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First Floor Flat Rear Of 21 High Street Seal Kent TN15 0AN

22/02813/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 29 December 2022

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from office to one bedroom flat

Received
12 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Seal & Weald
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided29 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at First Floor Flat Rear Of 21 High Street Seal Kent TN15 0AN. Sevenoaks has handled 1,737 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Seal & Weald. We hold 2,787 applications in total for the TN15 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
TN15 0AN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Seal

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2022
Last date for comments
16 December 2022
Target decision date
29 December 2022
Permission expires
29 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Pilcaroons Maidstone Road Platt Kent TN15 8LB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3322021
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 7 September 2023Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
email
Documents
11
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Seal
  • Listed building: Grade II: Forge CottageOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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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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