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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Sevenoaks District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
761 approved · 113 refused · 17 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jan 2020 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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Sevenoaks District Council — Article 4 Direction · checked 14 Sept 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0. Sevenoaks District Council
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.
75 Fens Way Hextable Kent BR8 7SW
Received 12 Jan 202663 Bradbourne Vale Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 3DW
Received 12 Jan 2026Chance Cottage Maidstone Road Seal Kent TN15 0EJ
Received 13 Jan 2026Land South West Of Black Barn Stud Pells Lane West Kingsdown Kent TN15 6AU
Received 13 Jan 2026Hartdene Barns Hartfield Road Cowden Kent TN8 7HF
Received 8 Jan 2026Site Of Tanglewood Parkfield Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0HX
Received 19 Jan 2026Site Of 136 High Street Sevenoaks Kent
Received 19 Jan 2026Dittel House Farm New Street Road Hodsoll Street Kent TN15 7JY
Received 20 Jan 202638 Main Road Sundridge Kent TN14 6EP
Received 20 Jan 2026The Elms Nursery Bough Beech Road Four Elms Kent TN8 6ND
Received 20 Jan 2026The Broom The Brooms Seal Kent TN15 0EU
Received 26 Jan 202610 Oak Lane Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1NF
Received 26 Jan 2026Eastfield Froghole Lane Crockham Hill Kent TN8 6TD
Received 26 Jan 2026Land North Of Kiltanon Chapel Wood Road Ash Kent TN15 7HX
Received 28 Jan 20268 Church Cottages Church Street Shoreham Kent TN14 7SB
Received 29 Jan 2026Destiny Kingsingfield Road West Kingsdown Kent TN15 6LJ
Received 30 Jan 2026Crown House Main Road Knockholt Kent TN14 7LS
Received 30 Jan 2026Deans Farm Firmingers Road Orpington Kent BR6 7QQ
Received 30 Jan 2026Chestnuts Pilgrims Way Kemsing Kent TN15 6XB
Received 2 Feb 2026Land East Of Eggpie Cottage Egg Pie Lane Sevenoaks Weald Kent TN14 6NP
Received 3 Feb 2026The Mill House Ide Hill Road Four Elms Kent TN8 6NS
Received 3 Feb 2026Sandholme Chipstead Lane Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2RE
Received 3 Feb 202617 Broughton Road Otford Kent TN14 5LY
Received 4 Feb 2026Land East Of 129 West End Kemsing Kent
Received 6 Feb 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Sevenoaks District 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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