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Land South West Of Bacchus Barn Grove Road Penshurst Kent

24/03005/AGRNOTAgricultural/Forestry NotificationRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 24 December 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Creation of agricultural access Under Class A of part 6 of schedule 2 to the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015. The proposed track would be 4 metres wide in order to allow vehicular access for woodland management. Works to include excavation for formation of track 4 metres wide, sub base stone to prepared areas, type 1 road stone topping.

Received
12 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided24 Dec

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land South West Of Bacchus Barn Grove Road Penshurst Kent. Sevenoaks has handled 70 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Penshurst, Fordcombe & Chiddingstone.

90% of all 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

Application type
Agricultural/Forestry Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Penshurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2024
Last date for comments
11 December 2024
Target decision date
1 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13475478
Documents
6
Constraints
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Sevenoaks
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Ancient woodland: Saars Wood/Little Courtland Wood/Clay Pit WoodPart of the site · +1 more
  • 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, 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, 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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© 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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    24 Jan

    Improvement of existing private way

    RefusedLawful Development Certificate Proposed24/00180/LDCPR

Source: Sevenoaks

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