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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 dates67,450Searchable applications
573Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 47,013 approved or refused records
5,786Refused applications
41,227 approved · 5,786 refused · 3,595 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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 MadeOTH/2026/1465
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (External Materials), 4 (Joinery Details), & 5 (PV Solar Panels) for Listed Building Consent PA/2026/0601
Annexe At, Stone Farm, Lower Road, Stone, TN30 7JJ
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/1466
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (Sustainable Surface Water Drainage), 6 (Traffic Regulation Order Submission), 8 (Construction Management Plan) & 15 (Ground Levels) for planning permission PA/2025/0983 (approved by appeal AP-90770)
Land to the south of Chart Leacon Depot, Leacon Road, Ashford
Received 13 Aug 2026 - ClosedPA/2026/1467
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed roof mounted solar panels to rear elevation.
Kent Lodge, Hambrook Lane, Chilham, CT4 8DJ
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/1468
Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2022/2683 for Proposed erection of a Garden Office to allow changes to fenestration with the addition of one rooflight to the south elevation.
Pembles Cross Farmhouse, Egerton House Road, Egerton, TN27 9BN
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1469
First floor rear extension and insertion of window.
65 Gladstone Road, Willesborough, TN24 0BZ
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPA/2026/1470
Listed Building Consent for a single-storey side extension; refurbishment and internal alterations, including the installation of a platform lift, removal and erection of partition walls, reinstatement of a cupboard at first-floor level, and formation of new access doors to bedrooms. Works also include the installation of a soil vent pipe through the internal valley and roof, rebuilding of the existing external staircase, raising of the existing terrace to improve ground-floor access, repair of the existing timber porch, and re-establishment of the historic driveway following the demolition of the existing garage.
Halden Place, Halden Lane, Rolvenden, TN17 4JG
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/1471
Prior notification for the demolition of an agricultural building.
Priory Farm, Beckett Road, Appledore, TN26 2DR
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPA/2026/1472
Single-storey rear extension and changes to fenestration following demolition of existing conservatory.
7, Hamilton Road, Willesborough, TN24 0DJ
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1473
Single-storey side/rear extension, addition of rooflight following demolition of existing shed and conservatory.
Changes, Bower Road, Mersham, TN25 6NN
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1474
Erection of a new crop store following the demolition of the existing building and silos. (Retrospective)
White Hill Grain Store, White Hill, Boughton Aluph, TN25 4HB
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1475
Erection of attached garage at side with store at rear following demolition of existing attached garage and log store.
Crispins Rise, Forge Hill, Aldington, TN25 7DT
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/1476
Prior notification for an agricultural machinery store.
Tyde Brook Farm, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3EN
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decision MadeNOT/2026/1477
Prior notification for the formation of agricultural track.
Tyde Brook Farm, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3EN
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1478
Addition of two electric roller doors to the front of the existing detached double car port
20, Mallow Road, Willesborough, TN24 0AZ
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1479
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Single-Storey Rear Extension following the demolition of the existing extension
5, Beech Drive, Hothfield, TN26 1DS
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPA/2026/1481
Surfacing of existing track to menage and the erection of a post and wire fence (Retrospective)
Land South of Hollybush Barn, Poundhurst Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2PQ
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1483
Proposed single-storey rear and side extension.
Little Netters, Chilmington Green Lane, Chilmington Green, TN23 3DP
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/1484
T1 Monterrey Pine Remove compromised stem just above the recent tear out wound. Remove long lateral limb that arises from the retained stem and crosses into compromised part of tree. Clean our dead wood, rubbing or crossing limbs and weakly attached limbs. (SUPERSEDED SPEC T20 - Monterey Pine - crown removal leaving approximately 10ft bare trunk Reason for works - to mitigate the risk of tree becoming dangerous post a branch having fallen leaving a split)
Meadow Rise, Tile Lodge Road, Charing, TN27 0BA
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1486
Change of use from amenity land to residential. New access to highway from Twelve Acres, with vehicle crossover and associated permeable driveway
44 Breadlands Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0ER
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/1487
0825 - Oak - Remove epicormic growth to a height of 3m. 0832a - Oak - Crown lift to five a minimum height clearance of 3m from garage roof of No 22. 0833 - Oak - Crown lift to a height of 4m from ground level. 0836 - Oak - Crown lift to a height of 4m above ground level.
Aldington Meadows, Kiln Road, Aldington, TN25 7ES
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePA/2026/1488
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - Operational development comprising the formation and reinstatement of a vehicular access, entrance gates and associated access track serving land adjoining The Potteries, High Halden, Ashford TN26 3HX.
Land East of Woodgate G M & Son Breakers Yard, Kiln Pot Lane , Ashford, TN26 3HX
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPA/2026/1489
Listed Building Consent for the cleaning and specialist inspection of accessible exposed beams, and refurbishment and installation of external lighting.
Elizabeth House, The Street, Bethersden, TN26 3AE
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationOTH/2026/1490
Oak Tree - approx. 2-3 metres crown reduction Reason for works - overhanging branches into next door neighbours garden and very near our property
The Oak, Benenden Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4JE
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decision MadeOTH/2026/1491
Non-material amendment to planning permission OTH/2025/1437 (Ref CROWN/2025/0000002) for "Buildings, Goods Vehicle parking spaces, entry lanes, refrigerated semi-trailers, staff car parking spaces, access, site infrastructure, utilities, hardstanding, landscaping and ancillary facilities and associated works; and ongoing use of the site for an Inland Border Facility and Border Control Post, operating 24 hours per day, seven days per week."; to allow for changes to condition 17 (Drainage Strategy), to remove the requirement for drainage works to be conducted 'within the curtilage of the site'.
Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE
Received 18 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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