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Lion Hotel High Street Farningham Kent DA4 0DP

25/02829/LBCALTListed Building Consent (Alt/Ext)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal, restoration and replacement of existing window and replacement of existing structurally unsound timber beam; opening up works to a portion of the ceiling to accommodate the works; erection of temporary construction screens.

Received
3 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farningham, Horton Kirby & South Darenth
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at Lion Hotel High Street Farningham Kent DA4 0DP. Sevenoaks has handled 259 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Farningham, Horton Kirby & South Darenth. We hold 770 applications in total for the DA4 postcode area.

74% of heritage 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 0DP
Application type
Listed Building Consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Farningham

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2025
Last date for comments
17 December 2025
Target decision date
8 December 2025
Permission expires
18 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Number One The Drive Great Warley Brentwood CM13 3DJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14379541
Documents
15
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: FarninghamPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Stable to the Lion HotelOn this site · +6 more
  • Green belt: SevenoaksPart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs

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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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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