Heverswood Farm Chart Lane Brasted Kent TN16 1LP Data via plota.co.uk

26/02398/LDCEX - Lawful Development Certificate Existing Awaiting decision

Proposal

The formation, laying out and construction of a private vehicular access and roadway from Pipers Lane to Heverswood Farm, together with associated engineering operations comprising excavation and removal of topsoil, the laying of a sub-base and running surface and the erection of double entrance gates. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 06:51

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Application progress

✓

Received

8 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 3 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 3 Nov 2026 and 18 Nov 2026, from Sevenoaks's recent utility and infrastructure works.

Documents 4

Site constraints 5

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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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.

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 Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

Building

Floor area356 m² (3,832 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (63 out of 100)

PropertyDetached house, 9 habitable rooms

Built2007 to 2011

HeatingBoiler and underfloor heating, LPG

WallsSandstone, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2026, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Sevenoaks
Application type: Lawful Development Certificate Existing
Postcode: TN16 1LP
Received: 8 Sept 2026
Validated: 8 Sept 2026
Ward: Brasted, Chevening And Sundridge
Parish: Brasted
Target decision: 3 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 31 of the 56-day target. Sevenoaks usually decides utility and infrastructure works by day 58.

prediction

Day 3127 days to the predicted decision (day 58)

50%decided within 8 weeks

79%approved

41decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref: PP-15210695
Statutory expiry: 3 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

7 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2016 Withdrawn

Erection of a 350 square metre rodent proof agricultural building for the secure storage…

16/03848/AGRNOT 3 Jan 2017

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved

Little Cacketts Chart Lane Brasted Westerham Kent TN16 1LP

Details pursuant to condition 5 (hard and soft landscaping) of 21/02307/HOUSE

23/01849/DETAIL 2 Oct 2023

2021 Approved

Little Cacketts Chart Lane Brasted KENT TN16 1LP

Erection of treehouse.

21/02823/HOUSE 14 Oct 2021

2021 Approved

Little Cacketts Chart Lane Brasted KENT TN16 1LP

Demolition of existing porch and utility/store; erection of single storey rear extension…

21/02307/HOUSE 3 Sep 2021

2017 Approved

Heverswood Chart Lane Brasted KENT TN16 1LP

Erection of a single storey rear extension.

17/00682/LDCPR 17 May 2017

2016 Approved

Heverswood Chart Lane Brasted Kent TN16 1LP

Two storey side extension., extension to porch and change of rear roof from hip to a gabl…

16/02615/HOUSE 30 Dec 2016

2016 Withdrawn

Heverswood Chart Lane Brasted TN16 1LP

Two storey side extension and enclosure of porch on front.

16/01836/HOUSE 22 Aug 2016

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.