Highfields Farm Cotmans Ash Lane Kemsing Kent TN15 6XD Data via plota.co.uk

26/01982/FUL - Full Application Pending
DemolitionNew homesTrees & landscaping

Proposal

Demolition of the existing equestrian buildings and the removal of the sand school and the construction of one new detached dwelling unit with associated car parking, cycle and bin storage facilities and new landscaping enhancements. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Jul 2026
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Validated
3 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 29 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 29 Oct 2026, from Sevenoaks's recent demolitions.

Documents 10

Statements & assessments 5

PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Application Details · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design And Access Statement · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT & METHOD STATEMENT Application Details · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL & IMPACT ASSESSMENT Application Details · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF BAT SURVEY REPORT Application Details · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF APPLICATION - CONSULTEES STATUS Consultations - Request · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PARISH COUNCIL CONSULTATION LETTER Consultations - Request · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF SDC - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Consultations - Response · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF COVERING LETTER Application Details · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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.
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.
Public footpath 13 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.
North Downs Way 10 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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 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 39 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
TN15 6XD
Received
27 Jul 2026
Validated
3 Sept 2026
Ward
Kemsing
Parish
Kemsing
Target decision
29 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Haskins Design Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 11 of the 56-day target. Sevenoaks usually decides demolitions by day 56.

Day 1145 days to the 56-day target
66%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
152decided 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-15096267
Statutory expiry
29 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Demolition of the existing equestrian buildings and the removal of the sand school and th…
25/02515/FUL
2025 Approved
Demolition of the existing equestrian buildings and the removal of the sand school and th…
25/02515/FUL
2024 Approved
Demolition of the existing equestrian buildings and the removal of the sand school and th…
24/01473/FUL
2024 Approved
Demolition of the existing equestrian buildings and the removal of the sand school and th…
24/01473/FUL
2023 Approved
Demolition of the existing equestrian buildings and the removal of the sand school and th…
23/03004/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Ashdown Farm Bungalow Cotmans Ash Lane Kemsing Kent TN15 6XD
Demolish the existing residential dwelling and construct a replacement bungalow with anci…
24/03266/FUL
2024 Approved
Ashdown Farm Bungalow Cotmans Ash Lane Kemsing Kent TN15 6XD
Demolish the existing residential dwelling and construct a replacement bungalow with anci…
24/03266/FUL
2023 Approved
Pilgrims Lodge Cotmans Ash Lane Kemsing Sevenoaks Kent TN15 6XD
Details pursuant to condition 5 (watching brief) of 23/00064/MMA.
23/03088/DETAIL
2022 Approved
Cotmans Ash Farm Cotmans Ash Lane Kemsing Sevenoaks Kent TN15 6XD
Details pursuant to condition 6 (licence) of 21/01372/HOUSE.
22/00593/DETAIL
2021 Refused
Land East To The Rising Sun Cotmans Ash Lane Kemsing KENT TN15 6XD
Use of land and buildings for domestic recreation.
21/03865/LDCEX
2021 Approved
Cotmans Ash Farm Cotmans Ash Lane Kemsing Sevenoaks Kent TN15 6XD
Detail pursuant to condition 5 (ecological enhancements) subject to 21/01372/HOUSE.
21/04118/DETAIL
2021 Approved
Cotmans Ash Farm Cotmans Ash Lane Kemsing KENT TN15 6XD
Details pursuant to condition 8 (Phase 1 Desk Study contamination/mitigation strategy) to…
21/03803/DETAIL
2021 Approved
Field To Right Of The Rising Sun Cotmans Ash Lane Kemsing KENT TN15 6XD
Cattle shelter.
21/02247/FUL
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings