Grosvenor House Vicarage Hill Westerham Kent TN16 1TJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/02013/WTCA - Works to Trees in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 - Fell Ivy covered Yew. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Jul 2026
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Approved
26 Aug 2026

Approved on 26 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Aug 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF NO OBJECTION - WTCA Decision · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF APPLICATION - CONSULTEES STATUS Consultations - Request · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

IMG PHOTOGRAPH OF TREE 1 Application Details · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTOGRAPH OF TREE 2 Application Details · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Grade II* listed: Grosvenor House
List entry 1244143 · 1 m away · 25 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 3 Grade II*, 21 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show the other 25 with distances
Historic England ↗
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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.
Westerham conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Air quality management area: AQMA No. 13 (A25)
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Flood defence 22 m away (wall, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Westerham built-up area; Green belt 54 m away: London; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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 £375,000 in May 1998. Detached house, freehold.

21 May 1998£375,000

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

Building

Floor area187 m² (2,013 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (52 out of 100), could reach C
PropertySemi-detached house, 6 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 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
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
TN16 1TJ
Received
29 Jul 2026
Validated
29 Jul 2026
Ward
Westerham & Crockham Hill
Parish
Westerham
Target decision
9 Sept 2026
Decision
No Objection Lodged
Decision date
26 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Northdowns Tree Surgeons

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 12 days slower than Sevenoaks's median of 16 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
438decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP-15120876
Statutory expiry
9 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2016 Approved
T1- Ivy Covered Yew - Fell (Conservation Area).
16/00700/WTCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
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Works to trees.
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2022
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Change of use from office outbuilding to holiday let.
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Change of use of first floor from office to residential.
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Internal alterations.
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Sevenoaks
Planning Authority Score
5.6/10
Average
#115 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.