Land South Of 1 Singles Cross Cottages Blueberry Lane Knockholt Kent TN14 7NH Data via plota.co.uk

25/02329/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Demolition of 2no. existing barns and erection of 1no. dwelling with associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Aug 2025
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Validated
30 Jan 2026
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Committee
2 Apr 2026
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Approved
8 Apr 2026

Approved on 8 Apr 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 24 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Sevenoaks Development Management Committee on 2 Apr 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the dwelling would not substantially harm Green Belt openness or other planning interests.
  • The parish council and interested parties raised concerns about design, openness, access, ecology, hedges and the public footpath.
  • The committee agreed the recommendation and granted permission subject to conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, committee debate and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Sevenoaks's committee minutes of 2 Apr 2026.

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 2
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 44 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
Full Application
Postcode
TN14 7NH
Received
15 Aug 2025
Validated
30 Jan 2026
Ward
Halstead, Knockholt & Badgers Mount
Parish
Knockholt
Target decision
27 Mar 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
8 Apr 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Robinson Escott Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 68 days from validation, 12 days slower than Sevenoaks's median of 56 for demolitions. Approved, as 86% of demolitions here are.

64%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
185decided 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-14227655
Committee
2 Apr 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