Land North East Of Malt House Farm Lower Road Hextable Kent BR8 7RZ Data via plota.co.uk

25/02600/FUL - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Change of use from agriculture to dog daycare centre. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
10 Sept 2025
✓
Validated
14 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
17 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 17 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Green belt about 5 m away: London; Inside the Hextable built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
BR8 7RZ
Received
10 Sept 2025
Validated
14 Apr 2026
Ward
Hextable
Parish
Hextable
Target decision
9 Jun 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
17 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Rural Solutions Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 64 days from validation, about the council's usual 62 days. 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-14249181
Statutory expiry
9 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Sevenoaks
Planning Authority Score
5.6/10
Average
#115 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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