Land East Of The Cottage Birchin Cross Road Knatts Valley Kent

1. 18 Nov 2025

   Received by Sevenoaks

2. 5 Jun 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 29 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 31 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Sevenoaks took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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• Oaklea Birchin Cross Road Knatts Valley Kent TN15 6XJ

  26/00976/HOUSE Submitted 14 Apr 2026 0.1 miles away

  First floor extension and refurbishment works.

  Granted Householder Extension 7 docs
  Domestic

• Pepperland Birchin Cross Road Knatts Valley Kent TN15 6XJ

  26/01556/DETAIL Submitted 21 May 2026 0.1 miles away

  Details pursuant to condition 6 (Biodiversity Enhancement and Management Plan) of 24/01717/FUL.

  Granted Conditions 4 docs

• Pepperland Birchin Cross Road Knatts Valley Kent TN15 6XJ

  26/01555/DETAIL Submitted 21 May 2026 0.1 miles away

  Details pursuant to condition 5 (Construction Ecological Management Plan) of 24/01717/FUL.

  Granted Conditions 4 docs

• Pepperland Birchin Cross Road Knatts Valley Kent TN15 6XJ

  26/01554/DETAIL Submitted 21 May 2026 0.1 miles away

  Details pursuant to condition 4 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) of 24/01717/FUL.

  Refused Conditions 4 docs

• Pepperland Birchin Cross Road Knatts Valley Kent TN15 6XJ

  26/01315/DETAIL Submitted 21 May 2026 0.1 miles away

  Details pursuant to condition 3 (External materials) of 24/01717/FUL.

  Granted Conditions 4 docs

• 26/02342/FUL Awaiting decision

  19 Springcroft Hartley Kent DA3 8AR

  Change of use of a section of protected amenity open space to residential curtilage and the an extended block paved driveway. New parking space and Landscaping.

  Received 3 Sep, published by the council 15 Sep 2026 Full applications
• 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.

  Received 11 Nov, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications
• 26/00775/FUL Refused

  Leigh Post Office High Street Leigh Kent TN11 8RL

  Proposed staff welfare area in the rear for the retail unit. Conversion of part ground floor Use Class E unit into a studio flat and the existing first and loft floor residential unit into 2no. flats with dormer window, with associated bin, cycle storage and amenity space. Rooflights and alterations to fenestration including garage.

  Received 24 Mar, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications
• 26/02289/FUL Awaiting decision

  Bluebell Cemetery Old London Road Badgers Mount Kent TN14 7AE

  Provision of a new exit road and associated vehicle crossover onto Old London Road to facilitate a one-way circulation system within the existing Bluebell Cemetery site.

  Received 27 Aug, published by the council 15 Sep 2026 Full applications
• 26/00675/FUL Granted

  Land East Of Chirnside House London Road West Kingsdown Kent TN15 6EJ

  New build of four-bedroom house with car and cycle parking and appropriate amenities and landscaping on Plot 1 Chirnside House, London Road, West Kingsdown, as previously approved under Outline Planning Permission reference 25/00200/OUT.

  Received 12 Mar, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Full applications