St Marys Church Horton Road Horton Kirby Kent DA4 9BN Data via plota.co.uk

26/00667/WTCA - Works to Trees in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Various Tree Work. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
12 Mar 2026
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Approved
26 Mar 2026

Approved on 26 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF NO OBJECTION - WTCA Decision · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF TREE APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗

Other documents 5

IMG PHOTO 03 Application Details · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF DESCRIPTION OF WORKS Application Details · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTO 01 Application Details · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTO 04 Application Details · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTO 02 Application Details · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Cottage, Grade II, about 0 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 5 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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Horton Kirby conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 185 m away: Roman granary 250yds (230m) W of St Mary's Church; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Horton Kirby 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

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
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
DA4 9BN
Received
12 Mar 2026
Validated
12 Mar 2026
Ward
Farningham, Horton Kirby & South Darenth
Parish
Horton Kirby And South Darenth
Target decision
23 Apr 2026
Decision
No Objection Lodged
Decision date
26 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 14 days from validation, about the council's usual 16 days. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
438decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
email
Statutory expiry
23 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

9 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
Study Centre Horton Road South Darenth Kent DA4 9BN
Details pursuant to condition 3 (access) of 22/02798/FUL.
25/01820/DETAIL
2025
Study Centre Horton Road South Darenth Kent DA4 9BN
Details pursuant to condition 3 (access) of 22/02798/FUL.
25/01820/DETAIL
2019 Approved
St Marys Church Horton Road Horton Kirby KENT
Removal of two Hawthorn trees.
19/02277/W5DAY
2019 Approved
St Marys Church Horton Road Horton Kirby KENT
Removal of two Hawthorn trees.
19/02277/W5DAY
2018 Approved
Kirby Grange Horton Road Horton Kirby KENT DA4 9BN
Non Material Amendment to 17/01061/HOUSE
18/02127/NMA
2018 Approved
Kirby Grange Horton Road Horton Kirby KENT DA4 9BN
Non Material Amendment to 17/01061/HOUSE
18/02127/NMA
2017 Approved
Kirby Grange Horton Road Horton Kirby KENT DA4 9BN
Conversion and extension of garage to annex to main house.
17/01061/HOUSE
2017 Approved
The Cottage Horton Road Horton Kirby KENT DA4 9BN
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2016 Approved
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Various works to trees
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Sevenoaks
Planning Authority Score
5.6/10
Average
#115 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings