Land West Of Allotments Penshurst Road Leigh Kent Data via plota.co.uk

26/01538/OUT - Outline Planning Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Outline application for the demolition of vacant premises (known as Chequers Garage and Darts, Penshurst Road) and the erection of up to 64 no. dwellings (of which 50% will be affordable) and associated private amenity and open space with all matters reserved except access. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 02:37

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Application progress

✓

Received

15 Jun 2026

✓

Validated

15 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 14 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 86.

Documents 108

Statements & assessments 23

Plans & drawings 1

PDF TRAVEL PLAN Application Details · 15 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 15 Jun 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 80

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Consultation - Response · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

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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High Weald 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 3a

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: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

Also on the record

Registered park or garden 154 m away: Hall Place.

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 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: Outline Planning Application
Received: 15 Jun 2026
Validated: 15 Jul 2026
Ward: Leigh & Chiddingstone Causeway
Parish: Leigh
Target decision: 14 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: DHA Planning

Decision outlook

Day 86, past Sevenoaks's usual 56 days for demolitions. 89% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 14 Oct 2026.

predicted

Day 865 days to the 91-day target

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-14971811
Statutory expiry: 14 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Sevenoaks

Planning Authority Score

5.6/10

Average

#115 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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

Land West Of Allotments Penshurst Road Leigh Kent Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 108

Statements & assessments 23

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 80

Other documents 3

Site constraints 5

Nearby new applications

Important details

Decision outlook

Consultation & key dates