Summeryards Cotmans Ash Lane Kemsing Kent TN15 6XD Data via plota.co.uk

26/00549/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Demolition of existing detached dwelling, garage and shed. Construction of replacement detached dwelling with solar panels and garage. Associated landscaping works to include new driveway alignment. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 13 Sept 2026, 04:33

Application progress

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Received

3 Mar 2026

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Validated

10 Jul 2026

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Approved

4 Sept 2026

Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Sept 2026

Documents 18

Site constraints 6

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.

Kent Downs National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Public footpath 22 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

North Downs Way 22 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Sevenoaks
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: TN15 6XD
Received: 3 Mar 2026
Validated: 10 Jul 2026
Ward: Kemsing
Parish: Kemsing
Target decision: 4 Sept 2026
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 4 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Offset Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 87% of demolitions here are.

This one56d

Council56d

UK55d

66%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

152decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Sevenoaks in the last twelve months, from validation. Sevenoaks decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref: PP-14736199
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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Within ~100m

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Details pursuant to condition 5 (watching brief) of 23/00064/MMA.

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Sevenoaks

Planning Authority Score

5.6/10

Average

#115 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Sevenoaks ranks #109 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Sevenoaks decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

87%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #177 of 296

90%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #194 of 296

72%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #109 of 296

34%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #93 of 296

85%

Minor dwellings approved

213 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

7 decided (10+ homes)

71%

Change of use approved

14 decided

1,130

Total decisions

143 refused in the year to March 2026

Summeryards Cotmans Ash Lane Kemsing Kent TN15 6XD Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 18

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 6

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 8

Other documents 1

Site constraints 6

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