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Cackets Farm, Cackets Lane, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QG

24/00380/TELCOMPrior approval Part 16 Class A: Electronic communications code operatorsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 22 March 2024

Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED AND REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

The installation of a 20m high FLI Pine Tree Tower mast (painted green) accommodating 3no. antennas, 2no. microwave dishes & RRUs, and the installation of 3no. equipment cabinets with ancillary works. (56 DAY CONSULTATION BY TELEFONICA UK LTD REGARDING THE NEED FOR APPROVAL OF SITING AND APPEARANCE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT)

Received
31 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Darwin
Agent
Maxema Ltd
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided22 Mar

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Cackets Farm, Cackets Lane, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QG. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Cudham Village conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Darwin. We hold 1,031 applications in total for the TN14 postcode area.

77% of outline applications at London Borough of Bromley were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN14 7QG
Application type
Prior approval Part 16 Class A: Electronic communications code operators
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2024
Consultation expiry
13 March 2024
Consultation start
7 February 2024
Consultation end
13 March 2024
Neighbour consultation start
7 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
28 February 2024
Last date for comments
13 March 2024
Target decision date
27 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Maxema Ltd
Agent address
Unit 2 - Charnwood House Marsh Road Ashton Bristol BS3 2NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 February 2024
Advertisement expiry
13 March 2024

Appeal history

3352324
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 April 2025Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12764530
Documents
26
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Cudham Village
  • Green belt: Bromley
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Bromley

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