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4 Birch Close Eynsford Dartford Kent DA4 0EX

22/00541/HOUSEHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 29 April 2022

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of single storey garage and conservatory. Erection of new double garage and bedroom above. Erection of a single storey rear extension.

Received
28 February 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eynsford
  1. Received28 Feb
  2. Validated7 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Mar
  4. Target2 May
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 4 Birch Close Eynsford Dartford Kent DA4 0EX. Sevenoaks has handled 1,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Eynsford. We hold 770 applications in total for the DA4 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
DA4 0EX
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eynsford

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 March 2022
Last date for comments
29 March 2022
Target decision date
2 May 2022
Permission expires
29 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
POSTAL
Documents
10
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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

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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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