Land South West Of Highfields Manor Drive Hartley Kent Data via plota.co.uk

26/01666/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Erection of a detached dwelling with access and associated infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 03:05

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Application progress

✓

Received

29 Jun 2026

✓

Validated

28 Aug 2026

Decision

Target date was 23 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 7 Nov 2026, from Sevenoaks's recent new homes.

Documents 10

Site constraints 4

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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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 2

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.

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Important details

Council: Sevenoaks
Application type: Full Application
Received: 29 Jun 2026
Validated: 28 Aug 2026
Ward: Hartley & Hodsoll Street
Parish: Hartley
Target decision: 23 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Savills

Decision outlook

Day 61, past the statutory target. 75% of new homes in Sevenoaks are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 27 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

predicted

Day 615 days past the 56-day target

54%decided within 8 weeks

72%approved

7%go to committee

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Sevenoaks in the last twelve months, from validation. Sevenoaks decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref: PP-15042883
Statutory expiry: 23 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

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

Land South West Of Highfields Manor Drive Hartley Kent Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 10

Statements & assessments 4

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 4

Other documents 1

Site constraints 4

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Important details

Decision outlook

Consultation & key dates