Planning application
Lower Fawke Farm Bitchet Green Road Fawke Common Underriver Kent TN15 0JX
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
- 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
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15 Dec 2025
Received by Sevenoaks
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6 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval - Refused
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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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Open the documentsWhat 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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