Parris End Mount Pleasant Road Sevenoaks Weald Kent TN14 6QA Data via plota.co.uk

26/00537/FUL - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Use of ground floor as self-contained studio with amenity area and assosicated parking. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
2 Mar 2026
✓
Validated
14 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
30 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 30 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Sevenoaks Weald built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £299,950 in September 2009. Detached house, freehold.

4 September 2009£299,950
19 December 2008£300,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Sevenoaks
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
TN14 6QA
Received
2 Mar 2026
Validated
14 Apr 2026
Ward
Seal & Weald
Parish
Sevenoaks Weald
Target decision
9 Jun 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
30 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Robinson Escott Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 77 days from validation, 15 days slower than Sevenoaks's median of 62 for changes of use. Refused, as 31% of changes of use here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
69%approved
54decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP-14730578
Statutory expiry
9 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.