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The Annexe The Gables College Road Hextable Kent BR8 7LT

26/00220/PIPPermission In PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 10 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of dwellings with a minimum of 7 or maximum of 9 net dwellings.

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hextable
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target13 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at The Annexe The Gables College Road Hextable Kent BR8 7LT. Sevenoaks has handled 401 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sevenoaks's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Hextable. We hold 254 applications in total for the BR8 postcode area.

76% of outline applications at Sevenoaks District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The application site forms part of a strategic gap between Swanley and Hextable. It would contribute strongly to purpose (b) of the Green Belt, as defined in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) under paragraph 143, and would not constitute grey belt land. As such, the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt by definition and harmful to the openness of the Green Belt, contrary to the NPPF. For this reason, the location, land use and amount of development is not considered acceptable in principle.
  2. The proposed amount of development (in terms of housing numbers) would fail to make most efficient use of the land, contrary to the NPPF, including paragraphs 129 - 130 and paragraph 11(d), whereby particular regard is to be had to policies for making effective use of land. It would also be contrary to Policy SP7 of the Sevenoaks Core Strategy, insofar as this requires that development proposals make efficient use of land. Notes for the applicant The Officer’s Report, which explains the assessment of the proposals and the reasons for the Council’s decision, is available to view on the Council’s website using the above

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BR8 7LT
Application type
Permission In Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hextable

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2026
Last date for comments
2 March 2026
Target decision date
13 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
26/00021/RFPIP

Appeal history

6008385
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 14 August 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
email
Documents
14
Constraints
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Sevenoaks
  • Brownfield land register: College Road Nurseries, College Road, HextableRegister 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 (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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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