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Basing Furnace Lane Cowden KENT TN8 7JU

17/03245/HOUSEHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 10 January 2018

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Demolition of rear chimney. Erection of a single storey rear extension with rooflights and chimney. Erection of a retaining wall to the rear.

Received
11 October 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cowden & Hever
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated15 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target10 Jan
  5. Decided10 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Basing Furnace Lane Cowden KENT TN8 7JU. Sevenoaks has handled 1,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Cowden & Hever. We hold 1,036 applications in total for the TN8 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Sevenoaks District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN8 7JU
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cowden

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 November 2017
Consultation expiry
14 December 2017
Consultation start
15 November 2017
Consultation end
6 December 2017
Neighbour consultation start
15 November 2017
Neighbour consultation end
6 December 2017
Last date for comments
14 December 2017
Target decision date
10 January 2018
Permission expires
10 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
11 -13 High Street Tunbridge Wells TN1 1UL UK

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 November 2017
Advertisement expiry
14 December 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06452133
Documents
11
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Green belt: Sevenoaks
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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: Sevenoaks

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