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37 High Street Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1JD

23/03296/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 12 February 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to a taxi office.

Received
13 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sevenoaks Town & St Johns
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.28 Dec
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 37 High Street Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1JD. 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 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across Sevenoaks Town & St Johns. We hold 1,041 applications in total for the TN13 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
TN13 1JD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sevenoaks

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2023
Last date for comments
28 December 2023
Target decision date
19 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1A Holmesdale Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 3XL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3365010
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 November 2025Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
email
Documents
8
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sevenoaks - High Street
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1 and 2, Six Bells LaneOn or next to this site · +4 more
  • Brownfield land register: 43 - 45 High Street, Sevenoaks, KENT, TN13 1JFRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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.

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