Whitefields Dean Bottom South Darenth Kent DA4 9JX Data via plota.co.uk

26/01172/PIP - Permission In Principle Refused

Proposal

Erection of dwellings with a minimum of 1 or maximum of 5 net dwellings and associated ancillary works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
7 May 2026
✓
Validated
11 May 2026
✗
Refused
11 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 11 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Old Farmhouse, Grade II, about 0 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
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. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Public footpath about 11 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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £499,950 in June 2017. Detached house, freehold.

27 June 2017£499,950

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
Permission In Principle
Postcode
DA4 9JX
Received
7 May 2026
Validated
11 May 2026
Ward
Farningham, Horton Kirby & South Darenth
Parish
Horton Kirby And South Darenth
Target decision
15 Jun 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
11 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Graham Simpkin Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 31 days from validation, 25 days faster than Sevenoaks's median of 56 for new homes. Refused, as 26% of new homes here are.

53%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
7%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
email
Statutory expiry
15 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.