Planning application
Sevenoaks School High Street Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1HU
Works: Extension Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Internal alteration to facilitate conversion into 18 en-suite bedrooms and opening up of external walls to facilitate new extensions of Hoopers House and workshop. Alteration to fenestration to hoopers house. Internal reconfiguration and the creation of new openings of 18a with link to no.16. Removal and re-routing of existing staircases and installation of new staircase within no 18-24. Formation of opening to connect basements in no. 20-24. Internal alterations including reinstatement of partition wall. Installation of new bathrooms and alteration of ceilings within Nos. 18-24. Installation of new platform lifts. Alteration to fenestration to nos 18-24. Installation of new partitions within nos. 14 & 16.
As published by the council, reference 25/03201/LBCALT
Application record
- Reference
- 25/03201/LBCALT
- Type
- Listed Building Consent (Alt/Ext)
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 11 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 5 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 10 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Sevenoaks Town & St Johns
- Parish
- Sevenoaks
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN13 1HU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Sevenoaks register
This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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25/03200/FUL Granted
Sevenoaks School High Street Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1HU
Change of use, extension and conversion of Hoopers House and workshop to create 18 new en-suite bedrooms joining with the rear of no 24. Alteration to fenestration and installation of dormers. Creation of new courtyard garden and boundary wall. Installation of PV panels to the roof of the new extension. Erection of new entrance porch to 18a, alterations to fenestration including the installation of rooflights. Removal of lean-to sheds and installing of ramps. Single storey extensions in rear gardens of no 14 and 16. Erection of first-floor link extension to No.16. Alteration to fenestration of nos. 18-24 including new rooflights. Hard and soft Landscaping. Removal of loggia roof brick boundary wall and existing sheds. Installation of Air Source Heat Pumps with enclosure to east of the site. Installation of proposed attenuation tank to rear garden of no 18.
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21/01680/DETAIL Granted
Sevenoaks School High Street Sevenoaks KENT TN13 1HU
Details pursuant to condition 2 (traffic and signage) of 20/01969/FUL.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Nov 2025
Received by Sevenoaks
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5 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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10 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Granted
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
39 documents on file for this application
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