38 - 44 Bullfinch Lane Riverhead Kent TN13 2EB

1. 5 Dec 2025

   Received by Sevenoaks

2. 30 Jan 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 29 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 27 March 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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• 28 Bullfinch Lane Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2DY

  02/02745/FUL Submitted 22 Nov 2002 100 yards away

  Side and rear extension to existing detached house including demolition of existing garage.

  Granted Full applications New dwelling Extension +1 2 docs

• 6 Chesterfield Drive Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2EG

  26/00813/HOUSE Submitted 26 Mar 2026 100 yards away

  Demolition of Existing Rear Conservatory & Erection of Proposed Single Storey Rear Extension.

  Granted Householder Extension Demolition 10 docs
  Small domestic

• The Dolls House 62 Chipstead Lane Riverhead Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2AG

  23/01499/HOUSE Submitted 31 May 2023 150 yards away

  Formation of vehicular access with driveway. Landscaping.

  Granted Householder 11 docs
  Domestic

• 48 Chipstead Lane Riverhead Kent TN13 2AG

  25/02346/LBCALT Submitted 18 Aug 2025 150 yards away

  77% historically approved · decision due ~24 Oct

  Construction of a garden pergola

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 8 docs

• 48 Chipstead Lane Riverhead Kent TN13 2AG

  26/00936/LBCALT Submitted 9 Apr 2026 150 yards away

  Repair the frontage (south elevation) with the removal of all current render removed and a suitable substitute material used to replace it, complete with painted finish to be like-for-like to the current colour (white). Two existing wooden frame sash windows with single glazing will be replaced with new hardwood frames with slimline double glazed units will match the size and appearance of the current fitment.

  Refused Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 9 docs

• 90 Chipstead Lane Riverhead Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2AQ

  23/01777/WTCA Submitted 26 Jun 2023 150 yards away

  Eucalyptus- to fell to ground level

  Granted Trees 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