converted to a habitable room/ bedroom, including 3 velux windows to front and rear elevations.
282, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 9QN
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0625
Replacement of an existing tented dry valet facility with a new metal cladded building
Mercedes Benz Of Ashford, Monument Way, Sevington, TN24 0HB
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0626
Single storey front and rear extension, part single & part two storey side extension; following demolition of existing side extension
16 Churchfield Way, Wye, TN25 5EQ
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0627
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Erection of a one and a half storey rear extension with external decking area. Alteration to existing fenestration. Extension of existing hardstanding
Woodfield Farm, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2EQ
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0628
Proposed single storey side extension and alterations to rear fenestration
13 Ashenden, Smarden, TN27 8RT
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0629
Variation of Condition 12 (use class) of planning permission 22/00605/AS - to replace the approved Unit 4 of application 19/01525/AS with a new unit to provide ancillary space and services to units 1,2 and 3 and amendments to parking layout - to allow Unit 4 (as edged in red on the submitted Location Plan) to be used for: Use Class E - Commercial, business and service (excluding use classes E(a), E(b) and E(f) and also excluding Banks / Building Societies, Estate Agents, Travel Agents, Doctors Surgeries and Dentist Surgeries)
Tenterden Business Centre, Ashford Road TN30 6SP
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0630
Variation of Condition 2 (B1 office use) of planning permission 17/01834/AS for Redevelopment of Existing Commercial and Retail Premises, including erection of 3 replacement buildings to B1 Office Use, Including Serviced Offices, Parking and Landscaping Provisions, and Installation of New (Dedicated) Highway Access with gate Serving Hallmark Farmhouse - to allow Unit 1 to be used for: Use Class E – Commercial, business and service (excluding use classes E(a) and E(b))
Tenterden Business Centre, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6SP
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0631
Variation of condition 12 (B1 office use) of planning permission 19/01525/AS for Redevelopment of existing commercial and retail premises, including erection of 3 replacement buildings to B1 Office use, parking and landscaping provisions, installation of new (dedicated) highway access with gate serving Hallmark Farmhouse (revision to planning permission 17/01834/AS to extend units 2 & 3, erection of unit 4; alterations to design, opening hours and associated works) - to allow Units 1, 2 and 3 to be used for: Use Class E - Commercial, business and service (excluding use classes E(a), E(b), E(d) and E(f) and also excluding Banks / Building Societies, Estate Agents, Travel Agents, Doctors Surgeries and Dentists Surgeries). Plus, to allow unit 4 to be used for: Use Class E - Commercial, business and service (excluding use classes E(a), E(b) and E(f) and also excluding Banks / Building Societies, Estate Agents, Travel Agents, Doctors Surgeries and Dentists Surgeries)
Tenterden Business Centre, Ashford Road TN30 6SP
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0635
Open-sided timber carport (Retrospective)
Lacton Lodge, The Street, Willesborough, TN24 0JD
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Under ConsultationOTH/2026/0639
Details submitted pursuant to condition 10 (Reptile Translocation) for planning permission PA/2022/2851 (Appeal Ref - APP/E2205/W/23/3322574)
Land between Myrtle Court and White Chimneys, Ashford Road
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0640
Details submitted pursuant to condition 31 (Geo-archaeological Field Evaluation - Part i only) of planning permission 19/00025/AS in relation to Phase 1 (Bowls Club only).
Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0641
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 25 (Underground Services), 26 (Services Plan), 28 (Contamination Remediation Strategy), 29 (Foul and Surface Water Sewage Disposal) and 57 (Piling) for planning permission 19/00025/AS in relation to the Bowls Club only.
Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0642
Details submitted pursuant to the partial discharge of Condition 35 (Broadband Services) pursuant to planning permission 19/00025/AS in relation to the Bowls Club only.
Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Under ConsultationNOT/2026/0643
Reserved matters application for the approval of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of the residential element, comprising 15 dwellings, pursuant to planning permission PA/2022/2851 (Appeal Ref - APP/E2205/W/23/3322574)
Land between Myrtle Court and White Chimneys, Ashford Road, Kingsnorth
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0644
Proposed two-storey front extension
13, Harrow Way, Kingsnorth, TN23 3JB
Received 2 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0646
T1 - Sycamore maple - 2m crown reduction Specification amended from 3m reduction with agreement from applicant, Reason for works - encroaching on neighbours houses and powerlines.
75 Lower Vicarage Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9BH
Received 2 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0647
Variation of Conditions 2 (Approved Plans) and 5 (Materials) of Planning Permission PA/2025/0418 for Change of use and Conversion of agricultural store building and land within its curtilage to residential dwelling; to allow for a revised ridge height and elevations plus additional timber cladding to accompany the revisions.
Annexe at, Rose Villa, The Street, Stone
Received 2 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0648
Proposed erection of an additional storey above the existing building, together with a side garage and a rear infill extension.
15, Bower Road, Mersham, TN25 6NN
Received 2 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0649
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (Hedge Planting Scheme) for planning permission PA/2026/0026 (retrospective)
The Pines, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LN
Received 2 Apr 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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