No 56 And The Old Smithy 58 High Street Farningham Kent DA4 0DB Data via plota.co.uk

26/00620/DETAIL - Approval of Details Approved

Proposal

Details pursuant to condition 7 (implementation of a watching brief) of Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:52

Application progress

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Received

9 Mar 2026

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Approved

17 Apr 2026

Approved on 17 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF GRANT - DETAIL PERMISSION Decision · 17 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF OFFICER REPORT Decision · 17 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 3

IMG APPLICATION FORM PAGE 1 Application Form · 10 Mar 2026 View ↗ IMG APPLICATION FORM PAGE 2 Application Form · 10 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM PAGE 3 Application Form · 10 Mar 2026 View ↗

Associated applications 5

Part of

FullApproved20 Feb 2024council archive

Conditions 5, 7, 8 discharged
- ConditionsDetails pursuant to condition 7 (implementation of a watching brief)This application9 Mar 202626/00620/DETAIL
- Show 3 more · 2 approved, 1 withdrawn
  - AmendmentNon-material amendment.Withdrawn13 Aug 202626/02096/NMA
  - ConditionsDetails pursuant to condition 5 (phased contaminated land investigation of the site)9 Mar 202626/00621/DETAIL
  - ConditionsDetails pursuant to condition 8 (Construction Environmental Management Plan).9 Mar 202626/00680/DETAIL

Site constraints 8

16 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: No 56 (Vale View) and No 57 (Forge Cottage), Grade II, about 6 m from the postcode pin · 16 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.

Show all 16 with distances

6 mNo 56 (Vale View) and No 57 (Forge Cottage)Grade II
21 mFront Block to Farningham Social Club and Institute (Croft House)Grade II
29 mBoundary Wall to North East of the Croft, Fronting RoadGrade II
37 m48-51, High StreetGrade II
48 m46 and 47, High StreetGrade II
49 mThe Pied Bull Public HouseGrade II
52 mThe CroftGrade II
63 mFarningham House CottageGrade II
67 mBoundary Wall of South Hall to the North West, South West, South East, and Part of Wall Fronting Road to East of South HallGrade II
72 mFarningham HouseGrade II
79 mGarden Wall Fronting Road to South West of Farningham HouseGrade II
82 mSouth HallGrade II
111 mHodsoll HouseGrade II
122 mGlebe HouseGrade II
138 mMonument to William Hardyman in Churchyard of Saint Peter and Saint Paul to East of ChurchGrade II
144 mThe BakeryGrade II

Historic England ↗

Kent Downs National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Farningham 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 ↗

Public footpath about 17 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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Farningham built-up area; Green belt about 60 m away: London; 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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