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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 dates67,054Searchable applications
575Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 46,645 approved or refused records
5,751Refused applications
40,894 approved · 5,751 refused · 3,584 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/0709
Extension to existing Class E and B8 building as well as the change of use of the agricultural land to ancillary Class E and B8 use
Unit 1 Leda Park, Maidstone Road, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0EW
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/0711
Prior approval to alter/upgrade 2 x existing entrances to create access.
Land North & Land East of High Brooms, Bethersden Road, Smarden
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0712
Non-material amendment to planning application 17/01170/AS for "Layout, Access, Scale, Landscaping and Appearance of development at Chilmington Green for the 346 residential dwellings, which comprises of a mix of two bedroom apartments, two, three, four and five bedroom houses within Land Parcels B, C, J & K within Main AAP Phase 1" to allow changes to the layout, minor amendments to the apartment blocks hard and soft landscaping to adjust some paving details.
Land at Chilmington Green, Ashford Road, Great Chart, Ashford
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0713
Removal of condition 01 naming Mr Jackman attached to planning permission 03/00931/AS for "Removal of personal condition 01 attached to planning permission 90/00686/AS to allow the mobile home to be used by Mr Colin Jackman".
Papillons, Station Road, Appledore, Ashford, TN26 2DF
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0714
Conversion of detached double garage into ancillary residential accommodation in support of the main dwelling, together with associated works.
Bishops Cottage, The Street, Hastingleigh, TN25 5HU
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0715
Details submitted pursuant to condition 13 (Disposal of sewage) of planning permission PA/2026/0145
Millgarth, The Hill, Charing, TN27 0LU
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0716
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 10 (verification report) of planning permission PA/2026/0144.
Land rear of Millgarth, The Hill, Charing
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0717
Single-storey rear extension, conversion and external cladding of the rear part of the existing garage, including changes to the existing fenestration, new flat roof over the whole garage and insertion of a rooflight.
21, Scotton Street, Wye, TN25 5BU
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0718
Conversion of outbuilding to an annexe to support the main dwelling
Studio at, Hill Side, Weekes Lane, Brabourne, TN25 5LZ
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0719
Lawful development certificate - proposed - construction of an outbuilding for use as a dog grooming business
8, Old Orchard, Singleton, TN23 4PY
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0720
Retention of existing static mobile home for proposed use as an ancillary annexe (part retrospective)
Brookside House, Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 8QE
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0721
Details submitted pursuant to condition 8 (Biodiversity Enhancement Plan (BEP)) & condition 9 (Construction Ecological Management Plan (CEMP)) for planning permission PA/2025/1580
Part of garden at 1 Durrant Green, Ashford Road, High Halden
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0722
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans and documents) of planning permission PA/2024/2198 for 2-storey side & single-storey rear extension. Roof space conversion with new dormer & roof light to rear elevation. Alter the existing roof structure to form a new gable. Following the demolition of the existing outbuilding/garage, to allow for changes to fenestration.
4 Hadman Cottages, Bell Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8PW
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0723
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (Ecological Enhancement - Water Voles) for planning permission 19/00025/AS.
Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0724
Listed Building Consent for replacement of roof covering and associated works
Baker Farm House, Link Hill Lane, Egerton, Ashford, TN27 9BG
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0725
Change of use of land to residential for the siting of 3 mobile homes including hardstanding and associated landscaping
Herwish, Martens Lane, High Halden, Ashford, TN26 3JP
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0726
Non-material amendment to planning permission 19/00816/AS for "Outline application with all matters reserved for the erection of two detached dwellings with associated driveway and access," to allow changes to the foul drainage method and the introduction of an attenuation tank and pump on site.
2 Goose Cottages, Heath Road, Appledore, Ashford, TN26 2AU
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0727
Single-storey rear extension following the removal of the existing building. Enclosed porch and associated works to replace existing porch canopy.
16, Sunnyside, The Street, Wittersham, TN30 7ED
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0728
Proposed vehicular crossover
7 Cryol Road, Ashford, TN23 5AP
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0729
Construction of a detached one-and-a-half-storey garage with garden room/store and games room above, following the demolition of the existing garage (part retrospective)
Denham, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AR
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0730
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission PA/2025/1208
Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0731
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 4 (Approved details-1:20 scale survey drawings and annotated photographs indicating areas of brick flooring it is proposed to lift and relay) of Listed Building Consent PA/2025/2219
Sheerland House, Swan Lane, Pluckley, TN27 0PL
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0732
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 74 (Ecology) of 18/00098/AS
Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Kent
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/0733
Prior approval for the change of use and conversion of an agricultural building and land within its curtilage to two dwelling houses and associated operational development.
Vine Hall Farm, Office At, Woodchurch Road, Bethersden, TN26 3JY
Received 21 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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