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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 dates67,163Searchable applications
575Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 46,743 approved or refused records
5,761Refused applications
40,982 approved · 5,761 refused · 3,590 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 MadePA/2026/1001
Lawful Development Certificate – Proposed - Single-storey rear extension, insertion of windows to the side elevation at ground floor level; following demolition of the existing conservatory
Rivendale, The Street, Brook, TN25 5PF
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1003
Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of Planning Permission PA/2026/0456; to allow an increase in the width of the approved single-storey side extension, and changing the gable end roof to a barn hipped roof.
Armley House, Shoreham Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6EH
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1004
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Garage conversion including a new window to replace the existing garage door
18 Longbridge, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0TA
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Under ConsultationPA/2026/1005
Listed Building Consent for the erection of a single storey lean-to greenhouse to the south elevation; installation of replacement balustrades and remodelling of the existing external staircase including removal of canopy; insertion of a partition wall at first floor level to facilitate separation of home office and occasional guest accommodation; installation of a Juliet balcony to the north elevation; replacement first floor external door and windows including infilling of one window opening; replacement garage doors with traditional barn-style timber doors; internal alterations including installation of a ground floor shower room/WC and insulation throughout in connection with the conversion of the outbuilding to a self-contained home office with occasional guest accommodation.
Stanley House, Pluckley Road, Smarden, TN27 8NQ
Received 2 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1006
Listed Building Consent for internal alteration's including non-structural studwork and plasterboard skim creating an ensuite shower room to rear first floor bedroom and removal and reforming of non-load bearing wall enlarging the ground floor utility room.
The Old Corner House, 6 Poplar Road, Wittersham, Tenterden, TN30 7PG
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1007
Listed Building Consent for insertion of beam to ground floor ceiling, relocation of partition wall, remove partitions and amend openings, reduction of kitchen floor level by removing of existing and laying of new concrete floor and works to existing step, alterations to stairs, installation of bracket to rafter, and insert tie straps into wall.
37-39 The Street, Wittersham, TN30 7EA
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/1008
5 Day Tree Notification - Horse Chestnut in Tenterden recreation ground over high pedestrian area and lane. Tenterden conservation area. Previous stem removal and reductions. One further stem now completely dead. Two remaining with significant die back. Decay through centre of crown break. We would like to monolith to crown break. Hopefully leaving plenty of epicormic to keep it going.
Tenterden Recreation Ground, East Cross, Tenterden
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1009
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Erection of a shed/workshop
4 Nursery Cottages, Thornden Lane, Rolvenden, TN17 4PS
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1010
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - Change of use of land to residential garden
Old Orchard Oast, Cage Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QE
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/1012
Details submitted pursuant to condition 3 (External Materials) for planning permission PA/2025/1515
Dawkins, Romden Road, Romden, Smarden, TN27 8RB
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/1014
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 5 (Car Park Drainage) & 10 (Biodiversity Lighting) for planning permission PA/2025/2196
Stonebridge Manor, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6PY
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/1015
W1 - 18 x Hazel - Coppice Reason for works - Woodland maintenance Work to be carried out Winter 2026-27
Shaw House, Station Road, Pluckley, TN27 0QX
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/1016
5 Day Notification - One for removal and one for a 5 metre reduction as discussed with Tree Officer TPO/19/00011 & TPO/22/00004 - thin crown and dieback
Spill Land Caravan Park, Benenden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8BX
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Under ConsultationPA/2026/1018
Change of use from commercial to 2no residential flats.(part retrospective)
First Floor And Second Floor, 18 North Street, Ashford, TN24 8JN
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Under ConsultationPA/2026/1019
Demolition of existing general storage, warehousing and workshop and replacement with new buildings for Class E(g) and Class B8 (Storage and Distribution) uses with associated parking and new vehicular access to/from Ashford Road to replace existing vehicular access.
Beult Barn, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Ashford, TN23 3DH
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1020
Change of use of land for the erection of a one-and-a-half-storey, self-build detached dwelling, together with a detached car barn and associated infrastructure.
Land north of The Bungalow, Green Lane (Submitted as Green Lane Stables, Green Lane, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4DN)
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/1021
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 4 (Landscaping) and 5 (Walls and Fences) of planning permission PA/2024/1440
The Granary, Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5ED
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1022
Infilling of section of pond (retrospective)
Berridge Farm, Brook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SX
Received 9 Jun 2026 - ValidPA/2026/1023
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Proposed air source heat pump installation in the front garden
2 Midleton Cottage, Faversham Road, Eastwell, TN25 4HP
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1024
Variation of condition 4 (hours of operation) of planning permission 04/02074/AS for Change of use and conversion of building from agricultural use into small units for light industry and storage (Class B1/B8) use to allow for extension of working hours.
Shottenden Manor Farm, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, TN25 4JR
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1025
9no. Internally and externally illuminated elevational signage
Land at Waterbrook Park west of, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, TN24 0LH
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/1026
Overhead Lines Notification - installation of a new wooden pole and platform to create an H pole. The existing pole is to be retained; the existing transformer is to be removed and replaced with a larger unit in order to resolve a localized justified voltage compliant. Ref: C7557
Hinxhill Road from junction with Goodcheap Lane to Nackolt Road, Wye
Received 3 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1027
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Erection of a new light industrial building, ancillary to the existing light industrial building/Warehouse
The Old Petrol Station at, Heartsay Garage, Headcorn Road, Biddenden (Submitted as: Heartsay Workshop, Headcorn Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8JY)
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/1028
Prior notification for the erection of an agricultural building for the storage of farm machinery and hay.
Kingsmill Down Farm, Hastingleigh, Ashford, TN25 5JJ
Received 10 Jun 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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