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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
68,115Searchable applications
573Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 47,822 approved or refused records
5,861Refused applications

41,961 approved · 5,861 refused · 3,616 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Aug 1994 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Council contacts

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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

  1. Decision MadeOTH/2026/1873

    Details submitted pursuant to Conditions 3 (Materials) & 4 (Joinery details) of Listed Building Consent PA/2026/0588

    High House Farm, Ebony Road, Stone, Tenterden, TN30 7HY

    Received 12 Oct 2026
  2. Decision MadeNOT/2026/1876

    5 day notification - T11 reduce tree to 4-5m height owing to basal decay and T12 reduce tree to 8m height (as T10) owing to rot holes in stem.

    Little Criol Wood, Criol Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1AQ

    Received 16 Oct 2026
  3. Decision MadePA/2026/1878

    Lawful Development Certificate for garage conversion, to brick up and insert window to garage door opening with associated works

    139 Tally Ho Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1HW

    Received 16 Oct 2026
  4. Under ConsultationPA/2026/1877

    Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) and 3 (Drainage Scheme) of Planning permission PA/2023/1175 for Erection of 9 bungalows with the provision of new public amenity space, together with associated access from Mill Lane, parking, landscaping, and infrastructure; to allow for an amendment to the drainage design.

    Land between Boughton Cottage and Millview Cottage, Mill Lane, Smarden

    Received 16 Oct 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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