Queens Arms Hartfield Road Cowden Kent TN8 5NP Data via plota.co.uk

26/02401/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision
Change of useNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of holiday let to residential dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Sept 2026
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Validated
28 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 23 Nov 2026 and 14 Dec 2026, from Sevenoaks's recent changes of use.

Documents

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Site constraints 6

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Queens Arms, Grade II, about 4 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. 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.
Historic England ↗
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 3b
Not 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
Priority habitat about 14 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
TN8 5NP
Received
9 Sept 2026
Validated
28 Sept 2026
Ward
Cowden & Hever
Parish
Cowden
Target decision
23 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Agent
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Decision outlook

Day 11 of the 56-day target. Sevenoaks usually decides changes of use by day 62.

Day 1151 days to the predicted decision (day 62)
48%decided within 8 weeks
69%approved
54decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Sevenoaks in the last twelve months, from validation. Sevenoaks decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
email
Statutory expiry
23 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Withdrawn
Removal of condition 8 (Accommodation restriction) of 20/02404/FUL to Conversion of publi…
25/03309/CONVAR
2025 Withdrawn
Removal of condition 8 (Accommodation restriction) of 20/02404/FUL to Conversion of publi…
25/03309/CONVAR
2024 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 3 (ecological mitigation strategy) of 20/02404/FUL.
24/00495/DETAIL
2024 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 3 (ecological mitigation strategy) of 20/02404/FUL.
24/00495/DETAIL
2024 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 5 (Protected Species Report) of 20/02404/FUL.
24/00667/DETAIL
2024 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 5 (Protected Species Report) of 20/02404/FUL.
24/00667/DETAIL
2023 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 10 (Land Contamination Desktop Survey) of 20/02404/FUL.
24/00219/DETAIL
2020 Approved
Conversion of public house outbuildings to holiday lets, with minor associated internal a…
20/02404/FUL
2020 Approved
Conversion of public house outbuildings to holiday lets, with minor associated internal a…
20/02405/LBCALT
2018 Withdrawn
Re-location of WC to main pub to create a disabled toilet and ladies toilet. Conversion o…
18/02659/FUL
2018 Withdrawn
Re-location of WC to create a disabled toilet and ladies toilet. Conversion of outbuildin…
18/02561/LBCALT
2018 Withdrawn
Re-location of WC to main pub to create a disabled toilet and ladies toilet. Conversion o…
18/02659/FUL
2018 Withdrawn
Re-location of WC to create a disabled toilet and ladies toilet. Conversion of outbuildin…
18/02561/LBCALT
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Queens Arms Hartfield Road Cowden Edenbridge Kent TN8 5NP
Details pursuant to condition 3 (window repair/replacement) of 23/01524/LBCALT
23/02733/DETAIL
2023 Approved
Queens Arms Hartfield Road Cowden Edenbridge Kent TN8 5NP
Details pursuant to condition 4 (joinery details) of 23/01524/LBCALT
23/02734/DETAIL
2023 Approved
Queens Arms Hartfield Road Cowden Edenbridge Kent TN8 5NP
Details pursuant to condition 5 (window and door details) of 20/02405/LBCALT
23/02680/DETAIL
2023 Approved
Queens Arms Hartfield Road Cowden Edenbridge Kent TN8 5NP
Details pursuant to condition 3 (material samples) of 20/02405/LBCALT
23/02682/DETAIL
2023 Refused
Queens Arms Hartfield Road Cowden Edenbridge Kent TN8 5NP
Details pursuant of condition 10 (Land Contamination Desktop Survey) of 20/02404/FUL
23/02432/DETAIL
2023 Refused
Queens Arms Hartfield Road Cowden Edenbridge Kent TN8 5NP
Details pursuant to condition 3 (materials ) of 20/02405/LBCALT
23/01673/DETAIL
2023 Approved
Queens Arms Hartfield Road Cowden Edenbridge Kent TN8 5NP
Minor internal and external alterations to consented scheme.
23/01524/LBCALT
2022 Approved
Queens Arms Hartfield Road Cowden Edenbridge Kent TN8 5NP
Details pursuant to the partial discharge of condition 6 (wood burners) of 20/02405/LBCAL…
22/00102/DETAIL
2022 Approved
Queens Arms Hartfield Road Cowden Edenbridge Kent TN8 5NP
Partial details pursuant to condition 5 (saloon door) of 20/02405/LBCALT.
22/00101/DETAIL
Sevenoaks
Planning Authority Score
5.6/10
Average
#115 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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