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The Castle Inn The Village Chiddingstone KENT TN8 7AH

18/00823/LBCALTListed Building Consent (Alt/Ext)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 11 June 2018

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a new steel spiral external fire escape to the West Elevation of the Castle Inn, Chiddingstone.

Received
13 March 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target4 Jun
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Castle Inn The Village Chiddingstone KENT TN8 7AH. Sevenoaks has handled 259 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone. We hold 1,036 applications in total for the TN8 postcode area.

74% of heritage 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 7AH
Application type
Listed Building Consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chiddingstone

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 April 2018
Consultation expiry
10 May 2018
Consultation start
12 April 2018
Consultation end
3 May 2018
Neighbour consultation start
18 April 2018
Neighbour consultation end
9 May 2018
Last date for comments
13 May 2018
Target decision date
4 June 2018
Permission expires
11 June 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 April 2018
Advertisement expiry
10 May 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06814306
Documents
19
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chiddingstone
  • Listed building: Grade II*: 1, High StreetOn this site · +9 more
  • Green belt: Sevenoaks
  • Registered park and garden: Chiddingstone CastlePart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (17)

flood storage areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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

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© 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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