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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40,894 approved · 5,751 refused · 3,584 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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/2026/0761
Single-storey side extension. Re-ordering of windows on the rear elevation of the existing dwelling alongside the replacement of existing with timber framed windows. Construction of walled garden and ancillary landscape works. (Scheme B)
Church Farm House, Bell Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PW
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0762
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 6 (Lighting Plan) for planning permission PA/2025/2306
Tenterden Vineyard, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0763
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (green roof) of planning application PA/2025/1208
Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0764
Erection of a single residential dwelling (self build) with associated parking, outbuilding and swimming pool, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements - Revised scheme to extant planning permission 21/02220/AS
Berridge Farm, Brook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SX
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0765
Proposed Infill single-storey extension and alteration works to the ground floor of annexe.
Court Barn, Court Lodge Road, Appledore, TN26 2DD
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0766
Listed Building Consent for internal insulation to the 1950’s wing, repairs to leaking roof, internal and external repairs to windows and doors, external painting to bricks, soffits and pipes, internal painting to include ceiling beams
Rooting Street Farmhouse, Rooting Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, TN27 0PX
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0767
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing use of the property as a 7 bedroom HMO for up to 8 persons
188 Beaver Road, Ashford, TN23 7SS
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/0768
Notification of larger homes extension - single storey rear extension (depth 5.25m x ridge 3.25m x eaves 2.80m)
187, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 9QH
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0769
Construction of loft room with dormer to the rear elevation
24 Turnstone Place, Finberry, Sevington, TN25 7LB
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Under ConsultationPA/2026/0770
Single-storey rear and two storey side extensions with changes to fenestration following demolition of conservatory, annex and side extensions.
Ellis Barn Farm, Warehorne Road, Kenardington, TN26 2LY
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0771
Proposed detached garage with home office accommodation above, and associated works
Frith Cottage, Frith Road, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 7DG
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0772
Change of use of the barn from facilities building associated with Gooseberry Field Campsite (Use Class sui generis) to a single residential dwelling (Use Class C3).
Gooseberry Field Campsite, Smarden Road, Pluckley, TN27 0RE
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0773
Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) of planning permission PA/2025/2196 for the "Demolition of the existing properties and the construction of a 64 bedroom care home (C2 Use Class) with associated parking and development; to allow for the previously agreed 'buffer zone' to be integrated for residents recreational purposes" - to allow for changes to the approved floor plans comprising the conversion of one care suite to provide two separate care home bedrooms.
Stonebridge Manor, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6PY
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0774
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (render), 4 (commercial & domestic waste) and 5 (landscaping scheme) of planning permission PA/2023/0714
30 Court Wurtin, Ashford, TN23 5NH
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0775
Lawful Development Certificate – Proposed - Replacement of play equipment and installation to include Tipi carousel, swing-set, basketball net and goal posts with associated groundworks
St Michaels Recreation Ground, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6DH
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0778
Proposed installation of a covered carport to the front of the existing garage.
5 Oak Ridge, Ruckinge, Ashford, TN26 2PA
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0777
Single-storey rear extension.
19, Patrick Clayton Drive, Ashford, TN23 3SR
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/0779
Prior approval for change of use of one agricultural building and land within its curtilage to one dwelling house and associated operational development.
Medhurst Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8DZ
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0780
Part single storey and part two storey side and rear extension. Dormers to front and rear elevation. Front porch.
5 Elm Tree, Heath Road, Appledore, TN26 2DL
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0781
Listed Building Consent for single-storey side extension with glazed link. Re-ordering of windows on the rear elevation of the existing dwelling alongside the replacement of existing with timber framed windows. Construction of walled garden and ancillary landscape works following demolition of existing conservatory. (Scheme A)
Church Farm House, Bell Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8PW
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0782
Listed Building Consent for the proposed Infill single storey extension and alteration works to the ground floor of annexe, formation of a structural opening, installation of floor slabs and tiles, part removal of internal cross walls and internal doors, installation of timber wall and door, addition of glazed screens to the walkway and between the boot and work room , replacement of door to lower hall, part height timber linings, wainscoting to walls of work room and addition of ground floor window opening.
Court Barn, Court Lodge Road, Appledore, TN26 2DD
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/0783
Non Material amendment to planning permission PA/2025/2196 for - "Variation of condition 19 (Landscape Proposal drawing) of planning permission 21/00986/AS for the Demolition of the existing properties and the construction of a 64 bedroom care home (C2 Use Class) with associated parking and development; to allow for the previously agreed 'buffer zone' to be integrated for residents recreational purposes" - to allow a change of description to refer to 65 bedrooms rather than 64.
Stonebridge Manor, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6PY
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/0785
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Changes to fenestration to rear elevation
4 Martins Close, Tenterden, TN30 7AJ
Received 29 Apr 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/0786
Prior approval for the installation of 254no 114.3kWp Solar PV panels on the roof.
Kroner House, Eurogate Business Park, Thompson Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 8XW
Received 29 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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