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Planning appeals in Ashford Borough Council

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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Ashford Borough Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 500 planning appeals in Ashford Borough Council since 2016, of which 24% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 66 decisions, 20% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 29 weeks. Figures as at 29 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

531

appeals on record since 2016

24%

of decided appeals allowed

29 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 20% allowed

By appeal type

Householder85 decided

21% allowed

Minor293 decided

25% allowed

Major43 decided

37% allowed

Commercial1 decided

100% allowed

Enforcement40 decided

0% allowed

Other62 decided

21% allowed

Not classified7 decided

0% allowed

By procedure

Written representations467 decided

20% allowed

Hearings47 decided

53% allowed

Inquiries17 decided

29% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 50 · 20% allowed 2025 · 75 · 26% allowed 2024 · 68 · 13% allowed 2023 · 42 · 24% allowed 2022 · 45 · 27% allowed 2021 · 45 · 24% allowed 2020 · 55 · 33% allowed 2019 · 67 · 20% allowed 2018 · 22 · 41% allowed 2017 · 45 · 27% allowed 2016 · 17 · 35% allowed

Latest decisions in Ashford Borough Council

Dismissed26 October 20266009946
Daniel Farm, Smarden Bell Road, Pluckley, TN27 0SY
erection of 6 holiday-lets, 2 car barns and a fishing pond, alongside a host of hard & soft landscaping works to facilitate the creation of a rural tourism business
Dismissed8 October 2026· minor6012673
Land 150metres East by Southeast of Barkleys Farm, Burnthouse Lane, Smarden, TN27 8QQ
the erection of two self-build dwellings, garages, cycle storage, bin storage, access and associated landscaping
Dismissed30 September 2026· other6011717
4-6 Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6QU
Dismissed30 September 2026· other6011714
4-6 Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6QU
Dismissed28 September 20263366212
Little Odiam, Wissenden Green, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3EW
Dismissed16 September 2026· major6006475
Land Between Copper Lodge and The Cloth Hall, Water Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QB
35 dwellings, together with all associated landscaping and infrastructure
Dismissed15 September 20266010987
Electric Substation 40m Northwest of Junction Between Chart Road and Loudon Way, Ashford, TN23 3DU
Construction and operation of a micro energy storage project
Dismissed15 September 20266010238
225 Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AF
First floor side extension for surgery and waiting room
Dismissed5 August 2026· minor6006999
Land to the Rear of 70 Lower Vicarage Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AS
Erection of 2 no. dwellings
Dismissed17 July 20266003959
Hammer Mill Farm, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, TN27 8HD
a two storey rear extension following demolition of existing
Dismissed17 July 2026· other6003958
Hammer Mill Farm, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, TN27 8HD
a two storey rear extension following demolition of existing
Dismissed15 July 2026· minor6006719
Barn 2, Golden Wood Farm, Brisley Lane, Ruckinge, TN26 2PW
Renewal of prior approval for change of use from agricultural building to one dwelling house at Golden Wood Farm, Brisley Lane, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent TN26 2PW
Dismissed9 July 2026· householder3374894
The Byre , Station Road , Smeeth, Kent, TN25 6SY
a proposed single storey side extension and replacement porch
Dismissed24 June 2026· householder6008354
37 Bishops Green, Singleton, Ashford, TN23 5BQ
fencing around property
Allowed22 June 2026· minor6003600
Tatton Barn, Hamstreet Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, TN26 2EW
Class Q prior approval for the change of use and conversion of Tatton Barn and the land within its curtilage to a 1no. residential dwelling falling within Class C3

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.