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Swanley Centre London Road Swanley Kent BR8 7TG

26/00431/LDCEXLawful Development Certificate ExistingAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful development certificate in relation to change of use from Class E (offices) to Class C3 (dwellinghouses).

Received
19 February 2026
Decision due
18 May 2026
Ward
Swanley St Mary's
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.19 Apr
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 19 April.

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Swanley Centre London Road Swanley Kent BR8 7TG. Sevenoaks has handled 332 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Swanley St Mary's. We hold 251 applications in total for the BR8 postcode area.

95% of amendment 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
BR8 7TG
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swanley

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2026
Last date for comments
19 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
PO Box 325 Dorking RH5 4YG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14692928
Documents
33
Constraints
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Swanley Centre, Nightingale Way, SwanleyRegister site at or near this address · +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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

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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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    5 Nov

    New signage to front elevation and new sign to rear.

    PendingAdvertisement consent26/02850/ADV

Source: Sevenoaks

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