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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 dates

67,370Searchable applications

573Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 46,940 approved or refused records

5,778Refused applications

41,162 approved · 5,778 refused · 3,594 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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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/2026/1375
Single storey rear extension following demolition of existing outbuilding
Fairview Villas, Bethersden Road, Smarden, TN27 8QT
Received 27 Jul 2026
Under ConsultationOTH/2026/1376
Details submitted pursuant to the Biodiversity Gain Plan informative for planning permission PA/2025/0651.
Ivy End Farm, Pluckley Road, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8RH
Received 28 Jul 2026
Decision MadePA/2026/1378
Listed Building Consent to lower the entrance door and removal of front steps. Internal alterations including new floor, insertion of wall, doors, stairs and stair lift.
58, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6AX
Received 29 Jul 2026
Decision MadePA/2026/1379
Display of 1no internally illuminated totem sign (Retrospective).
ALDI, Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 8QQ
Received 31 Jul 2026
Under ConsultationOTH/2026/1380
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (Contract for the construction), 8 (Archaeological field works and archaeological investigation recording & reporting), 20 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) and 22 (Street lighting) of planning permission 20/00947/AS
1, 1-11 New Rents, Ashford, TN23 1LE
Received 31 Jul 2026
Decision MadePA/2026/1381
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission PA/2025/2041 (for the laying of a concrete base and the placement of a mobile home (10 metres x 4 metres) to be used as an annex) to allow for the size of the concrete base to be changed to 10.5 metres x 4.5 metres.
60 Church Road, Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0LF
Received 31 Jul 2026
Decision MadePA/2026/1382
Listed Building Consent for the addition of a French Window to the rear, changes to the rear extension materials, and internal alterations.
Dawkins, Romden Road, Romden, Smarden, TN27 8RB
Received 29 Jul 2026
Under ConsultationOTH/2026/1383
Details submitted pursuant to Conditions 10 (LMMP),11 (LEMP),12 (Soft Landscaping) & 15 (Landscape enhancement to staff entrance) of planning permission OTH/2025/1437 Reference - CROWN/2025/0000002
Sevington Inland Border Facility, Link Road Between Junction 10a M20 To A2070, Sevington, TN25 6GE
Received 31 Jul 2026
Decision MadePA/2026/1384
Single storey rear extension
60, Church Road, Sevington, TN24 0LF
Received 31 Jul 2026
Decision MadeNOT/2026/1385
5 Day Notification for Oak Tree marked as G1 on TPO/15/00006
11 Joseph Conrad Drive, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 7ET
Received 30 Jul 2026
Under ConsultationPA/2026/1390
Proposed erection of a new-build dwelling
32, Downs Way, Charing, TN27 0JP
Received 3 Aug 2026
Decision MadePA/2026/1387
Proposed outbuilding for home office/gym use incorporating a shower & toilet (Retrospective)
Flat 1, 140 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6HT
Received 3 Aug 2026
Under ConsultationPA/2026/1388
Single-storey, three bedroom self-build dwelling with ancillary car parking, cycle and bin storage facilities.
Land North of, Infinity, 1A Tabret Close, Kennington, Ashford
Received 3 Aug 2026
Decision MadePA/2026/1391
Proposed swimming pool, associated equipment encosure, and ASHP
Catt Farm, Catts Hill, Stone, TN30 7JR
Received 3 Aug 2026
Under ConsultationPA/2026/1392
Listed Building Consent for the removal and replacement of a sash window to the living room on rear elevation with a new pre-finished timber casement window to match the existing and for the raking-out of failed low-level mortar joints on front elevation and repointing using a lime mortar mix.
Elephant House, School Hill, Chilham, CT4 8DE
Received 3 Aug 2026
Decision MadeOTH/2026/1393
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2025/0643 for Erection of a garden office/family room and pergola. Insertion of solar panels and chimney flue to existing dwelling to allow changes to size of outbuilding.
Maple Barn, Kiln Place, Naccolt, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5FA
Received 3 Aug 2026
Decision MadeNOT/2026/1394
Prior approval for change of use of two kennel buildings and land within their curtilage to two dwelling houses and associated operational development.
Curragh Kennels, Warehorne Road, Kenardington, Ashford, TN26 2LY
Received 29 Jul 2026
Under ConsultationPA/2026/1395
Construction of new timber crib retaining wall and replacing existing damaged external footpath to North Elevation.
West View Integrated Care Centre, Plummer Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6TX
Received 3 Aug 2026
Under ConsultationPA/2026/1396
Change of use, conversion and adaptive reuse of a redundant former grain store to provide 2 no. self-build detached dwellings, together with an ancillary domestic workshop/studio, ground-mounted PV Array, parking, landscaping and residential curtilage, following the partial demolition of the existing building.
Former Grain Store, Rose Hill, Stone
Received 4 Aug 2026
Under ConsultationPA/2026/1397
New gated entrance set back 5m from the road with associated fencing
Land known as Oakleigh Field west of Oakleigh Farm, High Halden
Received 4 Aug 2026
Decision MadeOTH/2026/1399
T1 Hornbeam - Fell. Hornbeam has cavity at the base 0.5m deep. T2 Oak - Fell. Oak has deadwood throughout. Both tree works to enable widening of driveway to 4.8m
Orlestone Grange, Church Lane, Hamstreet, TN26 2EN
Received 4 Aug 2026
Decision MadePA/2026/1400
Conversion of an existing outbuilding into an annex ancillary to the main dwelling, including the installation of rooflights and alterations to the existing fenestration.
Rockhill Oast House, Rock Hill Road, Egerton, Ashford, TN27 9DP
Received 4 Aug 2026
Decision MadeNOT/2026/1401
Prior Approval for the change of use of the existing agricultural barn and associated works to one dwelling house. (Use Class C3)
Hartsfield Farm, Cranbrook Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8FU
Received 29 Jul 2026
Decision MadeNOT/2026/1402
Prior notification received on 04/08/2026 and expiring on 15/09/2026 for a single-storey rear extension with a depth of 3.50m, eaves height of 2.80m and overall height of 2.80m.
25, Gladstone Road, Willesborough, TN24 0BY
Received 4 Aug 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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