Land At The Rear Of Childsbridge House Childsbridge Lane Kemsing Kent TN15 0BZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01327/PIP - Permission In Principle Approved

Proposal

Erection of dwellings with a minimum of 1 or maximum of 7 net dwellings and associated ancillary works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 May 2026
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Validated
2 Jun 2026
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Committee
3 Sept 2026
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Approved
4 Sept 2026

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

Planning committee

Decided by Sevenoaks Development Management Committee on 3 Sept 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised granting permission in principle because the site was considered appropriate Green Belt development and no adverse effects outweighed its benefits.
  • The parish council objected, while highways and National Highways raised no objection in principle and no public representations were received.
  • The committee voted to grant permission in principle.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee discussion, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Sevenoaks's committee minutes of 3 Sept 2026.

Documents 44

Consultation & comments 38

PDF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS Consultations - Response · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF SCOTIA GAS NETWORKS Consultations - Response · 17 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF KCC ARCHAEOLOGY Consultations - Response · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF KEMSING PARISH COUNCIL Consultations - Response · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF TREE OFFICER Consultations - Response · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Consultations - Response · 12 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF NATURAL ENGLAND 1 OF 2 Consultations - Response · 12 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF NATURAL ENGLAND 2 OF 2 Consultations - Response · 12 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SGN GAS AND PIPELINE 1 OF 3 Consultations - Response · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SGN GAS AND PIPELINE 2 OF 3 Consultations - Response · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SGN CORRESPONDENCE 2 OF 2 Consultations - Response · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SGN GAS AND PIPELINE 3 OF 3 Consultations - Response · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION - CONSULTEES STATUS Consultations - Request · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF PARISH COUNCIL CONSULTATION LETTER Consultations - Request · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION - CONSULTEES STATUS Consultations - Request · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SGN GAS AND PIPELINE 1 OF 6 Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SGN GAS AND PIPELINE 2 OF 6 Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SGN GAS AND PIPELINE 4 OF 6 Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SGN GAS AND PIPELINE 5 OF 6 Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SGN GAS AND PIPELINE 6 OF 6 Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF UK POWER 1 OF 4 Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF UK POWER 2 OF 4 Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF UK POWER 4 OF 4 Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SCOTIA GAS NETWORKS 2 (3 OF 7) Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SCOTIA GAS NETWORKS 2 (7 OF 7) Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF LSBUD Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF UK POWER 3 OF 4 Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF LINESEARCH BEFORE YOU DIG 2 Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SCOTIA GAS NETWORKS 2 (1 OF 7) Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SCOTIA GAS NETWORKS 2 (2 OF 7) Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SCOTIA GAS NETWORKS 2 (4 OF 7) Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SCOTIA GAS NETWORKS 2 (5 OF 7) Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SCOTIA GAS NETWORKS 2 (6 OF 7) Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF UK POWER NETWORKS 2 (1 OF 5) Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF UK POWER NETWORKS 2 (2 OF 5) Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF UK POWER NETWORKS 2 (3 OF 5) Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF UK POWER NETWORKS 2 (4 OF 5) Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF UK POWER NETWORKS 2 (5 OF 5) Consultations - Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

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.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 5 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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
Permission In Principle
Postcode
TN15 0BZ
Received
26 May 2026
Validated
2 Jun 2026
Ward
Kemsing
Parish
Kemsing
Target decision
7 Jul 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
4 Sept 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 94 days from validation, 32 days slower than Sevenoaks's median of 62 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 67% of commercial and major works here are.

43%decided within 8 weeks
67%approved
33decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Sevenoaks in the last twelve months, from validation. Sevenoaks decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
email
Committee
3 Sept 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