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Planning appeals in Sevenoaks

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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Sevenoaks since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 790 planning appeals in Sevenoaks since 2016, of which 30% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 54 decisions, 25% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 28 weeks. Figures as at 29 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

811

appeals on record since 2016

30%

of decided appeals allowed

28 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 25% allowed

By appeal type

Householder262 decided

36% allowed

Minor378 decided

24% allowed

Major23 decided

61% allowed

Commercial14 decided

43% allowed

Enforcement72 decided

17% allowed

Other54 decided

30% allowed

Not classified8 decided

63% allowed

By procedure

Written representations751 decided

28% allowed

Hearings43 decided

49% allowed

Inquiries17 decided

47% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 48 · 28% allowed 2025 · 45 · 29% allowed 2024 · 98 · 26% allowed 2023 · 124 · 33% allowed 2022 · 70 · 23% allowed 2021 · 62 · 30% allowed 2020 · 49 · 19% allowed 2019 · 85 · 28% allowed 2018 · 79 · 38% allowed 2017 · 92 · 33% allowed 2016 · 59 · 40% allowed

Latest decisions in Sevenoaks

Allowed27 October 20266009172
5 Rectory Lane, Brasted, TN16 1JP
change of use of first floor residential unit (Class C3) to office space (Class E)
Allowed1 October 20266004899
Lower Fawke Farm, Bitchet Green Road, Fawke Common, Underriver, TN15 0JX
Conversion and change of use of former agricultural buildings to a mix of commercial B8 (storage and distribution) and E(g) (ii) (iii) uses following demolition of buildings unsuitable for conversion
Planning permission granted28 September 20263378336
Land South East Of Oaklands, St Clere Hill Road, West Kingsdown, Kent, TN15 6AH
Dismissed28 September 20263359160
Tally Ho , Main Road , Knockholt, Sevenoaks , TN14 7NT
Allowed24 September 20266011192
Land Surrounding The Stables, Underriver House Road, Underriver, TN15 0SJ
Dismissed24 September 20266007698
1C Wickenden Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 3PJ
Allowed22 September 2026· householder6013018
2 Hart Dyke Road, Swanley, BR8 7DE
Erection of a first floor 'pilotis' side extension incorporating a catslide roof, with associated alterations including new fenestration and fence
Dismissed22 September 2026· minor6012481
Well Hill Nursery, Fountain Farm, Firmingers Road, Orpington, BR6 7QH
Erection of residential development (up to six residential dwellings on outline permission with all matters reserved)
Allowed22 September 2026· householder6012162
Oakwood House, School Lane, West Kingsdown, TN15 6AW
Erection of a detached outbuilding
Dismissed21 September 2026· minor6007121
Deerleap Bank, Halstead Lane, Knockholt, TN14 7EP
Erection of dwellings with a minimum of 4 or maximum of 6 net dwellings
Dismissed16 September 2026· householder6005088
Leydens Farm, Lydens Lane, Hever, TN8 7EP
Formation of ancillary building in residential curtilage
Dismissed14 September 2026· householder6013480
24 Beesfield Lane, Farningham, DA4 0BZ
Dropped kerb removing existing hedgerow and site works for vehicle access to property so that front garden can be paved and an electric charger point installed for parking for one car
Planning permission granted8 September 20263377906
Land South East Of Oaklands, St Clere Hill Road, West Kingsdown, Kent, TN15 6AH
Dismissed14 August 2026· minor6008385
College Road Nurseries, Hextable, Swanley, BR8 7LT
development of between 7 and 9 new dwellings
Dismissed9 July 20266007758
52 Lyden Way, Swanley, BR8 7DW
Change of use of existing dwellinghouse as a children's home

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.