Orchard Cottage Mapleton Road Four Elms Kent TN8 6PL
Approved on 22 January 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Two-storey front extension with rooflights. Replacement cladding. Re-position of front dormer with alterations to fenestration. Addition of a rear-facing Juliet Balcony. Associated landscaping.
- Received
- 27 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Ward
- Cowden & Hever
- ReceivedReceived27 Oct
- ValidatedValidated6 Nov
- Consult.Consultation11 Dec
- TargetTarget Date1 Jan
- DecidedDecided22 Jan
Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Orchard Cottage Mapleton Road Four Elms Kent TN8 6PL. Sevenoaks has handled 1,736 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Cowden & Hever. We hold 1,035 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 6PL
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hever
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 11 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 1 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 22 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Sandown Road West Malling ME19 6NS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14438160
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 19
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Sevenoaks
- 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 (21)
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, National Landscapes, 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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Source: Sevenoaks
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