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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761 approved · 113 refused · 17 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fairmount Woodland Rise Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0HY
Received 13 Aug 202640 Station Road Halstead Kent TN14 7DJ
Received 13 Aug 2026Wagamama 138A - 138B High Street Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XE
Received 13 Aug 2026Quarries Parkfield Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0HX
Received 14 Aug 202679 Weald Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1QJ
Received 12 Aug 202693 Hitchen Hatch Lane Sevenoaks Kent TN13 3BD
Received 13 Aug 2026The Barons Redmans Lane Shoreham Kent TN14 7UB
Received 14 Aug 2026The Outfield 1 Chartway Sevenoaks Kent TN13 3RU
Received 14 Aug 2026Mitre Oast Fordcombe Road Fordcombe Kent TN3 0RT
Received 13 Aug 2026Bushes Oast House Bowzell Green Sevenoaks Weald Kent TN14 6ND
Received 17 Aug 2026Site Of The Green Man Greenfields Hodsoll Street Kent TN15 7LE
Received 14 Aug 2026Land Rear Of 26 St James Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 3NQ
Received 17 Aug 202650 Westfield New Ash Green Kent DA3 8QW
Received 17 Aug 2026Land South Of Fallen Willows Horton Road South Darenth Kent DA4 9BS
Received 17 Aug 2026Lion Hotel High Street Farningham Kent DA4 0DP
Received 17 Aug 2026136 High Street Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XA
Received 17 Aug 2026Woodstock Blackhall Lane Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0HL
Received 17 Aug 2026Carill Church Road Hartley Kent DA3 8DR
Received 17 Aug 2026Inishmaan Woodland Rise Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0HY
Received 17 Aug 2026Edgehill Greenview Avenue Leigh Kent TN11 8QS
Received 17 Aug 202611 Leonard Avenue Otford Kent TN14 5RB
Received 17 Aug 2026Farningham Hill Stud London Road Farningham Kent DA4 0JQ
Received 17 Aug 20266 The Green High Street Brasted Kent TN16 1JL
Received 17 Aug 2026Lion Hotel High Street Farningham Kent DA4 0DP
Received 17 Aug 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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