Owl Barn Tickners Spode Lane Cowden Kent TN8 7HW

24/01889/HOUSEHouseholder ApplicationApproved

Householder

Approved on 22 October 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Conversion of existing garage into a bedroom.

Received: 19 July 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Sevenoaks District Council
Ward: Cowden & Hever

ReceivedReceived19 Jul
ValidatedValidated31 Jul
Consult.Consultation21 Oct
TargetTarget Date25 Sep
DecidedDecided22 Oct

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Owl Barn Tickners Spode Lane Cowden Kent TN8 7HW. Sevenoaks has handled 1,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 7HW
Application type: Householder Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Cowden

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 July 2024
Last date for comments: 21 October 2024
Target decision date: 25 September 2024
Permission expires: 22 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 26B Alma Road Carshalton SM5 2PF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13258545
Documents: 8
Constraints: 16

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Green belt: Sevenoaks
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 (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.

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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.

Source: Sevenoaks

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