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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761 approved · 113 refused · 17 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chevening House Chevening Road Chevening Kent TN14 6HG
Received 9 Mar 2026Land North Of Highway Depot Tonbridge Road Chiddingstone Causeway Kent TN11 8JL
Received 9 Mar 2026Poundland 124A - 126 High Street Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XA
Received 9 Mar 2026Bluebell Cemetery Old London Road Badgers Mount Kent TN14 7AE
Received 9 Mar 2026Fig Tree House Otford Lane Halstead Kent TN14 7EF
Received 9 Mar 2026Faulkners Hill Farm Yorks Hill Ide Hill Kent TN14 6LG
Received 10 Mar 2026Land South Of 41 Well Road Otford Kent TN14 5PS
Received 10 Mar 2026Bulimba 65A Kippington Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2LL
Received 10 Mar 2026Red Kite Farm Cowden Pound Road Mark Beech Kent TN8 5NR
Received 11 Mar 2026Skeet Hill Farm House Daltons Road Chelsfield Orpington Kent BR6 7QD
Received 11 Mar 202673 - 75 Bradbourne Park Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 3LH
Received 9 Mar 2026Whistlers Farm How Green Lane Hever Kent TN8 7PU
Received 11 Mar 2026Lower Austin Lodge Farm Upper Austin Lodge Road Eynsford Kent DA4 0HT
Received 11 Mar 2026Cheesemans Cottage The Brooms Seal Kent TN15 0EX
Received 11 Mar 2026Cheesemans Cottage The Brooms Seal Kent TN15 0EX
Received 11 Mar 2026Land North West Of Junction Of Manor Road And Chapel Wood Road And Land North Of Butchers Lane And West Of Chapel Wood Road. Ash Kent
Received 12 Mar 202643 The Drive Sevenoaks Kent TN13 3AD
Received 12 Mar 2026Brook Cottage Leigh Road Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9AH
Received 11 Mar 2026Land East Of Chirnside House London Road West Kingsdown Kent TN15 6EJ
Received 12 Mar 202611 Bond Close Knockholt Kent TN14 7NB
Received 12 Mar 2026Blackmoor House Roodlands Lane Four Elms Kent TN8 6PG
Received 12 Mar 202630 Old London Road Badgers Mount Kent TN14 7AE
Received 12 Mar 20261 Singles Cross Cottages Blueberry Lane Knockholt Kent TN14 7NH
Received 13 Mar 2026Land East Of The Coach House London Road Farningham Kent DA4 0JP
Received 13 Mar 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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