Gardiner Business Park Little Browns Lane Edenbridge Kent TN8 6LH Data via plota.co.uk

26/02026/LDCPR - Lawful Development Certificate Proposed Refused

Proposal

Erection of an extension to the south of the warehouse to be used as a shop and office in conjunction with the use of the main building. 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

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Received

31 Jul 2026

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Validated

28 Aug 2026

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Refused

23 Oct 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 23 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Documents 4

Site constraints 5

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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Public footpath 18 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.

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. 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.

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 23 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 6 October 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: Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Postcode: TN8 6LH
Received: 31 Jul 2026
Validated: 28 Aug 2026
Ward: Edenbridge North & East
Parish: Edenbridge
Target decision: 23 Oct 2026
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 23 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Sussex Planning Consultants

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 6 days faster than Sevenoaks's median of 62 for commercial and major works. Refused, as 33% of commercial and major works here are.

This one56d

Council62d

UK57d

43%decided within 8 weeks

67%approved

33decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref: PP-15125095
Statutory expiry: 23 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Approved

Sub division of existing building to create two independent commercial units.

20/02562/FUL 27 Oct 2020

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2016 Refused

Little Browns Works Little Browns Lane Edenbridge TN8 6LH

Construct a portable cabin to provide additional office space in connection with the play…

16/01772/FUL 10 Aug 2016

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

Gardiner Business Park Little Browns Lane Edenbridge Kent TN8 6LH Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Application forms 1

Site constraints 5

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