Richard Abel Straw Shed Hulberry Farm Lullingstone Lane Eynsford Kent DA4 0JB Data via plota.co.uk

26/01368/CONVAR - Conditions Vary/Removal Application Approved

Proposal

Variation of conditions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 to planning permission for 'Partial demolition and redevelopment of existing commercial building and erection of replacement building to create two residential properties with amendments to allow a phasing plan to be included as an approved plan and amend the wording of the conditions to reflect the phased nature of the development.' Data via plota.co.uk

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Received

29 May 2026

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Approved

3 Aug 2026

Approved on 3 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Aug 2026

Documents 12

Associated applications 9

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FullApproved5 Sep 2023council archive

Conditions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 varied
- VariationVariation of conditions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 for 'Partial demolition…This application29 May 202626/01368/CONVAR
  Conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 discharged
  - ConditionsDetails pursuant to condition 10 (Ecological enhancement plan) (Phase 1 only)5 Aug 202626/01882/DETAIL
  - ConditionsDetails pursuant to condition 9 (Hard and soft landscaping) (Phase 1 only)14 Jul 202626/01881/DETAIL
  - ConditionsDetails pursuant to condition 8 (Electrical vehicle charging point) (Phase 1 only)14 Jul 202626/01880/DETAIL
  - Show 4 earlier · 4 approved
    - ConditionsDetails pursuant to condition 6 (Phase 2 intrusive contamination investigation) (Phase 1 only)14 Jul 202626/01879/DETAIL
    - ConditionsDetails pursuant to condition 5 (Demolition and Construction Management plan) (Phase 1 only)14 Jul 202626/01878/DETAIL
    - ConditionsDetails pursuant to condition 4 (External lighting) (Phase 1 - Straw Shed only)14 Jul 202626/01877/DETAIL
    - ConditionsDetails pursuant to condition 3 (Materials) (Phase 1 - Straw Shed only)14 Jul 202626/01863/DETAIL

Site constraints 6

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.

Public footpath 23 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.

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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £116,000 in May 2022. Other property, freehold.

20 May 2022£116,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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