Planning application
The Oast House Court Lodge Valley Road Fawkham Kent DA3 8NA
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Use of The Oast House as a separate dwellinghouse with associated garden.
As published by the council, reference 25/03064/LDCEX
Application record
- Reference
- 25/03064/LDCEX
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate Existing
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 28 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 28 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 18 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Fawkham & West Kingsdown
- Parish
- Fawkham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- DA3 8NA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
28 Oct 2025
Received by Sevenoaks
-
18 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Granted
-
8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Sevenoaks granted permission on 18 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
Land South Of Court Lodge Valley Road Fawkham Kent DA3 8NA
Erection of dwellings with a minimum of 2 or maximum of 3 net dwellings
Refused Outline New dwelling 4 docs -
Greenacre Valley Road Fawkham Longfield Kent DA3 8NA
Use of residential dwelling into children services supported accommodation/residential care.
Granted Lawful development 6 docsDomestic -
Court Cottage Valley Road Fawkham Kent DA3 8NA
Loft conversion to main house, bulking less than 50 cubic meters. Dormer cheeks and rear clad in tiles to match roof tiles in colour. Single storey rear extension to replace existing unregulated buildings. Single storey side extension 4000mm from the flank wall. All materials to match existing. Detached garage to the side with pitched roof as per drawing CCP.05.
Granted Lawful development Extension Loft or dormer +1 10 docsSmall domestic -
Fawkham Primary School Valley Road Fawkham Longfield Kent DA3 8NA
Change of use from farmland to recreational to serve existing school.
Withdrawn Full applications 1 doc -
Newbery Lodge Valley Road Fawkham Kent DA3 8NA
90% historically approved · decision due ~21 Sep
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed internal conversion of part of an integral garage to form a habitable bedroom, including associated internal alterations and plumbing, with no external alterations.
Awaiting decision
Other lawful development applications
In Sevenoaks
-
26/01333/LDCEX Granted
Land Known As Broom Wood Bower Lane Knatts Valley Kent TN15 6XT
Continuous use of a metal-framed storage unit and a storage container. Further detail can be found in the Supporting Statement
-
26/01190/LDCEX Refused
September Cottage Church Street Shoreham Kent TN14 7SW
Lawful Development Certificate to confirm that the Planning Permission SE/03/02924/FUL Lawfully commenced within the 5 Year Planning Condition 5 year period stated in the above Planning Appeal decision dated 27.01.2005.
-
26/01162/LDCEX Granted
The Orchard Penshurst Road Poundsbridge Speldhurst Kent TN3 0PJ
Lawful Development Certificate to confirm family room added to rear elevation.
-
26/01411/LDCEX Granted
6 Springcroft Hartley Kent DA3 8AS
Confirmation that the erection of a timber pergola positioned on the existing middle garden terrace (Level 2), together with associated garden works including the replacement of existing single-skin masonry garden walls with blockwork walls and the reconfiguration of the existing upper terrace arrangement is lawful
-
26/01963/LDCPR Awaiting decision
Lewins Main Road Crockham Hill Kent TN8 6RB
Siting of Mobile Single Unit Caravan Structure to Provide Ancillary Accommodation.