Bluebell Farm Church Street Seal Kent TN15 0AR Data via plota.co.uk

26/01724/FUL - Full Application Approved
Utility infrastructure

Proposal

Application to change car park surface, clarify drainage and add a place of fire safety. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Jul 2026
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Validated
31 Jul 2026
✓
Approved
24 Sept 2026

Approved on 24 Sept 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Statements & assessments 1

PDF TECHNICAL NOTE AND FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Application Details · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF APPLICATION - CONSULTEES STATUS Consultations - Request · 3 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PARISH COUNCIL CONSULTATION LETTER Consultations - Request · 3 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF PLANNING NARRATIVE Application Details · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

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 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.
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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Other new applications on this street

1 Jul 2026Approved

Granary Lodge Bluebell Farm Church Street Seal Kent TN15 0AR

Provision of two bay open sided car port to facilitate disabled access.

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Important details

Council
Sevenoaks
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
TN15 0AR
Received
2 Jul 2026
Validated
31 Jul 2026
Ward
Seal & Weald
Parish
Seal
Target decision
25 Sept 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
24 Sept 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 58 days. Approved, as 79% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

50%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
41decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP-15054083
Statutory expiry
25 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2016 Approved
Conversion of redundant agricultural barn to one residential dwelling.
16/00147/FUL
2016 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 10 (ecological enhancements) of SE/15/02270/FUL.
16/00703/DETAIL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Lychgate House Church Street Seal Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0AR
Non material amendment to 21/03621/HOUSE.
22/02130/NMA
2022
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Details pursuant to condition 4 (samples of materials) of planning permission 21/03622/LB…
22/02182/DETAIL
2021 Approved
Lychgate House Church Street Seal KENT TN15 0AR
Replacement of an old Orangery with a new slightly larger Orangery.
21/03622/LBCALT
2021 Approved
Lychgate House Church Street Seal KENT TN15 0AR
Replacement of an old Orangery with a new slightly larger Orangery.
21/03621/HOUSE
2021 Approved
Lychgate House Church Street Seal KENT TN15 0AR
T1 - Walnut tree to fell to ground level - due to diseased fruit. CA
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2021 Approved
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Yew trees - prune to previous points
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2017 Approved
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Blue Atlas Cedar in the rear garden: reduce the width of the canopy by at least 1m all ro…
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2017 Approved
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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