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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761 approved · 113 refused · 17 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Old Post Office Cottages Stone Street Seal Kent TN15 0LH
Received 10 Apr 2026205 London Road Dunton Green Kent TN13 2TB
Received 10 Apr 2026Octavia House Camberwell Lane Ide Hill Kent TN14 6JN
Received 10 Apr 2026Land North Of 209 Main Road Sundridge Kent TN14 6EJ
Received 10 Apr 2026Rosecroft Ash Road Hartley Kent DA3 7EL
Received 10 Apr 2026The End House High Street Brasted Kent TN16 1HU
Received 10 Apr 202672 Hever Road Edenbridge Kent TN8 5DJ
Received 10 Apr 2026Home Farm Oast Chiddingstone Hoath Kent TN8 7DD
Received 10 Apr 2026Primrose House Charcott Leigh Kent TN11 8LJ
Received 13 Apr 2026Romneys Highlands Hill Swanley Kent BR8 7NB
Received 13 Apr 202614 Top Dartford Road Hextable Kent BR8 7RT
Received 31 Mar 2026Building Q14 DRA Fort Halstead Crow Drive Halstead Kent TN13 2TL
Received 13 Apr 2026Maytree Cottage 17 Highland Road Badgers Mount Kent TN14 7BA
Received 13 Apr 2026Land West Of The Croft Swanley Kent
Received 13 Apr 2026Kent Cottage Wildernesse Mount Sevenoaks Kent TN13 3QS
Received 13 Apr 2026Chiddingstone Castle Hill Hoath Road Chiddingstone Kent TN8 7AD
Received 13 Apr 2026Fir Tree House Penshurst Road Penshurst Kent TN11 8DB
Received 13 Apr 20261 Hawthorn Cottages High Street Brasted Kent TN16 1HP
Received 13 Apr 2026Vine Lodge Holly Bush Lane Sevenoaks Kent TN13 3XY
Received 13 Apr 2026Cone Hill Church Road Stone Street Kent TN15 0LL
Received 14 Apr 2026Cader Idris Poultry Farm Gravesend Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7JS
Received 14 Apr 202649 Spring Cross New Ash Green Kent DA3 8QQ
Received 14 Apr 2026Bowens Folly Badgers Road Badgers Mount Kent TN14 7AY
Received 14 Apr 2026Oaklea Birchin Cross Road Knatts Valley Kent TN15 6XJ
Received 14 Apr 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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