Holywell Park Greenfields Hodsoll Street Kent TN15 7LE Data via plota.co.uk

26/01399/LBCALT - Listed Building Consent (Alt/Ext) Approved

Proposal

Refurbishment, retention and repair of the existing panelling; Removal of the raised floor area within the dining room; Removal of the existing fireplace, which will be reused following the lowering of the raised floor area; Replacement of the modern carpet with LVT tiles over an existing modern floor structure. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
2 Jun 2026
Approved
31 Jul 2026

Approved on 31 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Aug 2026

Site constraints 4

Grade II listed: Main Building to Holywell Park Old People's Home
List entry 1216799 · 0 m from the pin · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 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.
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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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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
Listed Building Consent (Alt/Ext)
Postcode
TN15 7LE
Received
2 Jun 2026
Validated
2 Jun 2026
Ward
Hartley & Hodsoll Street
Parish
Ash-cum-Ridley
Target decision
28 Jul 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
31 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Harmony Projects

How this decision compares

Decided in 59 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 85% of extensions here are.

75%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
509decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP-14964330
Env. assessment
No
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