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Lower Fawke Farm Bitchet Green Road Fawke Common Underriver Kent TN15 0JX

Refused Sevenoaks 25/03496/PAC Prior Approval Change of Use

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Prior notification for development consisting of a change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from use as an agricultural building to a flexible use within Commercial/Business/Service (Class E). This application is made under Class R of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

As published by the council, reference 25/03496/PAC

Application record

Reference
25/03496/PAC
Type
Prior Approval Change of Use
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Prior Approval - Refused
Received
15 Dec 2025
Validated
15 Dec 2025
Decided
6 Feb 2026
Ward
Seal & Weald
Parish
Seal
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TN15 0JX

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Dec 2025

    Received by Sevenoaks

  2. 6 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Prior Approval - Refused

  3. 8 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

19 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Sevenoaks refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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